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There are many of these growing in the cool, often foggy, often windy west side of San Francisco. Ours started as 15 gallon plants and ha...Read More
I have only found this on Wikipedia on how to differentiate between Strelitzia alba and Strelitzia nicolai:
''Flowering may take p...Read More
My neighbour has this growing on our shared fence line. It grows and multiplies like a weed. It has already demolished one timber fence, ...Read More
A very easy to grow plant in the sub-tropical climate of Torquay. My own specimen was purchased as a tiny seedling some 6 inches tall and...Read More
I've been looking into the strelitzia nicolai, appropos to my Phoenix, AZ garden, for a couple years now. I have a "sub-tropical" theme g...Read More
I was told by a nursery that Bird of Paradise cannot stand full sun. My landscaper mistakenly planted Bird of Paradise instead of the Red...Read More
One bit of information that hasn't been mentioned about this plant is that it is a bird magnet. Spot-breasted oriole, red-bellied woodpe...Read More
I adopted a potted strelitzia nicolai from a VCR repair shop many years ago. The owner just happened to be remarking on how he wanted to ...Read More
I have a 10 year old Giant White Bird, very large and very beautiful. I've been caring for her about 8 years myself. I gues the term 'c...Read More
I'm in coastal San Diego. Love the tropical effect but these guys can become a huge mess with maturity. I inherited about 25 plants over ...Read More
Despite the hardiness zone ratings here as well in the Sunset Western Garden Book, you will see many healthy old specimen of this plant i...Read More
It seems there is some confusion out there about the differences between S. alba and S. nicolai. Here is some information which should he...Read More
Five years ago I planted 1 Giant Bird of Paradise. Since then I have planted 20 offshoots in my yard, and given dozens away. They are b...Read More
i planted my giant bird of paridise in my back yard last year in seallte sept 06, it has been doing good, i had to cover it with a clea...Read More
We have this plant growing on the west side of our house. We also have the shorter orange and blue-flowered variety. We enjoy the black...Read More
I have a lovely strelitzia, but I do not know how to prune it. Do I remove the leaf that the flower grows from as well as the flower its...Read More
I have been growing mine in a pot in the Boston area in its 5th year. I bring it in and out as the seasons dictate. Its stems and leaves ...Read More
I am in Atlanta, Georgia and just bought the White Bird of Paradise a week ago. I have watered it and it was doing fine until today. I...Read More
I have had my plant 8 years now, 6 of those years it was in the ground. When I moved I placed it in a very large pot and placed it down ...Read More
I live in Palm Desert and was told the plant was iffy here(zone13). In 2.5 years it has gone from 6 ft to about 12 ft tall and has it's f...Read More
For fast growth fertilize heavily,and abundant water. It DOES make a difference. Also if planted in the cool Bay Area shade, growth come...Read More
Easy to grow here. Plants in pots stay relatively small. Plants in the ground grow quickly. Mine produces seeds but the critters (squi...Read More
I give this plant a "neutral" rating because I've only had it for one year and know little about it. I live in Sacramento, CA (don't kno...Read More
Very attractive for landscaping! Grows well in Florida as far north as zone 9a.
OK I BOUGHT 2 PLANTS FROM WALMART A WEEK AGO FOR ABOUT $13.00 AND THEY LOOKED GREAT. PLANTED ONE AND LEFT THE OTHER IN THE POT. COULD NOT...Read More
Mature plant tend to become a mess and need pruning and cleaning. There are much more impressive plants for tropical effect. Like Ravenala.
I have lived in this house for 13 years and have never seen this tree bloom and didn't even know or care what the name was until it start...Read More
Birds of Paradise normally only bloom after the plant is 3 to 5 years old.
I live in Ormond Beach, Florida. My plants are...Read More
This plant will grow in New Orleans, though it rarely flowers here. Even in protected locations, it seems to get knocked down every seve...Read More
I'm in zone 9b (?) in deep, deep south Texas, USA. I aquired this plant less than two years ago and it's still relatively small (4-5'). ...Read More
I grew White Bird of Paradise in the ground in St. Petersburg, Florida, zone 9b, for about 10 years and never once had a flower. It had ...Read More
I am a recent new owner of a "White Bird of Paradise". I fell in love with this plant because of the beautiful leaves and that it is perf...Read More
I have five "Bird of Paradise" plants that I bought from a nursery. They were originally about 18 inches high when we planted them 11 yea...Read More
We bought a house with four of the biggest "Giant Bird of Paradise" plants I've ever seen; they have approximately 20 or more blooms on e...Read More
Useful tropical for height. Blooms are an added attraction. Big, banana-like leaves tatter less in the wind than bananas do and it is not...Read More