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28 plants can be sown in April in North India. Narrow it further by space, goal or region — or step through the months below.
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आँकड़ाआँकड़ाLeptadenia pyrotechnicaA leafless broom-like desert shrub that fixes sand and feeds camels.
चौलाईचौलाईAmaranthus tricolorThe monsoon green that grows itself — heat-proof, rain-proof, ready in a month.
ब्राह्मीब्राह्मीBacopa monnieriA creeping marsh herb happy in a wide bowl of wet soil — the one plant you cannot…चम्पाचम्पाPlumeria rubraGrows from a bare cutting pushed into dry soil; scents a whole terrace.
चीड़चीड़Pinus roxburghiiThe resin pine of the lower Himalaya, and the needle litter that makes those fires.लाल मुर्गालाल मुर्गाCelosia argenteaVelvet crested heads that hold colour for weeks, in sun or half shade.सफेद आकसफेद आकCalotropis proceraThe desert milkweed, smaller than gigantea and even tougher.खीराखीराCucumis sativusFast, thirsty and best trained up a net where air can move around it.देवदारदेवदारCedrus deodaraThe Himalayan cedar — a slow, magnificent, cold-climate conifer.सहजनसहजनMoringa oleiferaThe fastest useful tree there is — 3 m in a year, edible leaves and pods.गुलचीनगुलचीनPlumeria albaThe white frangipani of temple gardens, tougher than the pink and just as scented.मूंगमूंगVigna radiataSixty days from sowing to dal, and sproutable on a kitchen shelf.किलमोड़ाकिलमोड़ाBerberis asiaticaA thorny yellow-wooded Himalayan shrub with blue berries and traditional root use.घृतकुमारीघृतकुमारीAloe veraNear-indestructible succulent for a bright sill; water only when the soil is dry through.अजोलाअजोलाAzolla pinnataA floating fern that fixes nitrogen — fertiliser and fodder that grows itself.गंधतृणगंधतृणCymbopogon citratusA clump of scented grass that mosquitoes avoid and tea drinkers cannot do without.