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165 plants can be sown in July in North India. Narrow it further by space, goal or region — or step through the months below.
Hot dry summers, a July monsoon and a real winter — the widest sowing calendar in the country.
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Aak Bushआँकड़ाLeptadenia pyrotechnicaA leafless broom-like desert shrub that fixes sand and feeds camels.
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.Arabian JasmineमोगराJasminum sambacA pot by an open window does more for a summer evening than any air freshener.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…
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.BalsamगुलमेहंदीImpatiens balsaminaA monsoon annual of verandah pots, with seed pods children cannot leave alone.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.