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This is our selection of plants that can stand some cold. Some will only resist to cool weather and light frost, but some others will take hard frost in colder climates. They are all very different but they deserve to be tried because all these tropical-looking plants have non tropical requirements. They will surely thrive outdoors in coastal Mediterranean climates or in a mildly heated greenhouse where frost does not occur.
This is the supreme clone selected from wild plants, released some years ago from Bullis Bromeliads, in the USA. Leaves are wider and the center of the rosette turns bright purple when blooming. It withstands light frost.
A small bromeliad species with nice dark speckling on the top side and light banding on the undersides. Growth is upright tubular, with stiff, 20 cm (8") tall tube-like rosettes. Thrives outdoors in Mediterranean climates.
Variegated selection of the Mondo Grass, with a silvery white variegation on a silvery green background.
Dwarf form, perfect as a moss-like groundcover. It is a low growing clump-forming perennial, native to Japan, often used as a ground cover.
Astonishing plant with black leaves. It is a low growing clump-forming perennial, native to Japan, often used as a ground cover. "Black Mondo Grass" or "Black Lily Turf" is a a dark-leaved cultivar.
This is a Canarian variety of the famous prickly pear or tuna fruit, with yellow-green fruits. It is a shrub-cactus from Mexico that produces delicious fruits and it is hardy to about -6 C (21 F). Hardiness is substantially increased as long as full sun and drainage are provided.
It is not truly spineless, but it has very few spines. It is a large, robust selection with red juicy fruits of good quality.
This Oxalis comes from an area in Chile with scarce winter rainfall, dry summers and abundant humidity in the air. It is a shrub, 1-2 m tall and ocasionally more, with succulent trifoliate leaves and abundant bright yellow flowers. Oxalis gigantea is the largest species in the genus. It is slow growing and long leaved.
Pack of 5 bulbs. A four-leaved lucky clover native to Mexico. Easy to grow. It is a people stopper, because all leaves are split in four. This species is also small and beautiful, in terms of leaves and flowers.
NEW!- Branched, Cont.= 8,5 cm. Mexican succulent with blue waxy leaves and pink flowers. It grows wild on cliffs or on tree branches in Hidalgo, at about 1200 m. Stems creep to 50-70 in lenght. It takes light dry frosts and tested ok at -4 C in the U.K.
"Egg-bearing thick-plant", that is what the latin name means. This Pachyphytum is especially beautiful with prostate stems with compact rosettes made of large "egg-shaped" white leaves that can turn to brown, grey or jade depending on sun exposure and season.
Bromeliads are ornamental plants of tropical origin. Few species are cold-hardy, even freeze, as Bromeliads. Due to they are uncommon and very cold-hardy, on Canarius.com we propose Bromeliads as: Deuterocohnia chlorantha, Aechmea blumenavii, Hechtia tillandsioides or Billbergia sp. Succulent.
Choicy Hardy Perennials are small plants (sometimes very different among them) with a foliage very showy and green that present a great variety of resources to survive a long time. Some clear examples of this plant category are: Agave Americana medio-picta, Aspidistra asahi, Aechmea blumenavii or Pleioblastus Pygmaeus.
We are specialists in exotic tropical fruit trees, but we also grow and offer some fruit trees which are not tropical at all and can take frost. For example: Almonds tree, Persimmons and also some Canarian cultivars of Fig Trees are perfectly suited for Mediterranean to Temperate climates.
Bromeliads are small plants with extraordinary beauty, easy to raise. They generally use to grow above unstable situations (branches or stones). That’s why they get used to potted plant so quick. There are around 3.000 species of Bromeliads. Most of them are tropical. However, there are some plants that come from clod places. On Canarius, we offer some...
Ornamental climber with delicate pinnate foliage and elegant pink flowers with purple throat. The blooming season is extended througout the warm season. It is hardy to about -5 C (23 F) and can grow in places with cool summers.
Exotic climber in the bignonia family with white flowers with pink throat. This is a delightful variegated cultivar with white leaf margins.
"Sweet granadilla" is a high-elevation passion fruit from the Andes. It does well in cool climates and can fruit even in countries with short, cool summers. It does not like frost but it can sprout back from the roots or it can be pruned and protected.
Phormiums are great ornamentals from the South Pacific, they are hardy to -10 or lower, so they are perfect to create an exotic look in non-tropical gardens.
Phormiums are great ornamentals from the South Pacific, they are hardy to -10 or lower, so they are perfect to create an exotic look in non-tropical gardens.
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