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• Palm Honey from the Canary Islands VS. Palm Honey from Chile

  

  We know palm honey as the food product obtained from the sap (fluid carried by the conducting tissues of plants) of a number of different palm species.... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Curare Enano: Fried, Baked Or Boiled

  

  The banana is an important source of food in rural areas of most tropical and subtropical countries. Curare enano is a dwarf cooking-plantain from Central... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Neither Brazil nor Colombia; Coffee in Canary Islands Too

  

  Coffee arrived in Europe around 1600 via Venetian merchants. And, despite first being rejected by the Church, coffee has become one of the most popular and in... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Let’s Talk About Our Canarian Honeydew Honey

  

  These bees are doing something really special! They are collecting resinous secretions from below the bracts of a banana inflorescence. They will use them to... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Bloomed Huge and Smelly Flower in Australia

  

  A specimen of the well-known “corpse flower”, with its particular nauseating smell, has reached two metres high in Australia. Gardeners at Mount Lofty Botanic... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Adenium Socotranum is Grown in Rocky Slopes

  

  Adenium socotranum is an endemic species from the rocky slopes of the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean (South of the Arabian peninsula and east of the... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• How to Root Sugarcane Cuttings

  

  Sugar Cane is a 3-5 m tall tropical grass that produces most of the world sugar. Saccharum officinarum grows outdoors in tropical to warm mediterranean climates. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Cordyline Fruticosa ‘Lyon’s Black’, the Boldest Cultivar

  

  The genus Cordyline, belongs to the botanical family Asparagaceae, and it is native to Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia and S.E. Asia; also one species comes... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Our Chameleon-like Bromeliad: Aechmea Blanchetiana

  

  Crop of pups of Aechmea blanchettiana, ready for shipping. Aechmea blanchetiana is a botanical species of the bromeliad family, originating in Brazil, from Bahi... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Plumeria ‘Japanese Lantern’

  

  Plumerias are small tropical trees native to tropical America, renowned for their flowers. Their common name, Frangipani, comes from a famous perfume of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• An Uncommon Archontophoenix Species from Northern Australia

  

  Archontophoenix tuckeri, known as Rocky River palm or Cape York palm, is native to Northern Australia. Even though this palm species is native to a tropical... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Withania Somnifera, Your Medicinal Plant for This Autumn

  

  Autumn is coming and, most of times, flu with it. In Canarius we have plants for health and, in particular, we have brought a new one to our online shop:... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• New Packs of Fruit Trees Directly from Tenerife

  

  In our online store, Canarius, we take into account the importance of a good service regarding to our customers. That’s why, we have created different packs... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Canarian Honeys, Some of Them Unique Worldwide

  

  The exclusive plant life in Tenerife, with a great variety of endemic species, makes possible that bees can be working all year. That’s why in the island is... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Keep up to Date with Our Website. We’ve Got New Plants!

  

  We have recently uploaded more new plants on our website and some species are truly extraordinary! There are lots of new heliconias, aloes, hoyas, palms, and... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Discover How We Ship on Canarius.com

  

  On Canarius.com, we are lucky because any mail from the Canary Islands travels as airmail, so the box often travels during just 3-8 days and skips any spell of... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Red Leaf Palm, Put Colour in Your Life!

  

  If you’re looking for a one-of-a-kind rare species then you want the Flame Thrower Palm. From Canarius we would like to introduce this beautiful palm. This is... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Fenestraria Rhopalophylla, a Beautiful Plant from South Africa

  

  Fenestraria rhopalophylla ssp. aurantiaca belongs to the family of Aizoaceae. There are various common names, such as babies’ toes or window plant. It´s native... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Did You Know the Medicinal Uses of Alpinia Nutans?

  

  The truth is that from Canarius, we love plants due to a great variety of reasons. Although one of the most important of them is their use, as medicine. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING

• Hoya Australis, the Perfect Aromatic and Indoor Plant

  

  On Canarius.com, we are aware of you are a real plant lover. That’s why we are going to write about a special plant today: Hoya australis. This is a lovely... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ECO-LIVING, GARDENING