Basil Cinnamon Organic Ocimum Basilicum is an annual herb that can be easily grown from basil seeds. Cinnamon Basil features distinctive, sturdy, dark-purple, red stems with dark-green, small to medium-sized, cinnamon scented leaves and produces fragrant, purple flower spikes. Basil Cinnamon blooms in summer, and its attractive foliage and fragrant flowers draw bees and butterflies to a herb garden.