Chameli jasmine climber has spread like a roof over the open courtyard at Krishna Kuteer, Sri Sri Panchakarma, Bangalore. Holy basil is growing on the ground here. so, the entrance to Krishna Kuteer is naturally scented with basil and jasmine.
The garden is productive because of the little time spent in daily watering, pruning dry twigs from shrubs (Chinese orange, roses, poinsettia, Shatavari), pruning the chrysanthemums thrice in the year, and emptying the seeds collected from last year into a few flower pots (marigold, French hollyhock, mustard, coriander have sprung up).
Bought the imported bulbs from a nursery and lined the pot with cowdung manure, sand, light soil and plenty of Agnihotra ash. In a few weeks, the flowers are here.
A single plant can give you hundreds of new plants in the next season if the seeds are preserved in a dry, airtight container. And there’s no saying where the new plants will pop up from previous year’s seeds scattered by the plant itself.