Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Twice a week
Mature size
1.5–3 m
First harvest
Flowers from year two
Family
Oleaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
beauty
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Train it low and wide; flowers come on the new wood.
The chameli of the perfume fields — long-tubed white flowers picked before dawn.
Growing it
Train it low and wide; flowers come on the new wood.
What it is for
Attar and hair oil; a scented boundary shrub.