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… ...

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.

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.

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.