Basil Red Rubin Seeds | Piccolo

Beautifully packaged seeds that make the most thoughtful gift for garden lovers.

Discover 'Grow' a range of beautifully illustrated fruit and vegetable riso print greeting cards, prints and patches inspired by our city allotment plot and all that grows. The seeds make the sweetest suprise gift popped in one of the grow greeting cards.

Ideal for small spaces - delicious edibles and delicate blooms for the window box and balcony gardeners or equally for the green fingered allotment enthusiasts. 

 As the name suggests, Red Rubin Basil is a red-coloured basil. More specifically, it has dark, reddish-purple leaves and stems, making it most appealing for salads and garnishes. Another small difference from regular basil is that Red Rubin has a stronger flavour. Evidence of a reddish basil dates back to the 1830s, when the English botanist George Bentham first discovered an ‘opal’ strain of the plant. It wasn’t until 1950, however, that a genuine red/purple basil cultivar was created: the Dark Opal. Red Rubin is a new, improved variant of this cultivar, having larger, more deeply purple leaves and being less prone to areas of green developing.