Bloemen-flowers Strelitzia juncea - Speared bird of paradise

• Article number: STRJUNC01

Strelitzia juncea is maximally about 120 cm high and 1,5 meter wide.
The same care as other Strelitzias is used for the bird of paradise flower and is just as easy to keep.
The flowers appear in early spring, they are bright orange / blue in color and are about 20 cm tall. They differ from the reginae with a red nerf at the underside of the flower.
The Strelitzia juncea is about 120 cm high in a tub.

From May to September the Strelitzia juncea may have a small amount of fertilizer every 2 weeks.
Further provide reasonable water in the summer.
The plant is not frost-resistant temp. + 2ºC.
Our advice is to leave the plant in a cool place over freezing during winter and not too dark. Give little water in the winter because of root rot.
Strelitzias like to be well rooted in a tub, so repot the plant only when it grows completely out of the tub.
Winter hardness zone 10b (+ 2ºC).