Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly
Mature size
1–2 m
First harvest
Cut from month five
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Cut it three times a year to keep the clump young.
Palmarosa — a scented grass of the central hills, distilled for its rose-like oil.
Growing it
Cut it three times a year to keep the clump young.
What it is for
Aromatic oil; a tough ornamental grass for a hot roof.