Save & Sow
Basil 'Red Rubin'
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Scented
Free delivery when you spend over £80
Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Excellent, reliable, quick-growing and heavy producing crimson-black basil, which outshone all others in this colour range in our basil trial
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Scented
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Height
- 45cm (18in)
- Common name
- Basil
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 30cm (12in)
- Cultivation
- Sow from March under cover. Best grown in containers in the glasshouse or a sunny windowsill but can be planted outside from June when nights are warm, in a sheltered position in full sun.
Care Tips
Grows well in a container, keep re-potting into a slightly larger pot when roots start to show through the drainage holes at the bottom. Water plants in the morning if possible. Keep plants bushy by pinching the tips and removing any flowers.
