Strelitzia: Growing Bird of Paradise in Australian Gardens

A Dramatic Architectural FlowerStrelitzia reginae, the bird of paradise, is one of the most striking flowering plants available to Australian gardeners — its vivid orange and blue crane-like blooms rising above broad, banana-like foliage make an unmistakable architectural statement in any garden bed or large pot.Climate and SiteStrelitzia thrives across a wide range of Australian climates, from subtropical and tropical through to temperate zones, though it's frost-tender when young and appreci…