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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.
20 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
गन्नागन्नाSaccharum officinarumA few canes in a corner give juice, gur and a green screen by October.
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.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.सूरजमुखीसूरजमुखीHelianthus annuusA fortnight of spectacle and then a head of seed the birds will take.हरा प्याज़हरा प्याज़Allium fistulosumRegrows from the root end of a shop-bought bunch — the cheapest crop there is.प्याज़प्याज़Allium cepaGrown from sets or seedlings; needs depth, sun and patience.
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.ज्वारज्वारSorghum bicolorJowar — drought-hardy grain and fodder in one, on almost no inputs.फ्रेंच बीनफ्रेंच बीनPhaseolus vulgarisBush beans for winter troughs; pole kinds for a balcony net.सेमसेमLablab purpureusThe winter sem of the plains, purple-flowered and heavy-cropping on a fence.टमाटरटमाटरSolanum lycopersicumOne good plant in a 40 cm pot out-yields four crowded ones. Stake it early.बैंगनबैंगनSolanum melongenaA long-season crop that rewards a big pot and steady feeding.
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