Champa is very well known flower for its seductive fragrance and it is an excellent fragrant flowering plant for garden.
What makes it special:
- One of the best fragrant flowering plants.
- Low maintenance plant.
- Perfect plant for outdoor garden.
Champa is very well known flower native to India, and popular for its fragrant flowe Flowers are fragrant, yellow, inverted lanceshaped. Buds, young twigs, young petioles, and young leaf blades are pale yellow velvet hairy. Twigs are ascending and forming a narrow umbelliform crown.
Magnolia champaca, known in English as champak, is a large evergreen flowering tree in the Magnoliaceae family. It was previously classified as Michelia champaca. It known for its fragrant flowers, and its timber used in woodworking.
Plant Specifications
| Plant Height | 25 inch (64 cm) |
| Plant Spread | 6 inch (15 cm) |
| Common Name | Champa, Yellow Champak Mulana |
| Maximum Reachable Height | 4.5 to 7.5 meter |
| Flower Colour | Orange |
| Bloom Time | Throughout the year |
| Difficulty Level | Easy |
Planting And Care
Light Requirement
- At least 3-6 hours of preferably morning sunlight a day is ideal for plant to grow well and natural direct bright light for the rest of the day.
Soil
- The soil should be well drained and fertile, rich in organic content for growing plant.
Watering
- Poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture.
- Apply 4 cup (Approx. 200 ml) water when top soil (1-2 inches) in pot feels dry to touch.
- As rule of thumb, Water the plant thoroughly in the summer and reduce watering in winter and rainy season.
- Do not over-water the plant.
- Apply water preferably in morning or evening.
Application of Fertilizer
- Loosen the topsoil without disturbing the roots of the plant so it can uptake the nutrients and moisture easily. .
- During the main growing season feed the plant with organic fertilizer once a month (Oct-Jan).
- Apply water immediately after application of fertilizer.
Re-potting
- When a plant outgrows in current pot, re-pot with fresh potting soil and some fertilizer.
- Do the re-potting late evening and keep the plant in shady area for 2 to 3 days and then move the plant in its suitable growing condition.
Plant Protection
- Remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts and dispose them away from the planting area.
- Spray Neem, Eucalyptus or Citrus oil for any insect/pest attack, as a primary treatment.
Dont’s
- Do not over water the plant especially when pot does not have drainage holes.
- Avoid applying water on flowers and leaves it may cause fungus infection.
Michelia Champa Care
Initial care for 1-2 weeks after receiving plant at your location:
- Keep the plant in Natural indirect bright Light.
- Poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture.
- Apply 4 cup (Approx. 200 ml) water when top soil (1-2 inches) in pot feels dry to touch
- Do not re-pot for min. 2 weeks after receiving it.
Key requirements to keep plant healthy:
| Sunlight | Natural direct 3-6 hours of morning sunlight and natural direct bright light for the rest of the day. |
| Watering | Apply 4 cup (Approx. 200 ml) water when top soil (1-2 inches) in pot feels dry to touch. |
| Soil | Soil should be well drain and fertile, rich in organic content. |
| Temperature | 25 to 35 degrees Celsius |
| Fertilizer | Apply any organic fertilizer once a month (Oct- Jan). |
Michelia Champa Special Feature
Tropical specimen for frost free areas. Effective to decorate the front porch and its fragrance spread in the evening and act as mood changer after days hard work.
Michelia Champa Uses
Ornamental Use:
- The plant is used for ornamental purpose
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