As most soils are more acidic dolomite can be applied without burning. The desirable PH for heliconias is around 6 to 6.5. Soil tests can assist and local garden suppliers have a good range of soil enhancers. A light mulch such as hay, lucerne or cane is ideal.Ī good knowledge of your soil type is important. Mulching is vitally important to help maintain consistent soil temperature and to impede weed growth. High soil fertility is ideal and a subsoil which holds sufficient moisture to keep the plant well during dry periods, while not impeding drainage. It’s also great to top dress potted heliconias with it. We recommend the Organic Link product to ensure the healthy life of the plant. If it’s a sandy area, it’s important to add in a lot of composted material and organic fertilisers to enhance soil quality with trace elements for magnificent flowers they need good nutrition. Heliconias can flourish in a range of soils, but prefer rich organic materials that are well-drained. Growing time in the subtropics of Queensland is from October when the ground temperatures comes up with planting stopping in about March. These are tropical plants and only have cold tolerance relevant to where they’re originating from. Do research on spacing and what species can survive where before you buy. Native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guyana, Guyana, Panama, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.It’s also important to carefully consider the space when the plants have fully matured.Propagate by seed or by division of the rhizomes in spring.Keep an eye out for mites and mealy bugs.Watering must be regular and abundant in summer, letting the soil to partially dry up before watering again. Performs best in full sun or slight shade in humus-rich, constantly moist, acidic or neutral, well-drained soils.Great for tropical gardens, the blossoms last for weeks and are excellent in flower arrangements. They are followed by fleshy, rounded, dark blue fruits. The flowers produce an abundance of nectar and the color, shape, and curve of the flowers are adapted to hummingbirds. Parrot Heliconia has no particular blooming season and produce inflorescences all year long. The inflorescence consists of brightly colored, waxy bracts (special leaves at the base of flowers) arranged alternately on the stem that encloses and protect small flowers. The inflorescence, or cluster of flowers, are quite distinctive and range in colorful hues of red, orange, yellow, and green. The pseudostems (formed by the leaf sheaths) emerge from underground rhizomes. Heliconia psittacorum (Parrot Heliconia) is an erect, evergreen perennial forming dense tufts of lanceolate, bright intense green leaves adorned with prominent central nervation and pointed tips.
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