Q: My Mexican bird of paradise was gorgeous this year, the best ever. The flowers are now going to seed pods. Should I cut it back? What is the proper way to care for this plant as it moves into fall ...

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 ...

There’s a reason the bird of paradise is one of the most popular tropical houseplants, and it’s not because it’s gorgeous (though that helps). For all its dramatic beauty, this tropical plant is ...

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 ...

Paradise is associated with the sort of ideal life Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden — prior to eating from the Tree of Knowledge — when the phenomenon of death did not yet exist. How ...