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Variegated bananas are on the way to the shop

Canarius | Thursday April 4th, 2013 |

Striped Bananas and Extra Dwarf Bananas ! They all produce edible fruits and make great eccentric ornamental plants.

On April 8th we will finally check in the stock of variegated bananas for Spring 2013. We will know the exact varieties of  banana trees that will be available for the shop. These plants will be offered for sale by the end of April, which is by far the best time of the year to start a banana tree in a non-tropical climate.

We are waiting for different types of Cavendish banana trees with variegated leaves and also extra dwarf types of banana trees.

These plants are raised in-vitro here in the Canary Islands. They correspond to the best commercial cultivars of edible bananas, such as Dwarf Cavendish, Cavendish Brier, Cavendish Grand Naine and others. At times we could get also Orinoco/Bluggoe/Topocho or Dwarf Red Banana Trees.

Variegated banana leaf in Tenerife

Visit THIS LINK and see pictures of our plants on the packing desk and learn more about what we ship, including fruit trees and bananas.

Visit our Fruit Tree Section in the Web Shop and see which plants are now available for sale. We have one of the best selections in Europe of tropical fruit trees, such as different varieties of mango, lychee, bananas, papaya, longan, star-fruit, sugarcane, coffee and much more.

New Succulent Plants in the Web Shop for April 2013

Canarius | Saturday March 30th, 2013 |

We just uploaded about 100 more species of succulent plants in our web shop, www.CANARIUS.com.  Come and visit our sections of succulent plants.

There are about 17 new Agaves, 45 new Crassulaceae, 12 new Mesembs and 20 new Other Succulents.

Agave

Agave

Crassulaceae

Crassulaceae

Aloe Gasteria Haworthia

Aloe Gasteria Haworthia

Mesembs

Mesembs

Plumeria - Seedlings of Kahei Nani  - Pack of 2 Plants

Sansevieria

Other Succulents

Other Succulents

Agave albescens is one of the new additions

Dyckia encholirioides

Dyckia encholirioides is a bromeliad placed in the “Other Succulents” section.

Echeveria setosa F042

Echeveria setosa F042 is one of many new crassulaceae.

New Sections and Selections in the Plant Shop, in January 2013

Canarius | Thursday December 27th, 2012 |

We just uploaded many new products and lots of pictures.  Even more will follow in the next future, before Spring.  We had to create some new sections in the store, in order to accomodate the new species.

Disocactus ackermannii

Sansevieria ehrenbergii

There are two new “Sections” for Epiphytic Cacti and Sansevierias. They will grow much larger in the next months.

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Epiphytic Cacti – NEW !   Sansevieria – NEW !

We also created five “Selections” of Cold-hardy Plants, Unusual Plants and Indoor Plants. There you will find species of all types, picked from other sections because of their features.

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INDOOR PLANTS     UNUSUAL PLANTS     COLD-HARDY PLANTS

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VARIEGATED PLANTS  HEALTHY PLANTS

In the next few months before Spring we will add many more plants, so these new sections and selections will grow a lot larger. You will also find a whole new section of aquatic plants for ponds, including many Nymphaea and Lotus.

A Variegated Neoregelia

The cold-hardy Gomera-1 Mango Tree

Canarius | Sunday May 29th, 2011 |

Gomera-1 is a hardy variety of Mango suited to a coastal Mediterranean climate. It is used as a rootstock for grafting other cultivars of mango, because the roots of Gomera-1 grow better in colder or dryer areas and improve the cold-hardiness of the plant.

Two Mango Gomera-1 trees in a poorly irrigated terrace in Southern Anaga, Tenerife.

This variety of mango is well adapted to the environment of the Canary Islands. It can be seen thriving in windy areas with rocky soils. It is unscathed by cool and wet winters and fruits very well and regularly. It is found on many islands and it was probably, initially brought from Cuba. The name Gomera refers to the island of La Gomera, one of the seven islands of our archipelago. This is where Canarian agronomists collected the first samples to study this mango which is quite common in the rural areas of the islands.  Fruits are yellow, small to average size (250 g average), with  very good flavour, sweet, aromatic, with a high content in fibres.

Yellow fruits of the Cold Hardy Canarian Mango named Gomera – 1

Cultivation

It needs just the same conditions of any other mango trees. It is reproduced from seed. As a polyembrionic Mango, 90% of the seedlings are true to type. Adult trees are able to flower up to 3 times a year. If it is too cold or wet, they will loose the inflorescences and flower again, about 2 months later, until the right season for fruit set is matched. In order to achieve larger fruits sizes, it is good to remove by hand 1/3 of the fruits from the bunch. Gomera-1 fruits outdoors in coastal Mediterranean climates and it needs little or no protection in coastal Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece and also in the French Riviera.

Use as Root Stock for Grafting

Mango Gomera is regularly used as a rootstock for grafting throughout the Canary Islands and also in Andalusia. The use of the Canarian Hardy Mango as a rootstock permitted to push the commercial production of Mango in the Mediterranean basin, because the roots are hardier to cold and wet soil. All the different varieties of mango trees that we offer for sale are grafted on Gomera-1 rootstocks, so our customers in Europe will get the benefit of some added cold resistance from the roots.

Gomera mango trees used as a rootstock to graft different varieties

Gomera mango trees used as a rootstock to graft different varieties

Scientific Literature in Spanish about Mango Gomera

Mejora del Mango en Canarias

Gomera-1 en el programa de mejora del Mango

Buy cold hardy mango trees in our Shop

In our shop you can purchase small trees of Gomera mangos and also a wide selection of mango trees of different varieties. All trees are grafted by hand, with specific cultivars. We ship them directly to your home. Try also our delicious Mango jam with or without sugar, in the honeys & jams section, produced with the mangoes of the Canary Islands.

Red Leaf Palms from Tenerife to Europe. Pictures and Videos.

Palmera de hoja roja. Palma dalla foglia rossa. Chambeyronia Canarius | Saturday May 28th, 2011 |

This palm produces new leaves that are red for one or two weeks. Then they turn green and you have to wait for another new leaf in order to see again the red colour.  The Latin name of this unusual palm is Chambeyronia macrocarpa. It is native to New Caledonia and takes light frosts.  Red Leaf Palms grow outdoors in the coastal Mediterranean climate, even though it is very slow. They are grown successfully in Portugal, Spain, Southern France, Italy and Greece.

This palm grows a bit faster in the Canary Islands and many specimens are cultivated in Tenerife for sale. Red-leaf-palms are highly demanded palms in Europe.

Canarius.com offers different sizes of Chambeyronia and will ship them to your home. Some examples are:

Palmera de hoja roja. Palma dalla foglia rossa. Chambeyronia

 

Chambeyronia Macrocarpa

This video shows larger palms of the same species grown in the ground in Southern Tenerife. These are also cultivated for commercial purposes. It is spectacular to see so many red leaves.

Not all palms are tropical plants. Many palm species can resist snow and frost. Come and visit our shop at www.canarius.com . We offer above 100 palm species and will ship to your home.

Video of the tree aloes – Aloe dichotoma in Habitat

Canarius | Tuesday April 19th, 2011 |

Spectacular video about Aloe dichotoma in the wild. Beautiful desert landscapes and close ups of bark, flowers and other details of the aloe trees.

Namibia – Köcherbaumwald

The original text in Youtube is …

Drive to and walk through the quiver tree forest (Kokerboomwoud) and the playground of the giants in the east of Namibia. Travelogue Namibia www.freudenthal.biz

Fahrt zum und Spaziergang durch den Köcherbaumwald (Kokerboomwoud) und Spielplatz der Riesen im Osten Namibias. Reisebericht Namibia auf www.freudenthal.biz

Visit our shop at www.canarius.com . We have a large section of Aloe, Gasteria and Haworthia and we ship living plants to anywhere in Europe.

New Fruit Trees in the Shop: Mountain Papaya, Lulo, Tree-Tomato and more

Canarius | Tuesday April 12th, 2011 |

Now you can buy new types of fruiting plants in the shop at www.canarius.com.  We have uploaded several new species.  Some of them are very interesting for the people who grow exotic fruits in Europe. They come from high elevations so they can grow in cooler  conditions.

Four species of exotic fruits are really interesting. They are now available and they are becoming tall – all of them are 50-80 cm in height. All are very fast growing and some are very rare in cultivation. 

  1.  Cyphomandra betacea – Tamarillo, Tomate de Arbol
  2. Carica cundinamarcensis (Now Vasconcella) – Mountain Papaya – Papaya de los Andes.  Trunk base is 4-5 cm NOW.
  3.  Solanum quitoense – Lulo – Leaves are 40-50 cm wide NOW.
  4. Physalis alkekengi – Farolillo chino, Alquequenje, Chinese Lantern Fruit

Come and visit the FRUIT TREE SECTION of our shop at www.canarius.com  (read below and find a list of the available fruit plants)

Cyphomandra betacea – Tree Tomato, Tomate de Árbol

Solanum quitoense – Lulo, Naranjilla

Other fruit trees now available in the shop are:

Dimocarpus longan cv. Kohala
Dimocarpus longan cv. Sri Chompoo
Eryobotrya japonica cv. Peluche
Eugenia brasiliensis
Eugenia uniflora – Pitanga, Suriname Cherry
Feijoa sellowiana
Ficus carica Blanca
Ficus carica Brevera Canaria – Canarian Fig Tree
Fortunella margarita – Kumquat
Gossypium arboreum – Cotton, Algod
Hylocereus purpusii – Pitahaya
Hylocereus undatus – Pitahaya
Litchi chinensis Early Large Red
Litchi chinensis Kaimana
Litchi chinensis Tai So
Malpighia glabra cv. Florida Sweet – Acerola
Mangifera cv. Gomera 1 – Hardy Canarian Mango
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Anderson ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Ataulfo ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Edward ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Extrema ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Ford ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Haden ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Heidi ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Irwin ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Isis ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Keitt ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Kensington ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Lily ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Lippens ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Manzanillo ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Osteen ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Palmer ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Sensation ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Tolbert ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Tommy atkins ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Valencia pride ‘
Mangifera indica cv. ‘ Van dike ‘
Morinda citrifolia – Noni
Musa cv. ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ – Banana Tree
Musa Gruesa Palmera – Platanera, Banana
Passiflora “Curuba”
Passiflora alata
Passiflora cuadrangularis
Passiflora edulis flavicarpa Alargada – Longer fruit
Passiflora edulis flavicarpa Amarilla – Yellow
Passiflora edulis flavicarpa Grande – Larger Fruit
Passiflora edulis Morada Redonda – Round purple
Passiflora ligularis
Persea cv. ‘Fuerte’ (Aguacate, Avocado)
Persea cv. ‘Hass’ – (Aguacate, Avocado)
Persea cv. ‘Pinkerton’ – (Aguacate, Avocado)
Pouteria campechianacv. ‘ Bruce ‘
Pouteria sapota Pantin – Mamey Colorado
Psidium guava Cubano sin semillas – Seedless guava
Psidium guava Blanco Cubano
Psidium guava cv. ‘ Stone ruby ‘
Psidium guava White Supreme
Psidium littorale – Guayabo Fresa – Cattley Guava
Syzygium jambos – Pomarrosa, Rose Apple
Tamarindus indica
Theobroma cacao – Chocolate
Ananas comosus cv. MD-2 – Small pot
Carica Vasconcella – Mountain Papaya – P. de los Andes
Chrysophyllum cainito – Caimito – SMALL
Coffea arabica Kona, Hawaii – Cafeto, Coffee
Musa cv. Figue Rose – Red Banana – Platano Rojo
Musa cv. Ricasa
Nicotiana tabacum
Pouteria sapota Pantin – Small
Psidium cattleyanum
Psidium littorale – SMALL
Solanum quitoense – Lulo
Theobroma cacao – Chocolate – SMALL
Physalis alkekengi

Come and visit the FRUIT TREE SECTION of our shop at www.canarius.com

Update to the PREVIEW of New plants for Spring 2011

Canarius | Friday March 18th, 2011 |

Dear Customers,

We have not yet started to publish the new items for Spring – this will be done in a week or so – but the list is growing dramatically because we will add more palms and succulents than we expected.

So, below you will find new additions to the lists published  a few weeks ago.

The COMPLETE LIST IS HERE:new-plants-for-spring-2011-at-www-canarius-com

This bare-root Aloe microstigma will be soon available at 5 Euros !

PALMS

  • Arenga hookeriana
  • Butia odorata
  • Cryosophila guagara
  • Cyphophoenix elegans
  • Cyphophoenix nucele
  • Dypsis cabadae
  • Euterpe edulis
  • Guihaia argyrata
  • Pritchardia munroi

ALOE, GASTERIA AND HAWORTHIA

  • Aloe aristata
  • Aloe bakeri
  • Aloe brevifolia
  • Aloe brevifolia
  • Aloe jacksonii
  • Aloe jucunda
  • Aloe juvenna
  • Aloe microstigma
  • Aloe reynoldsii
  • Aloe striata
  • Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana
  • Gasteria carinata
  • Haworthia limifolia
  • Haworthia reinwardtii
  • Haworthia rigida
  • Haworthia truncata
  • Haworthia venosa
  • Haworthia venosa

CRASSULACEAE

  • Adromischus cooperi
  • Adromischus triflorus
  • Aeonium arboreum cv. Zwartkop
  • Cotyledon tomentosa
  • Cotyledon woodii x velutiana Natural hybrid
  • Crassula coccinea cv. Flame
  • Crassula cornuta
  • Crassula nealeana nana branched
  • Crassula orbiculata var. orbiculata
  • Crassula ovata cv. Hobbit
  • Crassula rupestris var. marnieriana
  • Crassula sarmentosa variegata
  • Echeveria albicans
  • Echeveria runyonii „Topsi Turvi“
  • Echeveria tolimanensis
  • Graptopetalum amethystina
  • Kalanchoe beharensis
  • Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri
  • Kalanchoe millotii
  • Pachyphytum longifolium
  • Pachyphytum longifolium
  • Sedum burrito

MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE

  • Argyroderma fissum
  • Carruanthus ringens
  • Cephalophyllum pillansii
  • Cheiridopsis candidissima
  • Cheiridopsis purpurea
  • Lapidaria margarethae
  • Pleiospilos nelii
  • Pleispilos bolusii
  • Rhombophyllum nelii

OTHER SUCCULENTS

  • Dasylirion zacateca
  • Anacampseros telephiastrum
  • Euphorbia resinifera fuerte branched
  • Hoya obovata, minimo 5 hojas
  • Hoya pubicalyx cv. Pink Silver
  • Hoya pubicalyx cv. Red Button
  • Portulacaria afra variegata
  • Portulacaria afra variegata
  • Rhipsalis pilocarpa
  • Selenicereus maynardii Red Flowers
  • Senecio crassissimus
Aloe aristata
Aloe bakeri, branched
Aloe brevifolia, branched
Aloe brevifolia, branched
Aloe jacksonii
Aloe jucunda
Aloe juvenna, branched
Aloe microstigma
Aloe rauhii (Cites)
Aloe reynoldsii
Aloe striata
Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana
Gasteria carinata
Haworthia limifolia
Haworthia mezcla de 5 diferentes plantas
Haworthia reinwardtii
Haworthia rigida, branched
Haworthia truncata
Haworthia venosa
Haworthia venosa, branched