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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 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.

Plumeria - Seedlings of Kahei Nani  - Pack of 2 Plants   Plumeria - Seedlings of Kahei Nani  - Pack of 2 Plants

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.

Plumeria - Seedlings of Kahei Nani  - Pack of 2 Plants  Plumeria - Seedlings of Kahei Nani  - Pack of 2 Plants  Plumeria - Seedlings of Kahei Nani  - Pack of 2 Plants

INDOOR PLANTS     UNUSUAL PLANTS     COLD-HARDY PLANTS

Plumeria - Seedlings of Kahei Nani  - Pack of 2 Plants Plumeria - Seedlings of Kahei Nani  - Pack of 2 Plants

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

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

Where do mangos grow in Europe?

Mango Irwin Canarius | Thursday January 20th, 2011 |

Mango is not a strictly tropical tree. It grows better in areas with Subtropical climate because it needs a cooler winter for good fruiting. Mango trees do  grow and fruit in many areas of Europe with a Mediterranean Climate. Some varieties fruit better than others in cold climates.

Mango Irwin

Mango Irwin

Areas with Commercial Mango Production in Europe

  • Canary Islands (Spain)
  • Andalucía (Spain)
  • Sicilia (Italy)

Areas where Mango Trees Grow and Fruit

  • Coastal Southern Portugal
  • Coastal Southern Italy
  • Coastal Southern Spain
  • Coastal Greece
  • The Southern islands such as Malta, Crete and Cyprus.
  • Trees with little protection can fruit in Southern France, Riviera.

Mango trees are also grown in the Southern Mediterranean, in Northern African countries and Israel.

Buy mango trees in Europe

In our internet shop you can purchase a wide selection of young mango trees of different varieties. They are all grafted on the cold-hardy rootstock Gomera-1. Canarius offers more than 20 varieties of grafted mango trees. We ship from the Canary Islands to your place the same grafted trees that are sold to local farmers , ready to go to the field: same plants, same size, same deep pots. The plants you purchase are at least 2 years old, because the root trees are grown for 1,5 years before grafting.

Grafting Mangos in the Nursery

Grafting Mangos in the Nursery

A shop for Cycas and Cycad plants in Europe. Some good reasons to choose Canarius.

Cycas sp silver leaf Canarius | Friday January 7th, 2011 |
  1. Cycas sp silver leafWe offer the largest selection in Europe of the genus Cycas. Even more species will be added in the next months and years. You can buy them in the Cycad Shop, at www.canarius.com.
  2. All our plants are at least 2,5 years old. We ship no seeds, no two-leaf seedlings, no bare-root plants. Our cycads are solidly rooted in the pot. Many of them have coralloid roots: a good sign of health and age.
  3. We sprout our seeds. We do not import and re-sell cycads. Our plants have no stress from a past importation from a remote county with a different climate. They are ethically correct and suppose no environmental damage.
  4. We use no greenhouse, except for seed sprouting. Our cycads are robust plants grown outdoors, with mere summer shading. They have shorter, stiffer leaves with better caudexes.
  5. We are not in a tropical climate. The Canary Islands have a mediterranean climate with a bit warmer temperatures. Plants will stop in winter. They grow in the right way thanks to this rest.
  6. Our plants are all LEGAL. All species are protected by CITES regulations. All our plants have been started from seeds with official papers. If you are not in the European Union, we will prepare a special CITES Export Document when we ship these plants.
  7. We ship to anywhere in the world. We ship our plants worldwide, with all the necessary documents: CLICK HERE, and read about our worldwide shipping.

How is the exact look of the plants we offer?

Click HERE and you will see pictures of many of our plants just before packing.

How do we wrap and pack the plants?

See some pictures of our packing system.

Read more and see HOW WE PACK and WHAT WE PACK.

Dioon Holmgreenii

Dioon holmgreenii

Click HERE if you want to know about shipping costs.

New Species in the Shop – December 2010. Palms and Bromeliads

Canarius | Monday December 6th, 2010 |

Canarius has just been updated, with new additions of 15 PALMS and 7 BROMELIADS.

Let’s start with…

PALMS

New frost hardy species such as Brahea sarukhanii and Brahea sp. Nuri

We have spectacular plants of Allagoptera caudescens with leaves that are white underneath.

New species of Parajubaea: Parajubaea sunkha and Parajubaea cocoides. Now you can buy all the existing species of Parajubaea in Canarius.com

New larger sizes of previously offered palms, such as Kentiopsis, Rhopalostylis and Nannorhops, now in larger 20 cm pots.

New, Nannorrhops palms in 20 cm pots with large sized leaves

New, Nannorrhops palms in 20 cm pots with large sized leaves

New rare species of Pritchardia: P.minor and P.munroi. Pritchardia minor is a sought-after high-elevation species which stands more frost than others and keeps a small size.

Young Pritchardia minor in the Palmetum of Santa Cruz

Young Pritchardia minor in the Palmetum of Santa Cruz

We ship young potted plants like these:

Young pritchardia palm in 12 cm pot, ready for shipping.

Young pritchardia palm in 12 cm pot, ready for shipping.

and then…

BROMELIADS

The bromeliad nursery is growing larger. Each year we have more species to offer. This time we added new tough-leaved neoregelias, like Neoregelia concentrica Neoregelia farinosa.

Neoregelias are cold-sensitive bromeliads but N. concentrica is one of the most sought-after, cold-hardy neoregelias and can take some frost and snow.

Purple colours on Neoregelia concentrica

Purple colours on Neoregelia concentrica

Also Neoregelia camorimiana is back, and N. burlemarxii.

Neoregelia camorimiana becomes very red and shiny

Neoregelia camorimiana becomes very red and shiny

There is also a new Billbergia distachya var. rubra, a great wild type with bright, wide bracts.

We ship large-sized pups of bromeliads like these:

Pups of Neoregelia burlemarxii, ready for shipping. They can bloom in one year.

Pups of Neoregelia burlemarxii, ready for shipping. They can bloom in one year.

Parajubaea sunkha
Parajubaea cocoides