Crane Flower
Strelitzia juncea
Full Sun
Easy care
Tender
H5-H1c
RHS hardiness
-15°C
Minimum temperature
Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
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Overview
This is a striking feature plant with upright cylindrical leaves without a leaf blade, growing from 1 to 2 m in height and producing large orange or yellow flowers borne on long, cylindrical scapes from May to October. Strelitzia juncea is one of five Strelitzia species in southern Africa, namely S. alba, S. nicolai, S. reginae and S. caudata.