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Agro-forestry species
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Vegetable and fruit crops
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Cash crops
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Medicinal and aromatic species
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Ornamental foliage species
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Ornamental flowering species
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Ground cover
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Carnivorous plants
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Hedge plants
Ornamental foliage species
Aglaonema
Planting season
May-June
Shade-loving plant with long, variegated leaves
Caladium
Planting season
February-March
Attractive coloured foliage
Calathea
Planting season
Spring
Large foliage with attractive stripes, suitable as house/greenhouse plants
Callistemon
Planting season
Spring/autumn
Avenue tree with yellowish green foliage
Cordyline
Planting season
All round the year except May-June and December-January
Evergreen indoor plant with green/variegated foliage
Dieffenbachia
Planting season
March to October
Evergreen indoor plant with attractive green margins and white centre
Dracaena
Planting season
All round the year except May-June and December-January
Evergreen, shade-loving plant with green and/or variegated foliage
Euonymous
Planting season
Spring/Monsoon
Shade-loving plant with variegated leaves
Ficus benjamina
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Evergreen tree with lush, bushy growth
Ficus black
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Evergreen tree with blackish leaves
Ficus lyrata
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Evergreen tree with broad leaves
Ficus panda
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Evergreen tree with young leaves yellowish, for hedge/border rows
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Ficus pumila
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Evergreen tree with drooping leaves
Ficus nuda
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Evergreen tree, drooping spear shaped leaves
Ficus reginald
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Evergreen tree with yellow leaves
Ficus triangularis
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Evergreen tree with triangular leaves
Fittonia
Planting season
All round the year except December-Jan and May-June
Small trailing plant with attractive purple veins
Hosta
Variety: Great Expectations
Planting season
Spring
Shade plant with variegated leaves
Hypoestes phyllostachya
(Polka dot)
Planting season
Spring/monsoon
Attractive green foliage with white/pink dots
Miscanthus
Planting season
Spring
Annual, variegated grass, also useful as energy crop
Nandina
Planting season
Spring/monsoon
Annual plant with leaves green in summer, turning red in winter
Peperomia
Variety: Variegated, green
Planting season
Spring/monsoon
Tropical perennial with succulent leaves
Philodendron scandens
Planting season
All round the year except extreme summer/winter
Climber with heart-shaped leaves
Philodendron xanadu
Planting season
All round the year except extreme summer/winter
Heart-shaped leaves later showing dissections
Pogonantherum
(Bamboo grass)
Planting season
February-March and July-September
Small foliage plant with bamboo-like appearance
Pothos
(Money plant)
Varieties: Variegated, Golde
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Planting season
All round the year except extreme summer/winter
Climber, suitable for indoors/shady areas
Syngonium
Varieties: Alex Goldiana, Infra red & White Butterfly
Planting season
All round the year except extreme summer/winter
Shrubs, leaves with white, red and yellow veins respectively
Yucca
Planting season
All round the year except extreme summer/winter
Perennials producing rosettes of rigid, slender, sword-shaped leaves
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