NAME Tropical Bird of Paradise
OTHER COMMON NAMES Mallowwort / Mallow
SCIENTIFIC NAME Strelitzia Reginae
COLOR Red, Orange, Blue, !#!amp!*! Copper
PLANT SEEDS Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME Fall - Spring
HARDINESS ZONE 9 - 11 (Tender Perennial) / Houseplant
PLANT HEIGHT 24 - 48"
PLANT SPACING 24"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS Sun - Part Shade
SOIL !#!amp!*! WATER PREFERENCES Average



Strelitzia
Reginae is a perennial plant whose flower, very characteristic,
has similarities with the head of an exotic bird,
hence the common name sometimes used for this plant: Bird of Paradise.
But this name is confusing with caesalpinia and it is better to appoint Strelizie.
This plant forms clumps several feet, 1.50 m in height approximately.
The plants are listed in the ground from Zone 9, since withstand brief frosts of about -6 ° C.
Pour colder regions can be beautiful and large pots to renter the winter (great houseplant with a lot of class).
The leaves of Strelitzia reginae, the back bluish green, are persistent.
The flowers are very characteristic. Bracts, also called husks are green with red marks.
The flowers are orange with a "tongue" blue.

Package include
10 x Strelitzia Reginae Flower Seeds