Strelitzia reginae Dwarf | 5_Seeds Behrensia conchiformis

Strelitzia reginae Dwarf | 5_Seeds Behrensia conchiformisThis is Strelitzia Reginae Dwarf. This is Strelitzia reginae Dwarf, also known as crane flower, and bird of paradise. These flowers grow to about 3 feet high, putting these gorgeous blossoms above its own foliage. This dwarf plant is very similar to the normal Strelitzia reginae but is more petite and delicate in size. This is one of the coolest looking plants that I know of. The city of Los Angeles has an official flower and this is it. This plant

Mottled Longtail

can be eaten raw or cooked

This plant is one of the sacha inchi species that grows in the Peruvian Amazon

mottled stems and speckled leaves

They are also food for the Gray Ministreak butterfly

also known as Dicentra torulosa

Gray Hairstreak butterflies

This is a great plant for attracting hummingbirds to your garden

blue Egyptian water lily

It is a hardy perennial in Zone 10

If its not the gorgeous clusters of blossoms that catch your attention

Not only is this a larval host plant for the Monarch