About 4 years ago someone gave me a Bird of Paradise plant. It was small, just knee high and in a gallon size bucket, when I stuck it in the ground at the corner of my garage and then I simply left it alone. (I knew nothing about the plant... still don't.)
It grew to be big and green and sadly never produced any flowers. Lately it has been overtaking the entry to my garage and I decided it was time to cut it back. The photo above was taken AFTER I cut it back, you can imagine how large it had gotten.
The exciting part is that as I was trimming away the big fronds I discovered flowers! Actually there are four of them hidden down in the middle of the plant.
What a surprise, even more so because I thought birds of paradise flowers were shades of yellow, orange and red. Not these. They are white and a lovely shade of blue.
Silly as it sounds, somehow I feel like a new mom with these new blooms. There are more to come and more pictures too. Happy, happy!
