Sowing months
Mar–Apr
Sunlight
Part shade, cool air
Water
Moist, acidic, never limey
Mature size
5–12 m
First harvest
Flowers year eight
Family
Ericaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
winter
Care
Hill gardens with acid soil only; hopeless in the plains.
Buransh — scarlet trusses across the mid-Himalaya in March.
Growing it
Hill gardens with acid soil only; hopeless in the plains.
What it is for
Buransh squash; the signature Himalayan spring flower.