Bird of Paradise seeds for the indoor garden that is prepared to commit to the timeline. Growing Bird of Paradise from seed is a project measured in years, not weeks. The plant is aware of this and remains unconcerned.

Bird of Paradise is the iconic tropical plant with extraordinary orange and blue flowers that takes 3-5 years from seed to bloom. Each packet is hermetically vacuum-sealed -- removing the oxygen that causes standard paper seed packets to lose germination viability within approximately one year. State law requires a 3-year viability label on sealed packaging. NASA research on hermetic seed storage indicates viability of up to 10 years under proper conditions. Every packet is non-GMO and germination-tested at independent third-party labs before it earns its Japanese woodblock print artwork.

How to Grow Bird of Paradise from Seed

Sowing and Germination

Soak seeds 24-48 hours. Remove orange seed coat. Sow 2cm deep at 24-28C. Germination 1-6 months.

Care and Harvest

Full sun. Water regularly in growing season, reduce in winter. Takes 3-5 years to first bloom.

Why Vacuum-Sealed Seeds Last Longer

Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.

About the Packaging

Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.