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Originally Posted by Vespertino
Thanks Worth,
I had noticed there were many plants called "bird of paradise" as an umbrella name for many of the different species. I'm guessing the differences are important and calling them all the same name might be problematic if they have different growing requirements. After looking it up a bit I think the one I'm hoping to plant is the "Red Bird of Paradise" (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) which is the same as the Pride of Barbados. If a freeze will kill them off I'll look for another variety with the same colors instead. Thanks for the heads-up!
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The pride of Barbados will freeze if you have the weather forecast turned up too loud and it hears it.
Mine do it ever year but come back from the roots.
Caesalpinia gilliesii is the one you want.
It is sometime called the desert bird of paradise.
Pride of Barbados is the one they sell at the big box stores.