I'm having a hard time picturing this - can you post a picture?

I believe you also posted this question on the banana.org forum and I responded to that post. I seriously doubt Strelitzia reginae will make it in your area no matter where you plant it. It needs lots of sun, no shade. My winter was very cold this year, one of those "once every 20 year winters" we experience on the Gulf Coast and it was killed to the ground at 20. Below 20 is fatal. It is coming back but is very weak at this point. And I won't get blooms this year since it was killed to the ground. My white bird planted next to the orange that was 15 feet tall is completely dead. The orange is only slightly more cold hardy that the white. Steve

sanbi seedroom?

Yeah that looks more like Reginae. The nicolai have more banana-palm-like leaves, and less spoon shaped, I think. Lovely plant!