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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.
12 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.Filters3 on
अनारअनारPunica granatumHandsome, thorny and productive on poor dry soil; good in a big pot.
सोनबेलसोनबेलPyrostegia venustaCurtains of orange through the cool months on a big pergola.पेंटासपेंटासPentas lanceolataFlat clusters of small stars that butterflies can actually land on.सेवंतीसेवंतीChrysanthemum indicumThe garden chrysanthemum of the north-Indian winter, sold by the crate at Diwali.सूरजमुखीसूरजमुखीHelianthus annuusA fortnight of spectacle and then a head of seed the birds will take.जलकुंभी फूलजलकुंभी फूलTropaeolum majusEdible flowers and leaves, and a magnet that pulls aphids off your vegetables.सदाबहारसदाबहारCatharanthus roseusFlowers every day of the year and asks for nothing. Indigenous to the deccan.
गेंदागेंदाTagetes erectaCompanion-planting workhorse: keeps nematodes down and feeds bees all season.चमेलीचमेलीJasminum grandiflorumThe Spanish jasmine of the perfume trade, grown widely in the north and west.
रतनजोतरतनजोतAlkanna tinctoriaA dry-hill root used to colour oil a deep red; slight above ground, tough below.
कलौंजीकलौंजीNigella sativaFine blue-white flowers over ferny leaves, then the black seed of the spice box.
कृष्ण तुलसीकृष्ण तुलसीOcimum tenuiflorum (purple)The dark-leaved tulsi, sharper in scent and a little slower to grow than the green.
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