white bird of paradise
Strelitzia nicolai
USDA zones10 to 12
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size20 to 30 feet tall20 to 30 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Black, blue, purple, white
- Foliage color
- Gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
White bird of paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) is a houseplant for containers, specimen planting, and indoor spaces. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 10 and warmer, down to about 30°F (-1°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It forms a clumping, evergreen mass of green leaves. It tolerates drought and salt, and birds visit it.
Pairs well with Papyrus, Snow gum, and Purple granadilla.
Native range
East Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal and East Botswana.