बोने के महीने
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun at altitude
पानी
High rainfall, cool air
Mature size
30–180 cm
First harvest
Flowers once in 12 years
Family
Acanthaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground
Good for
Biodiversity, Flowers & beauty
Sow in
Monsoon
देखभाल
A hill species; it needs cool wet air and will not grow in the plains.
The shrub that turns the Nilgiri slopes blue once every twelve years, then dies.
Growing it
A hill species; it needs cool wet air and will not grow in the plains.
What it is for
Mass flowering spectacle; the emblem plant of the Nilgiris.