Fresh herbs are a delightful addition to any home garden, and among the most cherished is basil. This aromatic herb not only ...

Growing your basil outside? First harden the plants off by standing them outside during the day and bringing them in at night for a fortnight. Their final home needs to be a sunny, sheltered spot.

With summer just around the corner, now is the perfect time to sow basil seeds. This wonder plant has been around for over 4,000 years and, throughout history, basil was believed to hold magical ...

Former Chief Urban Designer of The City of New York Alex Washburn returns to WIRED to answer another round of the internet's ...

Although she is a goddess with a human form, ancient texts tell that Krishna himself blessed her to take the form of the holy basil plant within the worldly realm and that wherever she would grow ...

Holy basil is the English name for the plant Ocimum sanctum. People should not mistake this with the culinary form of basil, which comes from the plant Ocimum basilicum. This article explores the ...

Do you love to cook at home? Basil, a symbol of general fortune and health, is one of the most popular herbs to grow. According to holistic herbal medicine, basil leaves can treat colds ...

A few weeks ago, I visited a popular farmers’ Facebook page and came across an interesting discussion on little known herb — basil ... middle-class who want the plant for its many health ...

Even if you lovingly care for a basil plant at home to harvest its leaves on demand, chances are you could keep finding new recipes for it before ever running out. However, in spite of all the ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...