Tagar Wheel Star – Flowering Shrubs

Tagar wheel Botanically known as Tabernaemontana coronaria from Apocynaceae family. Common name are TMC, Tagar Single, Crape Jasmine, Clavel De La India, East Indian Rose Bay, Tagar wheel, Chandani flower, Nandivardhana etc. It is an evergreen perennial flowering shrub, blooms year around and it is one of the ancient  flowering plant mostly used in every Indian Home.

The Tagar plant is available from North India to South India. Tagar have attractive shiny leaves and it is a hardy landscape plant. Plants grow to over 2 to 4 meters high with a nice rounded canopy. The flowers are always pure white in single whorl. Branches are smooth and stiff and light colored. The only disadvantage is that when they are seen in harsh sunlight – the leaves reflect the light and flowers are not seen from a distance. The flowers stand out on overcast days. Excellent for viewing in moonlight and at night. The flowers are light fragrant with 1–5 cm in diameter.

 

What does make this Special?? 

• This is the one flower that even school children recognize. The most familiar and the most common Tagar variety.
• It is amongst the brightest white you can have in your garden. Flowers are pure white, borne at terminal position in bunches.
• It is one of the very easy to grow and care either in pot or directly in the soil.
• One of the Best Plant for puja or prayer flower or leaves, good for screening, also excellent for hedges, border.
• Excellent flower in garden to attract Butterfly, Birds.
• Best Year round Flowering to Home Garden.

MAXIMUM HEIGHT – It can reach up to 2 to 4 meter height.

BLOOMING YEAR – Year-around  attractive flowering.

GROWING TIPS – It can grow almost in all type of soil and it can easily grown in any Indian Climatic condition.

•  It is best to grow Tecoma plant in full sunlight conditions.
• Hardy plants can suitable for growing in gardens as well as pots.
• Tecoma are long lived plants, a lot of their growth and performance depends on the soil used, Good well drained soil with lots of organic manure is recommended.
• Need pruning one or more times in a year. Pruning should be done after the flush of flowers has finished. This promotes quick regrowth and new flowers.
• Trim the height of the plant and to maintain a good shape. Will grow in all soils and moderate weather.

INSIDE THE BOX

S.No.	PRODUCT NAME	DIMENSION
1.	Tagar wheel Plant	1-3 Feet Height
2.	Growing Pot (Black color)	6 Inch

*above specifications are for indicative purpose only, actual dimensions may slightly vary.

PLANT CARE  

LIGHT CONDITION – It requires minimum more than 6 hours of Direct Sunlight. If planted in full shade the blooming frequency will reduced. 

WATERING SCHEDULE – Water when the top soil(2-3 inch) feels dry to touch. Always maintain moisture near the root zone. Try to apply water in the morning or evening. 

SOIL TYPE – The soil should be well drained, fertile & rich in organic content.

TEMPERATURE – The average temperature should be 25-35 Degree Celsius.

FERTILIZER APPLICATION – Apply any organic fertilizer once in a month. Do not forget to water your plant immediately after application of fertilizer.

PLANT PROTECTION – Do light pruning of the plant in order to maintain good required shape. Remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts and discard them away from the plants. Generally it is more affected by mealy bug, in case of that, you can use Neem oil spray for primary treatment.

 

 INITIAL CARE FOR 10-15 DAYS JUST AFTER RECEIVING YOUR PLANT 

1. Remove the Packaging Materials carefully.
2. Press the soil in the pot & add additional soil(garden mix) if necessary.
3. Maintain moisture in the pot, Do not over water it may kill your plant, so make sure that the soil should be dry between watering.
4. Make sure that plants get enough morning direct bright light(2-3hrs) for 10-15 days & do not go for immediate transplanting (minimum 1 month)
5. After 1 month you can transplant it into slightly bigger pot than the present pot or directly in the soil.
6. Just prune if any branch of the plant is get damaged in transits. New leaves will come definitely.