Sowing months
Mar–Apr
Sunlight
Full sun at altitude
Water
Moist, never wet
Mature size
10–30 cm
First harvest
Roots from year four
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
winter
Care
Protected in the wild — plant nursery-raised stock only.
The spikenard of the high Himalaya, aromatic-rooted and strictly a mountain plant.
Growing it
Protected in the wild — plant nursery-raised stock only.
What it is for
Perfumery and traditional use; conservation planting.