Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Fortnightly
Mature size
1–2 m
First harvest
Cut from month five
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Cut three times a year to keep the clump vigorous.
East Indian lemongrass, distilled in the north-east for citral oil.
Growing it
Cut three times a year to keep the clump vigorous.
What it is for
Essential oil; a tough clumping ornamental grass.