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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
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HAVE: giant bird of paradise(strelitzia nicolai)
Comments (2)If you don't find a local trade and the bird can be cut back or divided for shipping I'm intrested. I have lots of bananas, cannas, and gingers. Also some other stuff from my list is available. Here is a link that might be useful: My trade list....See MoreStrelitzia nicolai
Comments (3)Hi...I have a White Bird - indoors. It's still very young but stands about 5 feet. I've had problems with those brown spots...I don't know which pest it was but it seems to be under control/gone now. I am waiting for it to become root bound so I can pot in a clay pot. Anyway I love these plants/trees. I have 10 seeds and 5 seedlings on their way to me. I know how to care for the seedlings, but does anyone know about the seeds? I have the seet starting soil...purchased tiny clay pots to start them. But I really have no clue what I'm doing. If anyone could send me instructions on how to start from seeds that would be great. Thanks!! Here is a link that might be useful: My Link...See MoreWhen Giant Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) begin to clump
Comments (6)Strelitzia nicholai is commonly used as a large indoor foliage plant in California, where it can do quite well long term if it is treated well. If you have the room for it, I would suggest keeping it as an indoor plant rather than trying to "dwarf" it by letting the first frosts kill the tops from leaving it outdoors in the fall. They are relatively slow to regrow from the roots if they are frozen back to the ground, and as Cagary says, they don't divide all that easily as the roots are massive. I'd avoid fertilizing them much to try and slow their growth down, and give them enough light indoors so that the foliage doesn't become too floppy. The actual trunks take some time to form, and new leaves aren't really going to increase in height significantly if kept as an indoor plant. Unless you have early spring warmth, this plant is unlikely to recover well from being completely frozen back, although they regularly do so here in northern California conditions, but then again we are USDA zone 9b climate....See MoreWANTED: exchange list (plants)
Comments (0)I have to offer: musa basjoo Agave victoria-reginae Agave attenuata colocasia esculenta Hedichyum coronarium selenicereus grandiflorus heliocereus especiosus asparragus plumosus crinum x powelli rosa y album crinum moorei Strelitzia nicolai quercus ilex sp rotundifolia cicas revoluta canna 'Ra' menyanthes trifoliata schizostilis coccinea 'mrs hegarty Iris germanica thalia dealbata lemna trisulca wanted: Agathis Alstroemeria Alyogine Ammocharis Amorphophalus Anigozanthos Aponogeton Araucaria palms Argyroderma Ariocarpus Astrophytum Bromelias brunsvigia Boophane Cananga Carnegia Carya Cephalotaxus Choisya Chlidanthus Chusquea Cleome Crinum Cunninhamia Cyathea Cicadaceae Danae Dasylirion Dicksonia Dierama Dioscorea Doryanthes Dudleya Ensete Ephiphyllum Eryngium Eucharis Fritillaria Furcraea Gardenia Gloriosa Haemanthus Helicornia Hesperaloe Hermodactylus Hibiscus Hippeastrum papilio Hoya Huernia Hymenocallis Illicium Iris Lilium Lycoris Magnolia Michelia Metasequoia Metrosideros Musa Murraya Nelumbo Nuphar Nymphaea tropicales Pachypodium Paeonia Pamianthe Pancratium Phyllostachys Pistacia Plumeria Rhodophiala Roscoea Sciadopitys Stembergia Strelitzia Swainsonia Tillandsia Welwitschia Worsleya Xanthorroea X Parcanda Zanthoxylum...See MoreUser
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