Strelitzia reginae, bird of paradise thinning replanting

Oct 07, 2003 2 Replies

Hiya, I'm not a gardner so speak slow =) My landscape was overgrown from many owners letting it grow, I've just about got everything cleared or cutback.



I think this is what it is, it has the grogeous orange like crane looking flowers. I have 2 of them, around 4 feet tall and with a wide spread, however like everything else around here they're both within



12 inches of one another.

I want to keep 1 of these where its at and move another to another location as they're very crowded and I can't get in there to maintain/ clear out the dead leaves.



Is this possible? how large of a root ball/system should I expect? How do I do this? Can I then divide it and have multiple plants? how is that done?



Also I assume you do not prune these but instead just cut the dead leaves off?



Thanks for any information as I love these but I either got to kill one or replant it.



thanks! shawn


Thank you very much for the info it was helpful. For a 4 foot tall plant how far should I start to dig from the base?

I checked today the 2 plants are probably closer to 3 feet apart...so I dont know they might be pretty well intertwined or something in which case I would probably leave them as I dont want to risk loosing

1 of them..

thanks, shawn

Hi Shawn,

I forget where you said you live, but in Southern California people root-prune them with chain saws. So they're pretty tough plants.

cheers,

Marj

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