This aromatic basil with deep purple flowers has a sweet anise fragrance and delicate black licorice flavor – delicious with seafood, tomatoes, eggplant, and salads. Valued for its medicinal properties, beloved by pollinators, and repellant to pests in your vegetable garden. 100 seeds minimum Germination: 7-10 days Maturity: 90-120 days Direct sow in full sun 1/4 deep after last frost or start indoors 5-6 weeks prior to last frost. Harden off seedlings before transplanting. Basil prefers well-drained soil. Space plants 8 apart; space rows 18-24 apart.