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4 plants can be sown in December in Himalaya & the hills. Narrow it further by space, goal or region — or step through the months below.
Frost, snow and a short season. Sow six to eight weeks earlier than the plains, and only frost-hardy kinds.
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ChinarचिनारPlatanus orientalisThe plane tree of Kashmir, planted for four centuries and unmistakable in autumn.Himalayan OakबांजQuercus leucotrichophoraThe banj oak that holds the water in a Himalayan hillside; slow, dense and vital.WalnutअखरोटJuglans regiaThe nut tree of Kashmir and the western hills, needing real winter cold.Wild ApricotचुलीPrunus armeniacaThe chuli of Ladakh and Kinnaur — blossom in April, fruit and kernel oil by July.