🌿 Pandan / Screwpine
Pandanus amaryllifolius
herbs
perennial tropical herbaceous shrub
☀️ Sun
Partial Shade
💧 Water
High
🗺️ Zones
4-9
🧪 Soil pH
5.0-7.0
📏 Spacing
3-5 ft apart (clumping shrub)
⏱️ Maturity
12-18 months (from planting suckers); regular leaf harvest after establishment
🍴 Edible Parts
🍽️ Rice fragrance, desserts, custards, pandan chicken, cake (buko pandan), natural green coloring
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (6)
Galangal grows well amid pandan clumps; pandan's foliage helps retain the soil moisture and humidity galangal rhizomes need to flourish.
Ginger grows well through pandan's clumping foliage; both prefer partial shade and consistently moist, rich soil in tropical gardens.
Pandan and lemongrass are classic Southeast Asian culinary companions , both are clumping, aromatic plants that thrive in similar warm, moist conditions.
Pandan and taro share a love of moisture , pandan's strappy leaves and taro's broad leaves create beautiful contrast while thriving in the same wet conditions.
Turmeric benefits from pandan's soil-shading and moisture-retaining habit; together they form a productive understory beneath taller tropical trees.
Pandan thrives in the moist, shaded understory beneath banana plants; both love humidity and create a productive tropical food-forest layer.
⚠️ Keep Apart (1)
⚠️ drought-tolerant succulents (agave, yucca)
Pandan requires consistently moist soil; succulents rot in same conditions
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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