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 ...

Would you believe that an exotic Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia reginae, could be brought to bloom here in Staten Island in the middle of winter? Last August, Jeanne Keefe Hogan of Sunnyside, received a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Very few plants command attention in your home and garden like the unusual and captivating ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This type of bird-of-paradise has wide, paddle-shaped leaves and produces bright yellow blooms with blue ...

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 ...

Q. I have a big-leaf bird of paradise, 8 to 10 feet tall, planted in the ground. I have had it about eight years, and it has never bloomed. What can I do to encourage flowers? The foliage is nice. -- ...

*Growth habit: An upright to rounded evergreen perennial with arching leaves growing to 4 feet tall and equally wide. The leaves are lancelike in shape, gray-green and grow to 18 inches long and 6 ...