hi
sounds good Though the PP does get rather tall will take a long time and will be restarined by the pot. Assume you're talking about the orange BOP Strelitzia regina? not the white or the dwarf poincianna that is sometimes called BOP. ?? There are several cultivars of the orange that vary in habit and height . Found they grow well in pots but
fail to flower as much as those in the ground . good luck gary

Thanks Gary - the BOP are white/nicolai. For now and hopefully the next year or so, the size is perfect - but if they start to get too big they'll have to be sold or put in the ground. Hopefully the planters will keep them from getting too big!

The look is just what we were going for though - tropical - without lots of plant droppings.

The S. nicholai will grow big and become unmanageable. Although, your climate might hold them back for a while. There's some small varieties of heliconia which might be better.

Darn - bought the wrong ones and potted them too fast! :-( No way I could get them back into the nursery containers and return them now.

Will have to keep a close eye on the Nicolai BOP then and swap them out for small varieties once they start getting too big - 6' would be about the max we want.

Thanks for the info everyone!

Hi
The white is a very bad choice lol They easily get over 6 feet the first summer lol. . The standard orange would be much better though there are strains that get over 8 feet but takes a long time. There are dwarf , as well as different colored strains but are difficult to find . A good choice for a pot would be S ,regina "juncea" has unique leaves being tube shaped allows the flowers to display beautifully .
good luck gary