Sowing months
Jun–Aug
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Twice a week
Mature size
1.5–4 m
First harvest
Flowers from year two
Family
Verbenaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Clip it four times a year to keep it dense.
Blue flower sprays and orange berries at once; the standard clipped Indian hedge.
Growing it
Clip it four times a year to keep it dense.
What it is for
Butterfly nectar and bird berries; the workhorse hedge plant.