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Three aromatic plants for the corner of a balcony where you sit in the evening.Why these threeCitronella and lemongrass both carry the oil that goe...

Everything that goes into a cup of masala chai, growing on your own windowsill.Why these threeMint for the leaves you tear in at the end, lemongras...

Three plants that scent a balcony after dark, flowering in turn from March to October.Why these threeMogra carries the summer, raat ki rani opens a...

A housewarming gift that is still alive next year: tulsi, money plant and mogra.Why these threeTulsi is the plant a new home traditionally starts w...

Three small plants for a desk, all of which survive a week-long holiday.Why these threeChosen for tolerance rather than looks: all three cope with ...

Three plants that like the one room everyone forgets: humid, and short of light.Why these threeBathroom air is what these plants get in the wild — ...

The three easiest air-purifying plants, for a room that gets no direct sun.Why these threeMoney plant trails and fills space, the ZZ survives being...

Pink, yellow and red miniature roses — the three that flower most reliably in a pot.Why these threeMiniature roses flower for most of the year in I...

Parijat (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis), known as Harsingar or Shiuli, is a much-loved small tree native to the Indian subcontinent and steeped in mytho...

Mogra, or Arabian Jasmine, is one of India's most loved fragrant shrubs, cherished for its small, waxy, pure-white flowers that release an intoxica...

Night Jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), popularly called Raat ki Rani, is a vigorous evergreen shrub famous for the powerful, sweet fragrance its tubula...

The Damascus Rose (Rosa damascena) is a classic old-world rose famed for its intensely fragrant, soft-pink, double blooms. In India it is the backb...

The Miniature Rose is a dwarf, bushy form of the China rose (Rosa chinensis) prized for its small, perfectly formed blooms carried in flushes throu...

Holy Basil, or Tulsi, is the most sacred and widely grown herb in Indian households, revered in Hindu tradition and central to Ayurveda. Native to ...

Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, formerly Rosmarinus officinalis) is a fragrant evergreen Mediterranean shrub with needle-like aromatic leaves used to ...

Rangoon Creeper (Combretum indicum, syn. Quisqualis indica) is a much-loved fragrant climber across India, famous for clusters of tubular flowers t...

Portulaca, or moss rose, is a low-growing succulent annual that revels in heat, sun and dry conditions where most flowers wilt. Its fleshy, needle-...

Portulaca, or moss rose, is a low-growing succulent annual that revels in heat, sun and dry conditions where most flowers wilt. Its fleshy, needle-...

Jasminum auriculatum, the juhi or needle-flower jasmine, is a scrambling, twining shrub grown across India for its small, white, intensely fragrant...

Mogra, or Arabian Jasmine, is one of India's most loved fragrant shrubs, cherished for its small, waxy, pure-white flowers that release an intoxica...

The Damascus Rose (Rosa damascena) is a classic old-world rose famed for its intensely fragrant, soft-pink, double blooms. In India it is the backb...

Bougainvillea is a vigorous, sun-loving climber famous for its dazzling masses of papery bracts in shades of magenta, pink, orange, white and red. ...

Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, formerly Rosmarinus officinalis) is a fragrant evergreen Mediterranean shrub with needle-like aromatic leaves used to ...

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, known as Flaming Katy, is a popular flowering succulent prized for its long-lasting clusters of tiny four-petalled blooms ...

Pink, yellow and red miniature roses — the three that flower most reliably in a pot.Why these threeMiniature roses flower for most of the year in I...

Four small plants to hand out at a birthday or a function, one guest each.Why these fourA plant is the return gift that does not end up in a drawer...

The three plants most often kept for good fortune, in one corner.Why these threeMoney plant for prosperity, three-layer lucky bamboo for the three ...

A housewarming gift that is still alive next year: tulsi, money plant and mogra.Why these threeTulsi is the plant a new home traditionally starts w...

Twelve auspicious plants as a housewarming gift — one for every room and corner.Why these twelveThe gift people give at a griha pravesh, at the sca...

Four Vastu plants, one for each direction, with a card saying which goes where.Why these fourVastu placement matters more than the plant, and that ...