White Dove white bird of paradise
Strelitzia nicolai 'White Dove'
USDA zones10 to 11
SunNeeds partial sun (4 to 6 hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'White Dove' white bird of paradise (Strelitzia nicolai 'White Dove') is a perennial for borders, containers, and specimen planting. This plant likes part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a clumping, evergreen plant that grows at a moderate rate. Flowers open in early to late spring and attract birds. It is drought tolerant and salt tolerant, so it is a low maintenance choice.
Pairs well with Peter Pan agapanthus, Australia canna, California fescue, and Supertunia Bermuda Beach petunia.