Plants on Rotation for Homes in Indore

A plant that looks healthy in the humid stretch through August often shows browning leaf tips by April, once the air has dried out to around 15% humidity and mean daily highs are pushing toward 40°C, and the reverse can happen to plants suited to drier air once humidity climbs back toward its August peak. Rotating in a fresh set each month means a struggling plant is swapped out before it visibly declines, rather than left in a spot the season has stopped suiting.

What we rotate through and when

Through the driest, hottest months from March to May we lean the rotation toward drought-tolerant foliage that tolerates low humidity, and through the monsoon months, when humidity is highest, toward plants that prefer more moisture in the air, so the home always has a set suited to that month rather than a set chosen once for the whole year.

On the rare nights temperatures drop close to the city's recorded low of −2.8°C, tropical foliage brought in for the humid-season rotation is moved away from windows and cold drafts, since a plant chosen for August's humidity is not automatically suited to a cold winter night even indoors.

A home closer to the old city, with more shade from mature trees along its street, often needs a slightly different rotation mix than a home on a newer, more open stretch such as Nipania or Bicholi Mardana, since the natural light reaching a window changes with the surrounding buildings and trees.