Sowing months
Feb–Mar, Jun–Aug
Sunlight
Five to six hours of sun
Water
Daily in summer
Mature size
1–2.5 m
First harvest
Flowers from month four
Family
Malvaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Prune by a third after the monsoon; it flowers on new wood.
Flowers nearly all year in a warm city, and sunbirds find it within a week.
Growing it
Prune by a third after the monsoon; it flowers on new wood.
What it is for
Hair oil and offerings by tradition; sunbird nectar.