Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Part shade
Water
Regular; humid air
Mature size
1.5–3 m
First harvest
Flowers from year two
Family
Rubiaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Wants shelter and humidity; it scorches in dry wind.
One enlarged white sepal per flower, so the whole shrub reads as pale bracts.
Growing it
Wants shelter and humidity; it scorches in dry wind.
What it is for
Shade-garden colour; butterfly nectar in humid regions.