Strelitzia reginae is a shrub-sized species. Its flowers are bright orange and blue in a pointed green bract edged with red, resembling a crane's crested head, hence the name. These flowers are produced from spring to summer. Its leaves are greyish-green and spoon-like with an oblong to lance-shaped blade on a long stalk. Strelitzia reginae grows to about 3m wide and 1.5m high.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind, Salt
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants, Water efficient plants, Water efficient plants (OLD)
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Summer
- Colours
- Green, Blue, Red, Orange
- Gardens
- Hardy, Subtropical