Nag Chapa Champa Plumeria Flower Plant (1-2 Feet Height)

Nag Chapa Champa Plumeria (Plumeria rubra 'Nag Champa'), a revered fragrant cultivar celebrated for producing the iconic incense scent, features clusters of creamy-white to pale pink star-shaped flowers with golden throats exuding powerful jasmine-sandalwood perfume that inspired commercial Nag Champa worldwide, adorning Hindu rituals and tropical gardens across India. This succulent deciduous shrub or small tree bears thick fleshy branches with glossy green leaves dropping in dry seasons to trigger profuse warm-weather blooming, thriving heat-loving while symbolizing spirituality through its intoxicating evening fragrance. The 1–2 feet plant swells rapidly with milky latex, perfect for pots, temples, or cultural landscapes evoking temple incense memories.​

WHAT YOU GET

• 1 live Nag Chapa Champa Plumeria flower plant

• Height at dispatch: approximately 1–2 feet

• Authentic incense-scented variety for jasmine-sandalwood blooms, sacred significance, and tropical resilience

• Ideal for courtyards, balconies, puja spaces, or fragrant accents

KEY FEATURES 🌟

• 🌸 Succulent branching small tree (6-25 ft) with spiral oblong leaves, terminal fragrant panicles rich in iridoids supporting skin soothing, anti-inflammatory healing, and moth-pollination deception strategy​

• 🌸 Night-strengthened perfume lures sphinx moths; nectarless floral trickery​

• 💪 Drought hardy (USDA 10+); irritant latex defends herbivores​

• 🌦 Warm season prolific bloomer; Hindu sacred champa​

• 🌱 Easy stem cuttings; hundreds of cultivars​

PLANTING & CARE 🌱

• 🌤 Light: Full sun 6-8 hours intensifies fragrance​

• 🪴 Soil: Well-drained sandy/loam pH 6-7 cactus mix​

• 💧 Watering: Moderate active growth; dry triggers blooms​

• 🌿 Mulching: Gravel reflects heat

• ✂️ Pruning: Light shaping; callus cuttings first​

• 🧴 Fertilizing: High phosphorus blooming season​

BENEFITS & USES 🍽️

• 🌸 Nag Champa incense source, puja garlands, lei flowers​

• 💪 Wound compresses, fever remedy; spiritual purification​

• 🌳 Bonsai specimens, hedges; Balinese cemetery tradition​

• 🎁 Sacred fragrance gift temples/yoga spaces

• 🐝 Night moth specialist; cultural reverence​

DISCLAIMER ⚠️

• Milky sap irritates skin/eyes; wear gloves​

• Root rot overwatering; frost lethal below 10°C​

• Cuttings slow to root without hormone