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Plants that suit your space.

A nursery in Bhubaneswar. We ask how much sun your balcony gets before we tell you what to buy.

Tell us your light.

We will tell you what lives there
4HRS

Drag, or use your arrow keys. The light on this page, and the line below it, are both set by what your balcony gets.

Or start from what you need.

No filter
Propagated hereOur own seed and cuttings, not bought in by the crate.
Hardened through a monsoonDays outdoors in real rain before we offer it.
Advice before priceWe ask about your light before we ask about your budget.

The line, as your light sets it. Seated sorts will live.

16 sorts carried
The line 0 seated
Left on the bench 0 plants
Seated, will live on your light Loose, wants more sun Inverted, the wrong plant here

Take this list with you. Everything on the bench above is one we would still sell you, and we would rather you did not buy it.

Every plant tells a story. Yours needs light.

Rooted in nature and driven by passion, we carry everything from budget-friendly saplings to premium, rare plants, and we help you choose based on your space, your sunlight and your gardening habits. That conversation is the product. The plants are only what falls out of it.

The Monsoon Bulletin

Bhubaneswar is hot, humid, and gets a monsoon that will not let you forget it. Nine out of ten plants brought home here die from too much water and not enough drainage, not from neglect. This is the whole of what we tell everyone.

Before you rely on the light figures above: they are a nursery's rule of thumb, not a measurement. Two balconies in the same building can differ by two hours. Treat the list as a shortlist, then ask us about your actual spot.

By season

June to September Stop watering on a schedule

Rain arrives harder than the pot can drain, and root rot takes days. Raise pots off the floor and never let a saucer hold water.

October to February Check before you pour

Dry air and bright sun dry potted soil by morning. Water early, water deep, and put a finger in the top two inches first.

March to May Move the tender leaves

Scorch on west-facing leaves and stalled new growth. Take tender foliage out of the hard afternoon sun, and do not repot in peak heat.

By what goes wrong

Under a slab Etiolation

Long thin stems, wide gaps between leaves, pale colour. It is the plant stretching for light it cannot reach.

Low light, honestly Most flowering plants will not make it

Neither will succulents. At three hours or less, the line on this page is six plants long, and that is the honest number.

Humid air Succulents and cactus rot first

We will talk you out of buying them. A raised ledge in full sun with zero rain contact is the only version that works here.

Why a nursery, not a shop

Stage onePropagate

Seed or cutting, in our own medium. Far too small to survive the trip home, and never offered at this stage.

Stage twoEstablish

Roots, then first true leaves. Alive now, but with no reserves behind it. Still not for sale.

Stage threeHarden

Days outdoors in full sun and rain. The stage most nurseries skip, and the reason their plants die on your balcony.

Stage fourReady

Only now does it go on the line. If it is here, it has already survived a monsoon and a summer on our end of it.

Grown in Odisha, for Odisha.Not shipped in from somewhere drier.

Come and see the line.

The question we get asked most is whether we have something in stock. It is faster to answer in person, and faster still if you bring something.

Bring a photo

Of your balcony or terrace, taken at midday so the shadows show.

Bring the pot you own

Its width sets the size you can take home, and it tells us your drainage.

Leave with a list

What will live there, what will not, and what to buy instead. We do this whether or not you buy.

Where
Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar
Khordha, Odisha
TO CONFIRM. Street address and pincode. Our own listings disagree: 751030 (Khandagiri) and 751015.
When
Hours to be confirmed
Mon to Sun, seasonal
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Reach us
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