Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
60–100 cm
First harvest
Flowers 60 days
Family
Nyctaginaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
It seeds itself everywhere; pull what you do not want.
Opens at four in the afternoon and self-sows itself around the garden.
Growing it
It seeds itself everywhere; pull what you do not want.
What it is for
Evening colour and scent; hawkmoths at dusk.