Bird of Paradise
One of the easier tropical plants for outdoor summer containers, the bird of paradise will bring a lot of dramatic color to your garden.
Bird of Paradise Plant
Botanical Name: Strelitzia reginae
The Bird of Paradise plant gets its name from the exotic flowers that look like the head of a crane.
Bird of Paradise-How to Grow Strelitzia
By Jon VanZile, About.com Guide
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Bird of Paradise - Strelitzia reginae
Bird of Paradise is a most attractive specimen plant with unusual bird-like flowers that last for weeks on the plant as well as in a vase.
Bird of Paradise Bush, Desert Bird of Paradise
Scientific Name: Caesalpinia gilliesii (Wall. ex Hook.) Benth.
Synonym: Poinciana gilliesii, Erythrostemon gilliesii, Caesalpinia macrantha
Family: Fabaceae ...
Bird of Paradise Plants
Strelitzia reginae
March 5, 1998 Hi,
Thank-you in advance! We just purchased a Bird of Paradise & need to know where to plant as well as feeding. It has a flower and is assumed to be an outdoor plant.
Bird of Paradise Bush, Paradise Poinciana
Popular in tropical climates, their loose clusters of yellow, orange and red flowers attract hummingbirds. Flowers are followed by flat seedpods.
Bird of Paradise
Prepared by Chuck Burgess, HGIC Horticulture Specialist, Clemson University. (New 03/04.)
HGIC 1562 ...
Mexican Bird of Paradise is a small tree native to Texas and Mexico with bright yellow fragrant flowers from spring to fall. The foliage is fine textured, similar to Mimosa spp. and is light green in color, the foliage is somewhat coarser than C.
( Giant Bird of Paradise )
Large, clumping evergreen with huge (to 5 foot) leaves on stalks up to 6 feet. Exotic white and blue flowers resembling tropical birds. Provides a lush tropical effect in the landscape.
Caesalpinia gilliesii. YELLOW BIRD OF PARADISE. Caribbean
LEGUMINOSAE or FABACEAE (Pea family) ...
Bird of Paradise. Attractive to visitors, especially the orange color.
Photo by the author exclusively for Bermuda Online.
Bird's eyes ...
RED BIRD OF PARADISE
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
General Notes
Branches Droop, Branches Susceptible to Breakage. Has thorns. SelecTree lists no cultivars of pulcherrima.
Bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae)
Bird-of-paradise plant (Caesalpinia gilliesii)
Lemon vine, Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata)
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Bird of Paradise plants add an exotic touch to gardens and houses. Proper care for a crane flower ensures that it can be grown as a garden plant or for ornamental use.
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Bird of paradise tree is a spectacular accent plant. Use in pairs as sentinels guarding entries and gateways. Also a great plant for large containers situated both outdoors or inside.
The exotic bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) has spear-shaped, leathery leaves and mind-bogglingly bright orange and blue blooms that arise one after the other from a boat-shaped bract. This is a big plant that needs lots of room.
Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) does need about 4 hours of direct sun a day.
Caesalpinia gillesii, Poinciana gilliesii (Yellow Bird of Paradise, Yellow dwarf poinciana, Bird of Paradise Bush, Desert Bird of Paradise, Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae) ...
Narrow-Leaved Bird of Paradise [English]: Strelitzia juncea
Narrow-Leaved Blue Lupine [English]: Lupinus angustifolius angustifolius
Narrow-Leaved Blue Lupine [English]: Lupinus angustifolius
Narrow-Leaved Bluets [English]: Houstonia longifolia ...
Jasmine Arborvitae fern Arrowhead Vine Ashwagandha Asparagus Fern Autumn Mandrake Baby Jade Baby Rubber Plant Baby Sun Rose Baja Bush Snapdragon Ballon Vine Barbados Aloe Basket Fern Be Still Tree Belladonna Lily Bengal Tiger Canna Bird of Paradise ...
The yellow variety is often called yellow bird of paradise.
The fruits are legumes, 3 - 4" long; when ripe they split open and release the brown bean.
Strelizia Regina - Bird of Paradise
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Red bird of paradise
Fabaceae Family
Compiled by the Master Gardeners
of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.
- Bird of Paradise
Caesalpinia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Baill.
Caesalpinia jamesii (Torr & Gray) - James' holdback
Caesalpinia kavaiensis H.Mann - Uhiuhi (Hawaii)
Caesalpinia lutea - Yellow Peacock ...
(syn. Barbados Pride, Bird of Paradise Bush)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
(syn. Poinciana pulcherrima) ...
They are bold and beautiful with a touch of the exotic. I am taken back to when I lived in Hawaii. I can visualize a crocosmia looking right at home next to a Bird of Paradise shrub or under a coconut tree.
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Bird of Paradise-How ...
It's used as a tall shrub in the tropical landscape and is also grown as a field crop to produce cut flowers for export. Heliconias belong to their own plant family but are most closely related to bird of paradise and banana.
Banks sent Masson to South Africa to find new plants for King George III’s collection, and Masson was very successful - he also introduced the first 'bird of paradise' plant (Strelitzia reginae), arum lilies, proteas and red-hot pokers.
 See also: Green, Orange, Evergreen, Alpinia, Pink
  
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