🌸 Rajnigandha Bulb – Live Tuberose Bulb | Intensely Fragrant Night Blooming Flower 

Few fragrances in the entire natural world can match the intoxicating, heady, deeply romantic scent of the Rajnigandha. Rich, sweet, creamy, and intensely floral, the fragrance of the Tuberose has captivated poets, perfumers, and flower lovers for centuries — earning it the title of “Queen of the Night” and making it one of the most prized ingredients in the world’s finest perfumes.

With its elegant spikes of pure white, waxy, star-shaped flowers that bloom from the bottom upward and release their most intoxicating fragrance after sunset, the Rajnigandha is one of India’s most beloved and culturally significant flowers — woven into garlands, offered in temples, used in weddings, and distilled into the legendary Attar of Tuberose that has perfumed the courts of Mughal emperors and French royalty alike.

🌍 Names in Different Languages

• English: Tuberose / Night Blooming Tuberose / Queen of the Night
• Latin (Scientific): Agave amica (formerly Polianthes tuberosa)
• Hindi: रजनीगंधा (Rajnigandha) – Night Fragrance
• Tamil: செட்டுமல்லி (Settumalli) / குந்துமல்லி (Kundumalli)
• Telugu: సుగంధరాజం (Sugandharajam) / నిశాగంధి (Nishagandhi)
• Kannada: ಸುಗಂಧರಾಜ (Sugandharaja) / ರಾತ್ರಿಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ (Raatrimalllige)
• Malayalam: കെവുടാമല് (Kevudamala) / നിശാഗന്ധി (Nishagandhi)
• Bengali: रজনীগন্ধা (Rajnigandha)
• Marathi: रजनीगंधा (Rajnigandha) / निशागंधी (Nishagandhi)
• Gujarati: રાત્રાણી (Raatrani) / રજનીગંધા (Rajnigandha)
• Punjabi: ਰਜਨੀਗੰਧਾ (Rajnigandha)
• Urdu: رجنیگندھا (Rajnigandha) / شب بو (Shab Bo) – Night Fragrance
• Sanskrit: निशागन्धा (Nishagandha) – Night Fragrance / सुगन्धराज (Sugandharaja) – King of Fragrance
• Arabic: زهرة الليل (Zahrat al-Layl) – Night Flower
• Spanish: Nardo / Tuberosa / Vara de San José
• French: Tubereuse / Fleur de Nuit
• German: Tuberose / Nachtblume
• Italian: Tuberosa / Fiore della Notte
• Portuguese: Tuberosa / Flor da Noite
• Chinese (Mandarin): 晚香玉簇 (Wǎn Xiāng Yù Zān) – Evening Fragrant Jade Hairpin
• Japanese: チューベローズ (Chūberōzu) – Tuberose
• Korean: 튜브로즈 (Tyubeurojeu) – Tuberose
• Russian: Тубероза (Tuberoza)
• Dutch: Tuberoos / Nachtbloem
• Indonesian: Sedap Malam (Evening Fragrance – the most beautiful name!)
• Thai: ชูเบอร์โรส (Chuboeros) / ก้านปลา (Kaan Plaa)
• Filipino: Azucena / Sampagita ng Gabi
• Swahili: Maua ya Usiku (Night Flower)

📏 Bulb Size & What to Expect

Each pack contains 1 healthy, plump Rajnigandha bulb, carefully selected for vigour and blooming potential. Plant them in well-draining soil in a sunny spot, and within 60–90 days you will be rewarded with tall, elegant flower spikes bearing 12–18 pure white, intensely fragrant blooms per spike — filling your home and garden with one of the most intoxicating fragrances in the natural world!

✅ Uses and Benefits

• 🌸 Queen of Fragrance: The most intensely fragrant flower in India — its rich, sweet, creamy scent fills entire rooms and gardens after sunset, creating an unforgettable sensory experience.
• 🙏 Sacred & Auspicious: One of the most important flowers in Hindu worship — used in temple offerings, wedding garlands, and religious ceremonies across India.
• 🎒 Perfumery Gold: The Tuberose is one of the most prized ingredients in luxury perfumery — used in iconic fragrances by Chanel, Dior, Guerlain, and many other world-renowned perfume houses.
• 🌟 Cut Flower Champion: Produces long-lasting cut flower spikes that remain fragrant for 5–7 days in a vase — perfect for home decoration and gifting.
• 🎁 Garland & Decoration: The most popular flower for traditional Indian garlands (maalai) — used in weddings, festivals, and hair decorations across South India.
• 🧘 Aromatherapy: The Tuberose’s fragrance is known to reduce anxiety, promote relaxation, and create a deeply romantic and calming atmosphere.
• 🌍 Attar Production: India is the world’s largest producer of Tuberose Attar (essential oil) — used in traditional Indian perfumery and Ayurvedic aromatherapy.
• 💚 Easy to Grow: One of the most rewarding bulb flowers for Indian gardens — thrives in India’s warm climate and blooms prolifically with minimal care.

🌱 How to Plant and Grow Rajnigandha Bulbs

1. Best Planting Time: Plant in February–May (spring/early summer) for blooms in May–August. In South India, can be planted almost year-round.
2. Pot Selection: Use a 8–10 inch pot with excellent drainage holes, or plant directly in garden beds. Each bulb needs at least 15 cm of space around it.
3. Soil: Use a well-draining, fertile mix — garden soil + cocopeat + compost (2:1:1). Rajnigandha loves rich, slightly acidic to neutral soil (pH 6.5–7.0).
4. Planting Depth: Plant bulbs 5–7 cm deep with the pointed tip facing upward. Space bulbs 15–20 cm apart in garden beds.
5. Sunlight: Needs 6–8 hours of direct sunlight daily for best growth and blooming. A south or west-facing location is ideal. More sun = more flower spikes!
6. Watering: Water once every 2–3 days during the growing season. Keep soil consistently moist but never waterlogged. Reduce watering after flowering when leaves begin to yellow.
7. Fertilizing: Feed with a balanced NPK fertilizer (10:10:10) once every 3–4 weeks during the growing season. Switch to a high-phosphorus fertilizer (like bone meal) when flower spikes appear to encourage more blooms.
8. First Blooms: Expect the first flower spikes to appear 60–90 days after planting. Each spike bears 12–18 flowers that open progressively from bottom to top over 2–3 weeks!
9. Fragrance Peak: The fragrance is most intense after sunset and through the night — place near windows, doorways, or sitting areas to enjoy the evening fragrance at its most magical!
10. After Blooming: After flowering, allow the leaves to die back naturally. Dig up the bulbs, dry them in shade for 1–2 weeks, and store in a cool, dry place for replanting next season.
11. Bulb Multiplication: Each bulb produces 3–5 offset bulbs (pups) each season — your collection grows automatically year after year!

🏠 Best Growing Spaces

• 🌤️ Garden Beds (Best Performance): Thrives in sunny garden beds — plant in clusters of 5–10 bulbs for a spectacular, fragrant display.
• 🌱 Balcony & Terrace Pots: Grows beautifully in large pots (8–10 inch) on sunny balconies and terraces — perfect for apartment gardeners who want to enjoy the evening fragrance!
• 🪟 Near Windows & Doorways: Plant near bedroom windows or entrance doorways to enjoy the intoxicating evening fragrance drifting indoors after sunset.
• ✅ Perfect for Indian Climate: India’s warm, sunny climate is ideal for Rajnigandha — it is one of the most widely grown cut flowers in India, cultivated across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.

🌟 Fun Facts About Rajnigandha

• 🌸 The name Rajnigandha is a beautiful Sanskrit compound — “Rajni” (Night) + “Gandha” (Fragrance) — perfectly capturing the flower’s most magical quality: its intoxicating scent that intensifies after dark!
• 🌍 The Tuberose is native to Mexico — where it was cultivated by the Aztecs for its fragrance and used in religious ceremonies long before it was introduced to Europe and Asia!
• 🎒 The Tuberose is one of the most expensive natural perfume ingredients in the world — it takes approximately 3,600 kg of Tuberose flowers to produce just 1 kg of absolute (concentrated extract)!
• 🙏 In Indian tradition, Rajnigandha garlands are considered so auspicious that they are used in wedding ceremonies, deity worship, and as offerings to the departed — a flower that accompanies every major life event!
• 🌟 The Tuberose was a favourite of Marie Antoinette and the French royal court — it was so popular in 17th–18th century France that it was nicknamed “Mistress of the Night” for its intoxicating nocturnal fragrance!
• 🌿 In Indonesia, the Tuberose is called “Sedap Malam” (Evening Fragrance) — one of the most poetic and evocative plant names in any language, perfectly capturing the flower’s magical evening blooming!
• 💚 India is the world’s largest producer of Tuberose flowers — with over 20,000 hectares under cultivation, primarily in West Bengal, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu, producing flowers for garlands, cut flowers, and attar production!

📦 What’s in the Box?

• ✅ 1 Healthy Live Rajnigandha (Tuberose) Bulb
• ✅ Eco-friendly, moisture-retaining packaging
• ✅ Planting guide with depth, spacing, sunlight and watering instructions
• ✅ Fragrance peak tip – best time and placement to enjoy the evening scent!
• ✅ Bulb storage guide for replanting next season

🌸 The Rajnigandha doesn’t just bloom — it enchants. As the sun sets and the world grows quiet, its pure white flowers release a fragrance so rich, so sweet, and so deeply beautiful that it has moved poets to verse, perfumers to obsession, and lovers to silence. Plant your Rajnigandha bulbs today and let the Queen of the Night fill your evenings with her most intoxicating magic!