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| Champa Flower Plant |
I have added two new members to our family and here they have been planted in big containers for them to bloom and grow happily. The red champa and the yellow - white shaded champa are two new additions. Since I already have the yellow champa plant growing in a big bucket these two plants were also among the wish list for their showy and fragrant flowers. |
| Red Champa flower tree |
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| Red champa flowers |
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| Champa flower tree growing in container terrace garden |
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| Pink Champa flower plant |
My childhood memories go long back and I remember the fragrance of the yellow-white champa flower. We had this big champa tree in our compound which would be laden with flowers. Each single flower was a beauty in itself. With its fragrance famous world wide this frangipani plant was sure to find a place in my terrace garden. The fragrance is fresh and strong. Keeping a few Champa flowers in the house will spread the fragrance everywhere till the flowers dry off, that is three to four days.
The Joy and my expression of my terrace garden flowers expressions come in my reiki floral paintings
The red champa flowering plant has also been planted and at present I do not know how many years will go by before I see the blooms, or how the plant will progress, anyway I do wish I get to see the flowers soon.
The champa plant has big leaves and its stem is quiet fleshy and thick. This plant stores water in its stem and on cutting the stem or plucking the flower you can see a white liquid ooze out of the plant.
I feel this plant can do away with few waterings as the stem is very thick and has stored water. Each leaf comes from the sides of the stem along with the new tip emerging with fresh lime green leaves. The leaves of the champa plant are dark green and new ones are lighter in colour.
Regular feeding will be required since this champa plant is growing in container. But I have not added anything since planting this new plant as I always avoid feeding the new plants with any fertilizer in the beginning till the new plant gets adjusted to our new container and climate of the surroundings. Cowdung helps bring the plant to bloom faster.
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