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दो सौ साठ भारतीय पौधे, उसी तरह दर्ज किए गए जैसे लोग असल में बागवानी करते हैं — जगह के हिसाब से, मौसम के हिसाब से, और आप पौधे से क्या चाहते हैं उसके हिसाब से।
Use the filters on the plant archive to narrow by goal, growing space and season. Every record carries a Hindi name, a botanical name, a care note and the months in which to sow.
28 plants match your filters Answer three questions on the home page — your region, your space and your goal — and we will name two plants to sow this month.Filters3 on
जल सलादजल सलादPistia stratiotesA floating rosette that shades a tub and starves the algae — but a weed if it escapes.
कलमी सागकलमी सागIpomoea aquaticaGrows on water or wet mud and crops every fortnight through the monsoon.
मोगरामोगराJasminum sambacA pot by an open window does more for a summer evening than any air freshener.गुड़हलगुड़हलHibiscus rosa-sinensisFlowers nearly all year in a warm city, and sunbirds find it within a week.अजोलाअजोलाAzolla pinnataA floating fern that fixes nitrogen — fertiliser and fodder that grows itself.गन्नागन्नाSaccharum officinarumA few canes in a corner give juice, gur and a green screen by October.
पपीतापपीताCarica papayaFruit inside a year from seed — the fastest fruit a household can grow.कुमुदिनीकुमुदिनीNymphaea nouchaliA cement tub of still water becomes a dragonfly habitat in one season.कमलकमलNelumbo nuciferaThe national flower — a big tub, full sun and patience is all it takes.रुग्मिनीरुग्मिनीIxora coccineaCompact evergreen with flower heads butterflies work all morning.रजनीगंधारजनीगंधाAgave amicaBulbs planted in March give heavily scented white spikes through the monsoon.लाल मुर्गालाल मुर्गाCelosia argenteaVelvet crested heads that hold colour for weeks, in sun or half shade.सदाबहारसदाबहारCatharanthus roseusFlowers every day of the year and asks for nothing. Indigenous to the deccan.मोगरामोगराJasminum sambacA pot by an open window does more for a summer evening than any air freshener.चम्पाचम्पाPlumeria rubraGrows from a bare cutting pushed into dry soil; scents a whole terrace.बोगनवेलियाबोगनवेलियाBougainvillea glabraThrives on being ignored — the more you neglect it, the harder it flowers.
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