This popular garden herb is a great choice, but is it really such a bad thing if it flowers? Here's what the experts say.

There are plenty of upsides to growing basil, but it may fall prey to hungry pests. Fortunately, there's a colorful companion plant that can help it thrive.

As the warm weather arrives, the urge for summer recipes comes with it, and there's no better ingredient to use than basil ...

Fresh on your pizza, added to your favorite Italian and Southeastern Asian dishes, or made into pesto, it’s not surprising ...

Basil grows well next to many different plants. In fact, it can improve the taste of its neighbors, and its strong smell can thwart common garden pests like aphids and spider mites. As a result ...

Basil can deter several pests from tomato plants, including aphids, tomato hornworms, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and thrips. It ...

We have a couple of plants that need to be harvested from the garden this week. One we planted in the winter, and it does not like hot weather. The other thrives in hot weather and needs to be ...