Very few plants command attention in your home and garden like the unusual and captivating bird-of-paradise plant. Nicknamed for their crane-like flowers, these subtropical perennials, belonging to ...

An easy tropical plant for the central Ohio home (during the cold of winter) and outdoors (during the warmth of summer) is bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae). A relative of the banana, the plant ...

Question. I have an older orange bird of paradise plant in a container that gets some sun and shade that has not bloomed in recent years. What can I do to help it bloom? Answer. Maybe your plant would ...

Not only is it beautiful, but pollinators love it too, and it’s a near-native, coming from Mexico. The Mexican bird-of-paradise grows as a large shrub or a small tree, depending how you prune it. It ...

If you’ve been in Tucson for a few months, you’ve no doubt noticed the ubiquitous vivid orange flowered shrubs called the bird of paradise. You may be surprised to know that there are in fact three ...

There is a kooky poignancy to the city flower of Los Angeles. No other plant comes quite so close as the bird of paradise to having the actual aspect of an animal. It’s like a bird, yes -- a crane -- ...