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Basil, Licorice

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Licorice Basil is a type of Thai basil with a pleasant, sweet licorice flavor. 
Beautiful as a fragrant and ornamental accent throughout the garden, and delicious in salads, baked goods, and pasta sauce. It’s also pleasant to look at with deep green leaves that sometimes show a burgundy tinge, plum-colored stems, and lavender flower spikes that make a fun garnish for any salad, dish, or drink.

Harvest the leaves and stems from the top part of the plant, and pinch off edible flower buds as they appear, which prevents the leaves from turning bitter, and signals the plant to branch out and grow more leaves, making a bushier plant.

The more you harvest, the more it grows!

  • Sweet, pleasant licorice flavor
  • Thai basil type
  • Edible ornamental
  • Good for containers
  • Tons of medicinal benefits!

As a medicinal herb, Basil has been used internally to treat anxiety, colds, colic, cough, depression, diarrhea, fever, flatulence, flu, indigestion, insomnia, intestinal parasites and worms, exhaustion, gastric pain, gonorrhea, lactation problems, migraine headache, nausea, stomach cramps, sore throat, and vomiting, and externally to treat acne, insect bites and stings, loss of smell, skin problems, snake bites.

⚠️ Do not use medicinally while pregnant.

⚠️ Medicinal properties are presented as information only, and are not a recommendation or prescription for use. Consult a medical professional before using any herb medicinally.

    As a companion plant, it attracts hummingbirds, pollinators, and beneficial insects, and repels asparagus beetles, cabbage moths, cabbage white butterfly, cabbage worms, carrot rust fly, flies, maggots, mice, mosquitoes, spider mites, thrips, and tomato hornworms. 

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    This basil variety produces lovely and flavorful green leaves with purple accents.  It has a strong, but enjoyable licorice flavor and can grow up to 24" tall.

    What is Licorice Basil?

    This basil is a type of Thai Basil, also known as anise basil.  It has strong licorice and anise flavors, qualities and aromatics.  It's known to be slightly "lanky" with pointed green leaves with signature purple flowers. Both the leaves and flowers are edible on this plant.  

     



    Health Benefits of Licorice Basil

    Licorice Basil can be used for treating the common cold, the flu, diabetes, asthma, bronchitis, earaches, headaches, upset stomachs, heart disease, fever, and more.  It promotes longevity but something you may not know is that its an excellent mosquito repellent! 

     




    Ways to Consume Licorice Basil

    When Licorice Basil leaves are crushed, they burst with intense basil and licorice aromas. Fragrant and floral, the spicy paste is a condiment for multiple dishes. This basil is best when mixed with other ingredients to tame it's powerful one-dimensional notes. 

     

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      Score of 4.5 out of 5 stars
      Based on 10 reviews
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      2024-10-30
      Fast germination!
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      2022-02-07
      Licorice Basil
      Love the cute seed packets! And the basil I have purchased in the past has had an amazing sprouting rate!
      leila g. 🇺🇸
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      2019-04-09
      Great service
      Vety quick delivery
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      2019-03-09
      I luv seeds now
      I have a tower garden aeroponics with 20 pods so I don't need a bulk amount of seeds so I get the 99 cent packages or the 1.99 it's perfect and I have all the choices I want and they are non-GMO I love it
      Georgia W. 🇺🇸
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      2018-09-04
      Seed pac open
      seed pack for Utah tall celery open allowing seeds to disperse throughout. Good germination on two different packs of basil.
      Robert H. 🇺🇸
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      2018-02-23
      Fast and correct
      Thank you for the organic seeds. The order was delivered fast and the personal customer service is great! I will continue to order for you due to the wonderful customer service and thank you notes. I feel you really care about return customers.
      Kathy M. 🇺🇸
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      Published date
      2017-11-02
      nothing special
      Seems like too few seeds for the price
      William N. 🇺🇸
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      2016-03-08
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      Just the right amount of seeds in a package for a small garden. Fast shipping. Hopefully good sprouting percentage. Will let you know.
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      2016-03-06
      Ordering from SeedsNow.com
      So far the experience has been positive. I have no complaints with the seed quality or any problems with my orders. I order the sampler packs and they offer a lot of seed varieties. Sometimes they offer incentive discounts or free shipping. I find ordering from SeedsNow.com beats going to the local ...
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      2016-03-05
      Basil
      thiswasmyfirstpurschaseandtheyweresuperquickgettingtheoderhereawesomeandwillpurchaseagain
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