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दो सौ साठ भारतीय पौधे, उसी तरह दर्ज किए गए जैसे लोग असल में बागवानी करते हैं — जगह के हिसाब से, मौसम के हिसाब से, और आप पौधे से क्या चाहते हैं उसके हिसाब से।
Use the filters on the plant archive to narrow by goal, growing space and season. Every record carries a Hindi name, a botanical name, a care note and the months in which to sow.
21 plants match your filters Answer three questions on the home page — your region, your space and your goal — and we will name two plants to sow this month.Filters2 on
लेडी स्लिपरलेडी स्लिपरPaphiopedilum insigneA pouched terrestrial orchid of the eastern Himalaya, cool-growing and slow.नील ऑर्किडनील ऑर्किडVanda coeruleaThe blue vanda of Meghalaya — tessellated flowers, and protected in the wild.संचारीसंचारीDendrobium nobileCane orchid of the eastern hills, flowering along last year’s bare canes.
हंसराजहंसराजAdiantum philippenseFan-shaped leaflets on black wiry stalks — the fern of a shaded bathroom window.खुरखुरीखुरखुरीHydrocotyle sibthorpioidesA tiny creeping mat for the wet edge of a tub — the softest possible ground cover.जपाजपाHibiscus syriacusA hardier deciduous hibiscus for the hills, flowering through the monsoon.
पांगरपांगरAesculus indicaBig palmate leaves and white flower candles in the western Himalayan valleys.चीलचीलCallistemon citrinusRed brushes of stamens on drooping branches; a hardy naturalised garden tree.चुलीचुलीPrunus armeniacaThe chuli of Ladakh and Kinnaur — blossom in April, fruit and kernel oil by July.पदमपदमPrunus cerasoidesPink blossom in November, out of season by every other measure — the hill wild cherry.चिनारचिनारPlatanus orientalisThe plane tree of Kashmir, planted for four centuries and unmistakable in autumn.मंजिष्ठामंजिष्ठाRubia cordifoliaA scrambling hill plant whose root gives a lasting red dye.बुरांशबुरांशRhododendron arboreumBuransh — scarlet trusses across the mid-Himalaya in March.देवदारदेवदारCedrus deodaraThe Himalayan cedar — a slow, magnificent, cold-climate conifer.टोपी फूलटोपी फूलHolmskioldia sanguineaA sub-Himalayan scrambler with brick-red bracts through the cool months.कचनारकचनारBauhinia variegataOrchid-like flowers in February, and buds that go into the north-Indian kitchen.
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