when do you plant a "Birds of Paradise" seed and does it grow in the uk?

Answer 1

any time you like indoors of course take off the orange bits and scrap seed like sweet pea mine are about 2ft tall after about 4yrs hoping for flower next year do not repot until absolutely necessary good luck

Answer 2

You can sow the seed of Strelitzia reginae (Bird-of-Paradise Flower) anytime povided that you can give it the ideal conditions in which to germinate. (Mine is 4 feet tall but has not flowered yet).

'In Britain, S. reginae cannot usually be grown outside as it needs a temperature of at least 10°C. During the winter, the plants should be kept almost dry but in summer they need plenty of water. A suitable compost can be made from one part loam, one and a half parts coir, one part grit and one part bark. The plants require regular feeding. Flowering occurs in spring and early summer and can be encouraged by keeping the plants slightly potbound. Hand-pollination is necessary to produce seed, but this seldom works. For germination and initial growth, the seeds need bottom heat of at least 21°C. Some new stocks of seed-raised plants can reach flowering size in two to three years, but individual specimens may take up to ten years. Due to the difficulty of producing seed, S. reginae is usually propagated by dividing the plants or using suckers produced at the base'

Answer 3

would bird of paradise grow in England

Answer 4

In the spring.

Answer 5

It's supposed to, but we killed off ours.