Faux eyelashes, beaded hoops, and a stack of necklaces and onyx rings completed the look. She wore a matching cerulean blue skirt and head wrap, and a ruffled African print top. After some digging, I found Bazile on a Tuesday afternoon in February at the desk of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum, chatting with tourists who had wandered in off Dumaine Street in the French Quarter. Roselle a.k.a.Resa “Cinnamon Black” Bazile is seemingly everywhere, and yet difficult to track down. Pollinator favorites: Anise hyssop and African blue basil draw a crowdīackyard pond attracts frogs, dragonflies and birds The Trees in Your Yard are Part of the Urban Forest Let's Revive Our Majestic Pine Tree Canopy Strategies for successful tree planting this winter Tricked out: Tips for keeping squirrels and raccoons out of the bird feeder Garden To Table: Brown Rice Pilaf with Peas and Spearmintįlowering Dogwood: To Plant or Not to Plantįlorida Flame Azalea Sets the Forest Ablaze Gardeners Can Contribute to the Health of our Streams and Lakes Garden to Table: Lemon Scented Herbs for Tea and More How to Encourage the Little Things that Run the World in Your Yard and Garden Lovely Herbs of Summer Spice up Your Yard and Kitchen Wax Myrtle and Yellow-rumped Warblers Are Made for Each OtherĪct Locally to Support Birds and the Places they Liveĭead trees part of healthy forests and backyard habitats Garden to Table: Joe's 40th Anniversary Rosemary-Lemon Cake with Meyer Lemon Curd and Rosemary Buttercream Frosting Garden to Table: Cilantro Pumpkin Seed Pesto Spanish Moss: A Valuable Ecological Component of our Natural Plant Communities and Landscapes Why We No Longer Carry Non-Native Tropical Milkweed Garden to Table: Norma's Orange Mint Blondie Recipeįirefly conservation starts at home - in our yards and in our parks Patriotic Gardening: American plants feed American Critters Garden to Table: Native Jerusalem Artichoke aka Sunchokeīook Review: Local author and friend Sue Cerulean's 'I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird' Grow Your Own Salad and Stir Fry Garden This Winter Support Birds and Other Wildlife in Your Yard with Keystone Plants Native viburnums amplify fall color and biodiversity Plant a Native Tree this Winter to Provide Biodiversity in Your Yard Woodland Wildflowers for Native Pollinators Make your own bird saver to prevent birds from hitting window Garden to Table: Sicilian Eggplant and Herb Caponata Recipe Garden to Table: Lemon Verbena & Blueberry Shrub Grow Your Own Backyard Fruit: Fig Trees & Muscadine Vines Plant Profiles: Trees and Shrubs for Your Backyard Orchardīook Review– Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard Nativar: Are native cultivars as beneficial to wildlife as true native species? Nesting and Overwintering Habitat for Beneficial Insectsīokashi fermentation puts microbes to work in the garden Learn to Identify and Remove Invasive Plants The Out-of-Favor Native Persimmon Tree Has a Rich History in Florida Rattlesnake Master for War, for Medicine, and for Pollinators Lawns? Yawn! Plant Native Groundcovers for Excitement and the Environmentįight the Bite: DIY Eco-Friendly Mosquito Trap The Importance of Pines in our Urban Forest Start Your Own Tomatoes and Peppers from Seed in January I find it flavors pesto and sauces nicely and makes a stunning addition to herbal vinegars and scented oils.Ĭoontie, a Graceful Addition to the Garden The leaves exude a musky camphor-laced flavor that may be too pungent and less appealing to those who are familiar with more traditional basil flavors. The amount of pollinator activity on this selection makes it a benefit to any garden – from European honeybees, to native solitary bees and beneficial wasps – African blue basil is simply alive with pollinators when in bloom. It can be overwintered inside if grown in a pot, then planted in the ground come spring. It’s considered a tender perennial and will not survive a frost. Unable to produce seeds of its own, this herb is easily grown from cuttings and works great as a standalone shrub or a border plant in full to part sun. It produces leaves that are rich green with deep purple venation, and long purple stems sending up spikes of delicate lavender blossoms. African blue basil is a sterile hybrid of an East African camphor basil and a standard garden variety called ‘Dark Opal’.
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