MICHELIA CHAMPACA & ALBA

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HERE ARE MY 2 YEAR OLD CHAMPACA AND MY 1 YEAR OLD ALBA:

I HAD 2 FLOWERS ON ALBA AND NONE ON CHAMPACA... THEY ARE SUPER HEALTHY

WHAT IS GOING ON

WEST PALM BEACH- EASTERN EXPOSURE-FOLLOWED SOIL MIX BY "TOP TROPICAL'S" WEB SITE FORUM

THANKS

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[ariscott]

My champaca is much bigger than yours and mine is not flowering yet... so, not sure why??

Regards, Ari

[daxin]

HERE ARE MY 2 YEAR OLD CHAMPACA AND MY 1 YEAR OLD ALBA:

I HAD 2 FLOWERS ON ALBA AND NONE ON CHAMPACA... THEY ARE SUPER HEALTHY

WHAT IS GOING ON

WEST PALM BEACH- EASTERN EXPOSURE-FOLLOWED SOIL MIX BY "TOP TROPICAL'S" WEB SITE FORUM

THANKS

M. champaca takes longer to bloom if it is grown from seed, but yours seems to be close to blooming size. Both M. champaca and M. X Alba love fertilizer and water during growing season, but if you give them too much, their roots will burn or suffocate. Organic and slow-release fertilizers are safer, and you can increase watering little by little, especially when their leaves begin to droop by noon like in your first photo.

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[Eric in Orlando]

M. x alba is a much heavier bloomer than M. champaca and also has a longer flowering period.

[LJG]

M. champaca grows well here in SoCal. You just needs tons of fert and water when hot. Mine will flower 8 months out of the year. I use to have tons of these, but I only have one large one left due to the fact the ones in full sun drop all there leaves in late spring when it warms up. The one I kept is shaded from 50% of the tree down. So I think they like wet roots with shaded ground. Even the leaves in full sun do not yellow on this tree.