Michelia champaca – Perfume Tree (Seedling)

🌼 Michelia champaca – Perfume Tree (Seedling)
Also known as Champak or Joy Perfume Tree, Michelia champaca is a legendary tropical flowering tree treasured across Asia for its intensely fragrant golden-orange blooms. The scent is rich, floral, and heady—often described as a mix of jasmine, ylang-ylang, and gardenia—and is traditionally used in high-end perfumes and temple offerings.

This evergreen tree thrives in warm, humid climates and features glossy green leaves with a gracefully upright growth habit. Our seedling-grown trees may vary slightly in flower color and shape but will still carry the unmistakable fragrance that makes this species so beloved.

📅 Flowering Season: Primarily spring and summer; may bloom intermittently year-round in tropical climates
📏 Growth Habit: Tall, upright evergreen tree; can reach 30–50 ft in-ground (smaller in pots)
🌺 Landscape Use: Ornamental, specimen tree, perfumed garden feature
⭐ Most Important Trait: Produces some of the most powerfully fragrant flowers in the tropical world—ideal for scent gardens, meditation spaces, or collectors of rare exotics.