Goals: Biodiversity

An intensely bitter Himalayan herb of mid-altitude meadows, slow and particular.

The lichen of the spice box — not planted, but a reason to keep old trees standing.

A hill herb of stream banks with aromatic roots and heads of small white flowers.

A high-altitude Himalayan herb — only worth trying in the hills, and only from nursery stock.

The spikenard of the high Himalaya, aromatic-rooted and strictly a mountain plant.

A dry-country shrub with yellow flowers, tough enough for a Rajasthan roof.

Feathery winter foliage, then umbels that hoverflies and small wasps work all day.

A marginal water plant for a tub, aromatic-rooted and steady for years.

An unfussy evergreen shrub with white throated flowers that carpenter bees work.

A climbing vine of the monsoon, long used in home remedies and generous with shade.