Naturally occurring cinnamon gives this flavorful variety its spicy aroma and cinnamon-like flavor. Often used for tea, desserts, and summer salads. A powerful companion plant that will protect your tomatoes, peppers, kale, and petunias. Cinnamon basil has somewhat narrow, slightly serrated, dark green, shiny leaves with reddish-purple veins, which can resemble certain types of mint, and produces small, pink flowers from July to September. Its stems are dark purple. Care Keep plants bushy by pinching off flowers and tips regularly, and feed lightly with organic fertilizer during the growing season to encourage lush foliage. Keep plants bushy by pinching off flowers and tips regularly, and feed lightly with organic fertilizer during the growing season to encourage lush foliage. Keep plants bushy by pinching off flowers and tips regularly, and feed lightly with organic fertilizer during the growing season to encourage lush foliage. Keep plants bushy by pinching off flowers and tips regularly, and feed lightly with organic fertilizer during the growing season to encourage lush foliage. Growth Habit Cinnamon basil typically grows into a bushy, upright plant reaching 18-30" both tall and wide. Toxicity Generally deer resistant and considered not toxic to pets.
