Sowing months
Jun–Aug
Sunlight
Part shade
Water
Twice a week
Mature size
1.5–2.5 m
First harvest
Flowers from year two
Family
Apocynaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground, terrace
Good for
beauty
Sow in
monsoon
Care
One of the very few shrubs that flowers well in real shade.
The chandni — pinwheel white flowers, glossy leaves and constant flowering in shade.
Growing it
One of the very few shrubs that flowers well in real shade.
What it is for
Temple flowers; the reliable shade-garden shrub.