Young bird-of-paradise plants benefit greatly from regular feedings to ensure they remain healthy and develop lush foliage.

Question: I would like to grow several orange-flowered bird of paradise plants in a yard where they would receive full sun all day. Would this be a good spot and what would the plants need to flowe… ...

Q: We have three bird of paradise plants in our backyard. They were in bloom when we planted them five or six years ago, and they bloomed the following year as well. They look beautiful and ...

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 ...

A relative of the banana, the plant has long, sturdy, blue-green leaves, 9 to 22 inches long and 4 to 12 inches wide, found on extended (12- to 30-inch-long) petioles.

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Orange Bird of Paradise are rarely sold outside of the tropics. Make no mistake, they’re incredibly common in climates where they grow well (think Florida and California).

The spots are on the back and front of the leaves and are slightly raised. One of my plants in a container has a lot of the spots, and it looks like it's spreading to my other bird of paradise plants.

Unlike the more common bird-of-paradise, which grows only about six feet tall, white bird towers up to 30 feet and features large paddle-like leaves strongly reminiscent of banana foliage.