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148 plants can be sown in July in Central India. Narrow it further by space, goal or region — or step through the months below.
A short sharp monsoon on black cotton soil, then a dry winter. Water-holding soil, water-scarce year.
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Ajwain Leafअजवाइन पत्ताPlectranthus amboinicusThick scented leaves on a succulent stem; one plant fills a windowsill pot for years.
AmaltasअमलतासCassia fistulaYellow chandeliers in May, when the city most needs something to look at.
AmaranthचौलाईAmaranthus tricolorThe monsoon green that grows itself — heat-proof, rain-proof, ready in a month.Amaranth GrainरामदानाAmaranthus cruentusGrown for seed rather than leaf; magenta heads over the whole monsoon.AmlaआमलाPhyllanthus emblicaFeathery-leaved and drought-hardy; one grafted tree feeds a household through winter.Arjunअर्जुनTerminalia arjunaA riverbank giant with pale bark — a campus or park tree, not a pot.Arjunaअर्जुनTerminalia arjunaA riverbank giant with pale bark — a tree for a campus or a colony park, not a…Ash GourdपेठाBenincasa hispidaThe big white-waxed gourd of the south, stored for months after harvest.AshokaअशोकSaraca asocaOrange flower clusters straight off the trunk — a sacred tree, now threatened.
Ashwagandhaअश्वगंधाWithania somniferaDrought-tolerant root herb for a hot sunny corner; needs almost nothing once established.BaboolबबूलVachellia niloticaThorny, nitrogen-fixing and useful on land nobody else will plant.BaelबेलAegle marmelosA slow, tough native tree for a hot courtyard, with fruit that makes the summer sherbet.Bahedaबहेड़ाTerminalia belliricaThe third triphala fruit, from a broad-crowned tree of dry deciduous forest.Bans Kabanकबान बांसDendrocalamus strictusThe dry-country bamboo of central India, solid-stemmed and drought-hardy.BanyanबरगदFicus benghalensisThe tree that becomes a grove; only for parks, campuses and village greens.
BarleriaकटसरैयाBarleria prionitisA spiny yellow-flowered shrub of dry scrub, unbothered by heat or thin soil.