Plant Packs

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...

Three medicinal plants of the kind an Indian kitchen garden has always kept.Why these threeThe plants people reach for before the chemist: a leaf i...

Three plants for someone who has never kept one alive.Why these threeNothing here needs a routine. They are the plants we would hand to a first-tim...

Four herbs you will actually cook with, not four that look good in a photograph.Why these fourPicked for what an Indian kitchen uses most often, an...

Four annuals that flower right through the hot months and ask for nothing but water.Why these fourAn annual gives everything in one season, which i...

Four plants that take Indian balcony conditions: hard sun, hot wind, heavy rain.Why these fourA balcony is a harsher place than a garden — the conc...

Four plants to put in when the rain starts, and that want all of it.Why these fourMost plants suffer in a downpour; these are the ones that grow fa...

Four plants for someone who travels: they forgive three missed weeks.Why these fourEvery one of these stores water, in a leaf, a stem or a root. Th...

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 ...

Three plants that keep releasing oxygen at night, chosen for a bedroom.Why these threeMost plants close up after dark; a snake plant does not, whic...

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 ...

Four plants for a workplace, sized for a desk and tolerant of AC.Why these fourAn office kills plants two ways: dry conditioned air and nobody wate...

Four jasmines that flower at different times, so the scent never fully stops.Why these fourMogra is the summer, kamini flushes after rain, madhumal...

Four trailing plants for baskets, where floor space has run out.Why these fourHanging a plant solves the problem of a small balcony, but only trail...

Four colours of portulaca — the flowers that open by nine in the morning.Why these fourPortulaca is the most forgiving flowering plant sold in Indi...

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...

Three cacti, no two alike, in pots small enough for a bookshelf.Why these threeCacti are the one group that genuinely prefers being ignored, and th...