Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly
Mature size
60–150 cm
First harvest
Flowers year one
Family
Acanthaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Makes a genuinely animal-proof low hedge.
A spiny yellow-flowered shrub of dry scrub, unbothered by heat or thin soil.
Growing it
Makes a genuinely animal-proof low hedge.
What it is for
Traditional remedies; hedging and butterfly nectar.