Bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia reginae) with orange and blue flowers and the tree-sized giant bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) with white and blue flowers are both popular in New Orleans gardens.

QUESTION: I have a white bird of paradise tree (approximately 15 feet tall), which was damaged by the freeze. There is some new growth at the bottom, but the tall trunks appear to be dead. There is no ...

Paradise is associated with the sort of ideal life Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden — prior to eating from the Tree of Knowledge — when the phenomenon of death did not yet exist. How ...

Q: Is it necessary to cut back our red bird-of-paradise bushes in the late winter (here in Sierra Vista)? Some folks in town don’t and their red birds seem to bloom OK. Is it also necessary to cut ...

If you’ve been in Tucson for a few months, you’ve no doubt noticed the ubiquitous vivid orange flowered shrubs called the bird of paradise. You may be surprised to know that there are in fact three ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery that overturns conventional wisdom, scientists in Florida are reporting that certain plants — including the exotic "White Bird of Paradise Tree" — make bilirubin.

The pigment bilirubin, long known as a leftover in the breakdown of animal blood, has turned up in the blood-free world of plants. FLOWER TO SEED Flowers of the white bird of paradise tree produce ...