There is a kooky poignancy to the city flower of Los Angeles. No other plant comes quite so close as the bird of paradise to having the actual aspect of an animal. It’s like a bird, yes — a crane — ...

Sometimes known as the crane flower, it is entirely possible for the bird of paradise to "flower all year round". According to Plantura Magazine, the Strelitzia reginae plant – native to South Africa ...

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Garth Inman has several well-established clumps of Nerine bowdenii in his garden, expanding year by year and flowering well despite less than full sun at the foot of the east-facing wall of his house.