RARE - Strelitzia nicolai - Young White Bird of Paradise Plant
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Spectacular, white and midnight-blue flowers resembling the face of a colourful crane surrounded by paddle-shaped, emerald-green leaves. Grown as much for the tropical foliage and a modern houseplant as much as for the exotic blooms when they do appear.
This is the very rare and beautiful white bird of paradise plant, making an exotic house-plant for a bright, well-lit room.
During the summer months plunge container-grown specimens in the middle of a sunny border to create an instant tropical effect.
This exotic plant from Africa is easy to grow and can stand both full sun and shade, keep the soil moist at all times and feed once a month.
Great outdoors from May to October or indoors year round.
The bright flowers will last for three months, in their natural surroundings these are pollinated by honey-sucking birds.
Supplied in an approx.14-17cm pots at a height of around 40-60cm including the pot, these are stocky solid young plants to grow in to magnificent specimens.
