Bird of Paradise - Strelitzia reginae - 2.5L / 17cm / Medium

$30.00

Outdoor grown and hardened to sun, wind & cold - these are rough & ready for anything. Not currently in bloom but these plants should flower in summer outdoors.

Ideal for intermediate plant keepers or beyond

Light Requirements: Part-day direct sun is ideal and imperative to encourage flowering.

Moisture & Soil Requirements: Must have evenly moist soil with good drainage in warm seasons - never soggy soil. Dial back watering frequency in winter unless you have dry air inside. Let this plant partly dry out between watering, the top 5cm or so can be dry before requiring water. If in doubt, use a moisture metre.

Growth & Nutrients: Clumping growth habit, blue-green rush-like leaves with minimal leaf blade and bold long-lasting flowers throughout spring and summer. Can handle dry spells. Suits patios and outdoor containers, ideal coastal plant, best suited to warm frost-free areas. Aggressive root system so keep this plant away from water pipes. Feed with a general-purpose fertiliser for containers from the start of spring each year to autumn when growth slows down.

Temperature, Humidity & Ambient requirements: Prefers warm environments outside, avoid soggy soil, prefers evenly moist soil.

Toxicity: Mildly toxic to pets and people.

Plant Size Guide

The plant in the photos is an example and an approximate guide only however we try to show an average sized example. Sizes, flowering state and colours change throughout the seasons and variation will occur. In summer & autumn, plants are often larger or the same size as than the example picture but around winter and spring, they can be a little smaller but still at a size similar to the example. We aim to update the pictures to reflect significant differences.

Plant Heights - because the plant's foliage must fit inside our Plant Cartons, the actual height of a plant's central trunk (meristem) will be shorter than the box it fits in.

Small Plants - 14cm wide nursery pot - 1 Litre volume - Plants fit in a 50cm tall box.

Medium Plants -  17cm wide pots either 2L hanging pot or 2.5L nursery pot - Plants fit in a 75cm tall box.

Large Plants - 25cm wide pot, 10L volume. Plants fit in a 100cm tall box.

XL Plants - Plants over 100cm tall in pot sizes specified, 25cm/10L or greater and are hand delivered within Auckland/Northland only.

Dispatch Times

Plant courier orders are processed Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.

North Island orders are targeted overnight delivery, South Island orders are sent on a 2-day target but these are not a guaranteed delivery timeframe.

Add 1 extra day after a public holiday as well as for rural addresses or remote towns.

Monday - We send orders placed on previous Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

Tuesday - We send Weekend orders from previous Saturday & Sunday.

Wednesday - We send orders placed from Monday & Tuesday.

XL Plants are delivered only within urban Auckland & Whangarei and this service is for non-urgent orders. This excludes satellite destinations such as Beachlands, Pukekohe, Piha, Helensville etc and Whangarei Heads. We may deliver at any time Sunday, Monday, Wednesday or Thursday in Auckland and you need to have a sheltered accessible position for us to deliver to.

Plants in Transit

Each Small, Medium & Large plant is individually contained within its own protective cardboard Plant Carton which may be joined to other cartons in your order.

Plants typically take just a day or two to arrive, however they are usually fine in their cartons for 1-2 weeks, and many can go longer, so a few extra days are not usually cause for concern.

Whether it takes 1 or 7 days, let your plant recover from its journey by placing in gentle light and adding a little water and it will be back to its best within a couple of days. Let us know if there are any major issues via the contact page.

Customer Reviews

Based on 9 reviews
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L.M.
Happy, healthy plant.

Came packaged well and secure.
Was clearly identified as a living plant and taken care of.
Four healthy, untouched, undamaged leaves with soil secured in the nursery pot.

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Syd B.

Arrived in good order
Will be interesting as too how it goes in our Central Otago Weather
Is outside under a balcony [frost cloth at night]- Sunshine 7hr's per day

J
Jonelle D.
Perfect

Thanks for sending my plant to me in excellent packaging. Plant arrived in perfect condition.

C
Carol H.
Bird of Paradise

Very impressed - plant arrived promptly and in pristine condition 👍😊

E
Elena E.

Very happy with the plants. They were very healthy, and well packeged. Thanks

S
Sarah G.
Healthy

Looked great when arrived after days in transport. Appreciated all the plant advice too.

Customer Reviews

Based on 9 reviews
89%
(8)
11%
(1)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
L
L.M.
Happy, healthy plant.

Came packaged well and secure.
Was clearly identified as a living plant and taken care of.
Four healthy, untouched, undamaged leaves with soil secured in the nursery pot.

S
Syd B.

Arrived in good order
Will be interesting as too how it goes in our Central Otago Weather
Is outside under a balcony [frost cloth at night]- Sunshine 7hr's per day

J
Jonelle D.
Perfect

Thanks for sending my plant to me in excellent packaging. Plant arrived in perfect condition.

C
Carol H.
Bird of Paradise

Very impressed - plant arrived promptly and in pristine condition 👍😊

E
Elena E.

Very happy with the plants. They were very healthy, and well packeged. Thanks

S
Sarah G.
Healthy

Looked great when arrived after days in transport. Appreciated all the plant advice too.

Customer Reviews

Based on 9 reviews
89%
(8)
11%
(1)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
L
L.M.
Happy, healthy plant.

Came packaged well and secure.
Was clearly identified as a living plant and taken care of.
Four healthy, untouched, undamaged leaves with soil secured in the nursery pot.

S
Syd B.

Arrived in good order
Will be interesting as too how it goes in our Central Otago Weather
Is outside under a balcony [frost cloth at night]- Sunshine 7hr's per day

J
Jonelle D.
Perfect

Thanks for sending my plant to me in excellent packaging. Plant arrived in perfect condition.

C
Carol H.
Bird of Paradise

Very impressed - plant arrived promptly and in pristine condition 👍😊

E
Elena E.

Very happy with the plants. They were very healthy, and well packeged. Thanks

S
Sarah G.
Healthy

Looked great when arrived after days in transport. Appreciated all the plant advice too.

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Shipped Safely

We made custom Plant Cartons to ensure a snug fit and safe trip to your home. Plants are secured upright to the base of their own individual protective packaging & their pot & soil is securely wrapped in a biodegradable bag.