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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.
45 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.Filters2 on
जल सलादजल सलादPistia stratiotesA floating rosette that shades a tub and starves the algae — but a weed if it escapes.
मोगरामोगराJasminum sambacA pot by an open window does more for a summer evening than any air freshener.
आँकड़ाआँकड़ाLeptadenia pyrotechnicaA leafless broom-like desert shrub that fixes sand and feeds camels.
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.
राम तुलसीराम तुलसीOcimum basilicumSweet basil — indigenous cultivation across India long before its pizza career.
मेहंदीमेहंदीLawsonia inermisThe mehndi hedge of the dry west — scented flowers and dye leaves.
गन्नागन्नाSaccharum officinarumA few canes in a corner give juice, gur and a green screen by October.
तेकोमातेकोमाTecoma stansYellow bells almost all year on a shrub that survives a forgotten terrace.
पपीतापपीताCarica papayaFruit inside a year from seed — the fastest fruit a household can grow.
गुलचीनगुलचीनPlumeria albaThe white frangipani of temple gardens, tougher than the pink and just as scented.
आकआकCalotropis giganteaHost plant for tiger butterflies — plant one and the caterpillars arrive.
सफेद आकसफेद आकCalotropis proceraThe desert milkweed, smaller than gigantea and even tougher.
राईमुनियाराईमुनियाLantana camaraA relentless nectar plant — and an invasive that must be kept in a pot.
रुग्मिनीरुग्मिनीIxora coccineaCompact evergreen with flower heads butterflies work all morning.
रजनीगंधारजनीगंधाAgave amicaBulbs planted in March give heavily scented white spikes through the monsoon.
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