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Giant Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia nicolai
Not the orange bird — the giant. 20–30ft with paddle-leaf canopy, white flowers, resort mass-planting standard. The backdrop that makes every other plant look intentional.
Availability
Volume available through Homestead growers. One of the most consistently available specimen-grade tropicals in the Florida wholesale market. Contact Tyler for current sizing and volume pricing.
Trade Sizes
3G · 7G · 15G · 25G · field-grown multi-trunk clumps
Primary Use Cases
- Resort and hotel poolside tropical backdrop mass planting
- Estate privacy screen and property boundary planting
- Coastal and waterfront estate tropical garden backdrop
Contractor Specifications
| Mature height | 20–30 ft |
|---|---|
| Mature spread | 10–12 ft |
| Typical install size | 25G / 8–10 ft clump |
| Root ball / container | Container |
| SWFL establishment | 6–9 months |
| Salt tolerance | Low |
| Drought tolerance | Moderate |
| Light | Full sun to light shade |
Why Contractors Come to Gulfroot
Strelitzia nicolai is the large-format species — it grows to 20–30ft and produces massive paddle-shaped blue-green leaves that create an instant tropical canopy. The flowers are white and crane-shaped (not orange). It is the plant used in resort and luxury hotel poolside plantings worldwide to create the backdrop effect that signals tropical luxury. Designers and architects specify it by name. Despite being widely used in the trade, no SWFL contractor or nursery website addresses wholesale nicolai sourcing directly — the species is buried in a generic "bird of paradise" category that conflates two distinct plants.
SWFL Field Performance
Zone 9b–11. Full sun to part shade. Moderate drought tolerance once established. Good salt tolerance — one of the better large tropicals for coastal estate applications. Fast-growing in SWFL conditions. Clumping habit — the base spreads over time; plan spacing for mass plantings (3–4ft minimum between plants for eventual infill, more for statement specimens). Remove spent flower stalks for clean appearance. Suitable for Babcock Ranch and inland SWFL — broader cold hardiness than most tropicals in this catalog.
Direct from Homestead — not through a distributor.
The same plants installed on Naples estate builds by Precision Landscaping & Design.
Gulfroot Trading Co. is a DBA of Rock & Rose Nursery · Alva, FL
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