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The white pinwheel flower that scents Pakistani courtyards all summer.
fromRs 500
Photographs are of our actual stock, taken at the nursery. Plants are living things — expect small differences in shape and leaf count from the plant shown.
Flowering Plants
Hari Champa (Kantali Champa)
Artabotrys hexapetalus
Hari champa is grown for one reason and it is a very good one. The flowers are small, green ripening to yellow, and easy to miss entirely — but the scent is extraordinary, a rich ripe-fruit perfume that carries across a courtyard on a warm evening. A single branch in a bowl of water will scent a room overnight.
The plant is a large scrambling shrub that will climb if you give it something to hold, using hooked woody tendrils. Against a wall or over a gate it makes a dense evergreen cover; left alone it stays a loose shrub.
It flowers on new growth through the warm months, so a trim after each flush keeps it producing. Full sun to half shade, ordinary soil, and very little else.
- One of the strongest-scented plants we grow — strongest in the evening
- Climbs with hooked tendrils, or stays a loose shrub if unsupported
- Flowers on new growth — trim after each flush for more
- A single cut branch will scent a room overnight
Rs 700for the 12 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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At a glance
- Mature size
- 2–4 m as a climber; 1.5–2 m as a shrub
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Non-toxic — safe if chewed
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How to look after your Hari Champa (Kantali Champa)
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Full sun for the heaviest flowering — six hours or more. In partial shade you get foliage and few blooms.
- Water
- Deeply twice a week in summer, weekly in winter. Let the top few centimetres dry between waterings.
- Humidity
- Ambient outdoor humidity is fine.
- Soil
- Well-draining garden soil or a loam-based container mix enriched with compost.
- Feeding
- High-phosphorus feed every 3 weeks through the flowering season to keep buds coming.
- Temperature
- 15–45°C. Most are heat-loving; protect from frost.
If something goes wrong
Healthy leaves but no flowers
Why it happens: Too little sun, or a nitrogen-heavy feed.
What to do: Move into full sun and switch to a high-phosphorus feed.
Buds forming then dropping before opening
Why it happens: Irregular watering or a sudden move.
What to do: Water on a steady schedule and leave the plant in one position while it is budding.
Sticky leaves and black sooty film
Why it happens: Aphids or scale, and the mould that grows on their honeydew.
What to do: Spray with neem oil weekly for three weeks, covering the leaf undersides.
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