Sowing months
Mar–Apr
Sunlight
Full sun, cool air
Water
Even moisture
Mature size
60–120 cm
First harvest
Whole plant in year two
Family
Gentianaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
winter
Care
Hill gardens only; the plains kill it.
An intensely bitter Himalayan herb of mid-altitude meadows, slow and particular.
Growing it
Hill gardens only; the plains kill it.
What it is for
Traditional bitters; a threatened plant worth conserving.