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11 plants can be sown in March 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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चायचायCamellia sinensis var. assamicaThe tea of the Brahmaputra valley — one bush on a balcony is enough for a pot.नील ऑर्किडनील ऑर्किडVanda coeruleaThe blue vanda of Meghalaya — tessellated flowers, and protected in the wild.
बड़ी इलायचीबड़ी इलायचीAmomum subulatumBlack cardamom of Sikkim — deep shade under alder, at hill altitudes.
इस्कुसइस्कुसSechium eduleThe squash that covers a whole roof in one season across the eastern hills.संचारीसंचारीDendrobium nobileCane orchid of the eastern hills, flowering along last year’s bare canes.कपूर कचरीकपूर कचरीHedychium spicatumA Himalayan ginger relative with scented white flowers and aromatic rhizomes.गुरलुगुरलुCoix lacryma-jobiHard glossy grain used as food, as beads and as a brewing grain in the hills.
खासी संतराखासी संतराCitrus reticulataThe loose-skinned orange of the Khasi and Jaintia hills, ripe in December.बड़ी इलायचीबड़ी इलायचीAmomum subulatumThe smoked black cardamom of Sikkim, grown under alder shade.सिलमसिलमPerilla frutescensSesame-like seeds used across the eastern Himalaya in chutney and oil.तमरिल्लोतमरिल्लोSolanum betaceumEgg-shaped tart fruit on a soft-wooded small tree of the eastern hills.