Q. I have a big-leaf bird of paradise, 8 to 10 feet tall, planted in the ground. I have had it about eight years, and it has never bloomed. What can I do to encourage flowers? The foliage is nice. -- ...

Would you believe that an exotic Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia reginae, could be brought to bloom here in Staten Island in the middle of winter? Last August, Jeanne Keefe Hogan of Sunnyside, received a ...

Q: We planted some bird of paradise plants about two years ago. They had a few flowers when we bought them but they never made any more flowers. What do we need to do to get them to flower? A: I can ...

Paradise is associated with the sort of ideal life Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden — prior to eating from the Tree of Knowledge — when the phenomenon of death did not yet exist. How ...

Researchers have identified bilirubin in the popular Bird of Paradise plant. The breakthrough study provides new insights into color production in this iconic tropical plant. A research team led by ...

Not only is it beautiful, but pollinators love it too, and it’s a near-native, coming from Mexico. The Mexican bird-of-paradise grows as a large shrub or a small tree, depending how you prune it. It ...

If you’ve been in Tucson for a few months, you’ve no doubt noticed the ubiquitous vivid orange flowered shrubs called the bird of paradise. You may be surprised to know that there are in fact three ...