Giant Bird Of Paradise
Strelitzia nicolai
Highly prized evergreen perennial with tree-like bold clumps. Long stalked blue-green leaves to 6 ft. are held in fan-like formation. The huge bird-like flowers have white heads and blue tongues.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | strel-ITS-ia nik-oh-ly |
| Key feature: | Fall Flowering |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Garden style: | Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 9 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 22 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow growing to 25 to 30 ft. high, 15 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Flower attribute: | Flowers for Cutting |
| Landscape uses: | Poolside, Seacoast Exposure |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Fall and winter |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 7170 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
A stunning plant for a full-sun display in a bed large enough to accommodate its eventual size. This would make a fine specimen planting or in a bed with lower-growing companions.
Highly prized evergreen perennial with tree-like bold clumps. Long stalked blue-green leaves to 6 ft. are held in fan-like formation. The huge bird-like flowers have white heads and blue tongues.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
A stunning plant for a full-sun display in a bed large enough to accommodate its eventual size. This would make a fine specimen planting or in a bed with lower-growing companions.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | strel-ITS-ia nik-oh-ly |
| Key feature: | Fall Flowering |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Garden style: | Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 9 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 22 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow growing to 25 to 30 ft. high, 15 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Flower attribute: | Flowers for Cutting |
| Landscape uses: | Poolside, Seacoast Exposure |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Fall and winter |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 7170 |
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The best fertilizer to use with this plant is Tree & Shrub Food.view soil products