Q: I planted basil seedlings in my garden in early June. Some of them have started to look a little sick, with some yellow and brown patches on the leaves. A friend suggested that it could be downy ...

Basil likes to be pampered and treated like royalty. She only makes an appearance when the weather is warm. When Princess Basil makes her debut, it is with gusto. She is so fragrant that she could ...

Basil has been cultivated in Europe for 2000 years and there are at least 200 different varieties. It has been thought to be poisonous, good for the heart and used for bites of venomous beasts. Early ...

If I had to choose just one herb for my garden, it would have to be basil. Granted, I would want every variety of basil, from Genovese to Thai, lemon to lime, but I would be happy with just basil.

Every year, I buy a Trader Joe's basil plant and put it on my deck table, where there's lots of light. Every year, I murder this plant. Sometimes I go out of town and leave it in the sun during a heat ...

All basil is related to the mint family and has been cultivated for more than 5,000 years around the world, mostly for culinary and medicinal purposes. There are well over 100 species to choose from.