It rolled into town earlier this week and has hung around like a bad smell ever since. The worst smog to engulf the Indian capital this season has stung the eyes of rickshaw drivers, clouded a champagne-laden celebration on the lawn of the Australian High Commission and, according to local media, caused a multi-car pile up on a Delhi highway.
Nandina is deciduous only in very cold climates where temperatures fall below -10 degrees. It is semi-evergreen in zones 6-9 and evergreen in zones 8-10. Nandina domestica thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers to be grown in a moist well-drained soil.
Justicia gendarussa, commonly known as willow-leaved justicia (Marathi: à¤¬à¤¾à¤à¤¸, bakas, à¤à¤¾à¤³à¤¾ à¤à¤¡à¥à¤³à¤¸à¤¾, kala adulasa; Sanskrit: à¤à¤¸à¤¨à¤, kasanah, à¤µà¥à¤§à¥à¤¯à¤¸à¤¿à¤à¤¹à¤¾, vaidyasinha), is a small erect, branched shrub, endemic to India. It is useful in asthma, rheumatism and colics of children.