A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2005 bird of paradise won't bloom

I have had 4 bird of paradise plants in my garden for about 8 years and only one blooms. They are all healthy looking. What can I do?

Hmmm...I don't have one, but found some info on them for you that might help.

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Bird Of Paradise

Cindy

Thanks so much for your information. I am going to buy some bone meal and fertilize more often. Lets see what happens. Thanks again.


Libby

I used to have Strelitzia plants in my Cape Town garden when I lived there, and I did nothing special to them, they just bloomed in spring every year. Now in Spain I have two large plants in a big pot, they like to be pot bound I believe. I had 3 blooms this year in spring, I feed every week with general fertilizer,in summer and water every other day as it is very hot and dry now. So far so good.
My sister grew 3 plants from seed in UK, indoors, and they bloomed after 10 years!!!! Good luck with yours the blooms are worth the wait.

Much patience and much food, thats the key with strelitzia. And plenty of water while they are leafing.

Unfortunately I live in the UK and mine are still very young, only six years. In a cool summer they will produce only a few leaves even!

If you want to grow strelitzias then make it worth your while and go for the really good ones.

Everyone has had a go at S. reginae, the orange and blue one, get S. nicolai, the giant Strelitzia, it has almost black flower bracts and pure white petals.

Stunning