If your bird of paradise is looking a bit too much like a bird's nest with messy stalks, overcrowded flowers, and dried-out greenery, it's probably time for a trim. While these tropical plants are ...

Q: Should bird of paradise bushes be trimmed to the ground in the winter? A: Look at the plant. If it suckers from the base (I can’t think of any birds of paradise that don’t), then it will grow again ...

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 ...

Question. There is lots of freeze damage to our white bird of paradise foliage. Do I cut off the dead portions of leaves that will make the plants look awful? Answer. Regretfully there is not much ...