Just got two B of P plants, small from Hawaii. Need any and all advice on best practice for growing these plants, Thanks!

beautiful plants.....my folks have a giant one and dont think he really does anything other than cover it with a sheet when it gets cold.

We have them in front of our house in the Coastal Bend. They were here when we bought the place and we haven't done a thing to or for them. Came back after both hard freezes.

I planted two after moving into our current house, about 17 years ago. It took about 8 years before flowering. I was beginning to think they would never make it but they did and now produce multiple blooms each year. Did nothing special (maybe that's why it took so long for them to produce). They have proven to be very hardy, having survived two snow events and the winter apocalypse of February 2021.

I had them when I lived in Arizona, they were beautiful. As someone else mentioned, they did not flower during first summer but then no problems after that. We had the red birds of paradise variety and the blooms would show up once it started to get to 95+. They definitely liked the heat.

ETA: other parts of town had Mexican birds of paradise, they bloomed earlier, usually once highs were in the 80s. What kind do you have?

beatlesphan: Have both, the classic Bird of Paradise and the Mexican Bird of Paradise (Pride of Barbados) both are really be beautiful and grow well here on the Gulf Coast, Rockport, TX.