How to Remove the Dead Bird of Paradise
- 1). Cut back the plant at ground level with a pair of lopping shears.
- 2). Pick up the fallen, dead plant litter from the bed.
- 3). Dig up the bird of paradise's roots with a shovel. Dig deep and wide to make sure you get all or most of the thick, ropy roots.
- 4). Compost the dead plant if it died from natural causes. If disease was the culprit, throw the dead plant away, burn it or bury it 1 foot deep.
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