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Bird of Paradise
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 Scotty996 |
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Posts: 628 07-05-08 14:34 Flowering Annual |
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LynneBee |
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Posts: 6290 07-05-08 14:47 Established Tree |
Isn't that pretty, I always have to stop when I see those, when I visit my father.
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Posts: 20660 07-05-08 22:11 Established Tree |
Very striking - and I like your paving, too!
 
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Posts: 8848 07-05-08 22:53 Established Tree |
How beautiful, Scotty.
We can only buy those as a cut flower at the florists here. I agree with Laurel about your paving, stunning. 
 
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eileen |
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Posts: 12323 08-05-08 01:46 Established Tree |
When my greenhouse is up and running I hope to have one of those as I think they're gorgeous. I like your flooring as well.
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Posts: 13758 08-05-08 02:48 |
Yes Scotty I have to agree ..... stunning flower and floor
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Posts: 134 08-05-08 10:07 |
I thought you would like to see another type of Strelitzia....the Nicoli. It is much bigger than the Reginae (the beautiful Bird of Paradise) but i think you will agree the flowers are not a patch on the smaller plant. The last picture is after my OH got the chain saw out, as it had once again taken over.
Last Edited By: Allyson 08-05-08 10:11.
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Scotty996 |
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Posts: 634 08-05-08 11:38 Flowering Annual |
How tall do they grow to Allyx
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Posts: 2647 08-05-08 11:48 Mature Shrub |
Mine is still a pup & has yet to bloom but by the look of it the wait is going to be well worth it.
Ally that plant looks huge! Does it need a lot of water? The flowers as you say aren't as nice but those leaves are to die for (ok so no one dies for a leaf but you get my drift) 
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Allyson |
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Posts: 136 08-05-08 13:26 |
They get to about 3 to 4 metres.....and they spread, as you can see from the before and after.Ours gets a chop like that twice a year,
along with the rest of the garden. In the height of summer when we get temperatures up to 45oc but usually around 35 to 39 (we usually have about 5 to 6 days
over 41) but this year has been terribly hot, and we have often had that high heat for days on end, we still only watered 2 days a week, for about 10 minutes.
That is all we are allowed. We actually(our house) have a bore here, and are allowed to water 3 times a week, but we don't usually bother. Our garden is
reticulated, which is a very economical way of watering apparently.
I don't know whether you have your water tankered in Mammaj,but i know Scotty does, it must make watering very very difficult 
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bilnrobn |
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Posts: 8403 08-05-08 14:14 Established Tree |
They sure are a stiking flower and that is a fine speciman Scotty. We grew them when we lived in Peth, but haven't tried down here.
 
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mammaj |
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Posts: 2651 09-05-08 06:48 Mature Shrub |
Water tankered in for everything or for garden use? We have mains water & I have 2 1,000 lt tanks to collect rainwater. We do get shortages in the summer
& our supply is cut off for part of the day. It makes me so angry as there are a lot of new holiday places around here now & they all have swimming
pools & THEY have to keep their gardens looking good but no extra provision has been made. In town they also have an automatic watering system to water
roses at the traffic lights! Roses I ask you! why not something that doesn't need watering. The water mainly goes over the road anyway!
I take it you don't get cold winters? I keep my Strelitzia in a pot & indoors in an unheated room over winter tho further south they grow them planted outside
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umkraut |
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Posts: 48 09-05-08 10:00 |
Ally/Scotty,
Stunning pictures of your Nicoli's and Reginae plants. Collecting rainwater does pay off doesn't it Mammaj. I have a 200 ltr tank in the Greenhouse, 2 more outside to collect runoff from the Greenhouse roof - and 1000 lts that we collect around the house. But it's never enough is it? 
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mammaj |
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Posts: 2657 10-05-08 07:11 Mature Shrub |
No. it's not Ray! but it helps a lot. I use the hose during the hottest months (did I say hose? I meant to say mains water carefully carried about) but
that is only for about 1/2 hour every other day & our water bill isn't a great deal. I worry about using mains water as we do get shortages but until
the council stops watering the road & there silly b. roses I think I have the right to use it as much as they do!
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Posts: 2658 10-05-08 07:12 Mature Shrub |
By the way Ray it's nice to see another european if you get my meaning
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Posts: 25784 10-05-08 09:27 Auctioneer
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Lovely photos. I find the plant striking. I get to see them for real when I go to the glass house at RHS Wisley
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Saph5 |
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Posts: 8684 10-05-08 10:08 |
These are some piccies from the hotel gardens at Tenerife.
 
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