Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Jun–Aug
Sunlight
Three to five hours of sun
Water
Standing water is fine
Mature size
10–15 cm, trailing
First harvest
Trim from week eight
Family
Plantaginaceae
Where it grows
balcony, windowsill
Good for
healing
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Grow it in a bowl with no drainage hole, topped up every day.
A creeping marsh herb happy in a wide bowl of wet soil — the one plant you cannot overwater.
Growing it
Grow it in a bowl with no drainage hole, topped up every day.
What it is for
Traditional tonics; excellent ground cover under taller pots.