Sowing months
Feb–Mar, Jun–Jul, Sep
Sunlight
Four hours of sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
30–60 cm
First harvest
Flowers 60 days
Family
Apocynaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, biodiversity, healing
Sow in
monsoon, summer, winter
Care
Self-sows quietly; move seedlings while they are small.
Flowers every day of the year and asks for nothing. Indigenous to the deccan.
Growing it
Self-sows quietly; move seedlings while they are small.
What it is for
Continuous colour; historic medicinal plant.