Flower Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 9 - 11
- Height: 24 - 48 inches
- Bloom Season: Fall through spring
- Bloom Color: Mix
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Moist, well-drained
Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia Reginae) - This flower seed produces a very unusual flower. This seed grows into a long-lasting 4 foot plant bloom that is similar in appearance to a bird's head. The center bloom stalk is 3 feet long and the multicolored bloom is 6 - 8 inches in length. Colors include orange, copper, blue and red. The plant likes temperatures above 50 degrees F, so in most places it is better to plant in a pot and keep indoors during the winter and move outside in the summer. Move the pot outdoors slowly, for brief periods of time each day, and let it acclimate or the plant can get sunburned.
Bird of Paradise flower seeds are slow to germinate, taking up to 8 or more weeks to germ, and it will take 4 to 7 years for the plant to start blooming. When planting, soak the hard flower seeds for 24 - 48 hours and remove the orange tuft of hairs. Plant an inch deep in moist potting soil. Plants bloom best when pot-bound. If you need to re-pot a plant it might take a couple of years or more for the plant to start blooming again.
