Basil, 3 September 2026

One photograph from the 2026 season.

Purple Petra basil on 3 September, its leaf pairs turning ninety degrees at each node so every shoot reads from above as a stack of crosses — near-black but for the lavender-gray where the sky slides across the gloss, one tip already knotted into bracts.
Purple Petra basil on 3 September, its leaf pairs turning ninety degrees at each node so every shoot reads from above as a stack of crosses — near-black but for the lavender-gray where the sky slides across the gloss, one tip already knotted into bracts.
Crop
Basil
Variety
Purple Petra Basil
Photographed
3 September 2026

Basil ‘Purple Petra Basil’ — the whole 2026 season

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