Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Part shade
Water
Weekly
Mature size
1–2 m
First harvest
Flowers from year two
Family
Acanthaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Happy in the shade of a larger pot or a compound wall.
The southern vasaka — a shade-tolerant shrub with white hooded flowers.
Growing it
Happy in the shade of a larger pot or a compound wall.
What it is for
Traditional cough preparations; shade-garden nectar.