Houseplant of the week: bird of paradise

Why will I adore it?
Add a fowl of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) to your property and also you’ll acquire the last word image of tranquillity. The plant is understood for its massive, fan-shaped majestic leaves and for sculptural flowers that resemble an unique fowl in flight.

Gentle or shade?
Vibrant mild.

The place ought to I put it?
The fowl of paradise plant can develop as much as two metres tall indoors, making a dramatic assertion piece. It deserves satisfaction of place in your sitting room.

How do I maintain it alive?
It is a comparatively low-maintenance plant that requires brilliant direct or oblique mild. It enjoys weekly watering in summer time, guaranteeing that the soil is at all times saved moist; scale back watering in winter, permitting the soil to dry out between waterings. These crops additionally like a lot of heat and humidity, so mist repeatedly or place on a moist pebble tray.

Do you know…
Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), the unofficial director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, named the plant genus Strelitzia in honour of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the spouse of King George III. The species identify, reginae, additionally refers to her.

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