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Gardening
BIRD OF
PARADISE
BY ELIZE MALAN
BRIGITTE ELSNER UNSPLASH
The strelizia plant is one
of the most popular
perennials around
the world, not only as
a garden specimen,
but as a pot plant. It’s
successfully grown for
the cut flower market as
well.
amed after Queen Charlotte
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the
Nwife of George III of Great
Britain, the plant family Streliziaceae
has five species native to South Africa.
The flowers of all ¬five only differ in
size and colour.
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