The Orange Bird of Paradise is intimately associated with tropical atmosphere

Seems everyone has seen Bird-of-Paradise and everyone who gets close marvels at the amazingly complex and beautiful waxy flowers

Outdoors, you can easily grow your own Orange Bird in zones 9 or 10, but many people enjoy their Orange Bird as a potted houseplant.  Outdoors for the warm months for blooming then a fine deep green houseplant when things get too cool

In the landscape, the Orange Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia reginae, is a low growing shrub-like plant, forming a round cluster of upright stems, topped with flowers

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Orange Bird of Paradise is a spring through fall bloomer, and often into winter as well

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In pots, your Orange Bird grows easily indoors during your colder months.  Orange Bird handles high humidity but also prospers in dry air (many say even better with dry air)

The "real" Bird of Paradise is the orange, Strelitzia reginae, and has very large flowers

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Flowers are waxy, large (often 8x8 inches or more) and extremely long lasting on the stem or cut for arrangements

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Orange Bird blooms best in full sun (with afternoon shade preferred), organic soil (acidic) that is well drained but kept moist.   A 5-year-old plant, for example, can show off several dozen marvelous flowers simultaneously

The Orange Birds now shipping are ready to be transplanted into your pots or into your landscape.  These Orange Bird-of-Paradise plants are running 5-8 inches tall and ready for new soil and rapid growth at your house

They're easy so try one...