I seem to be having a lot of trouble finding carnivorous plant sellers that sell to Canada. Either they don't ship to Canada at all, or they won't ship to Canada any item under $100 US. I don't get it? I want ONE plant, a venus fly trap. I have seeds, but I wanted an adult plant too. Now I'm not sure if that'll ever happen. I can only hope I guess.
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Canadian troubles...
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Flytraps are an endangered species and are protected by international laws forbidding their sales across international borders. Also, shipping at this time of season would guarantee a dead plant upon arrival.
You have an alternative; “Dentate” VFTs are the most common CPs found in stores (here in Ontario) along with varieties of pitcher plants. Try places like:
Home Depot
Sheridan Nursery
Wal-Mart
Rona Lansing
The CPs all tend to come from Colasanti Farms (South Western Ontario) who grows them and then make the rounds to all the nurseries/stores to see who wants to stock them. Sometimes, nurseries will order flowers and stuff from the U.S. and some CPs make their way cross border…
My suggestion is to check in the spring when conditions are warmer!
You have an alternative; “Dentate” VFTs are the most common CPs found in stores (here in Ontario) along with varieties of pitcher plants. Try places like:
Home Depot
Sheridan Nursery
Wal-Mart
Rona Lansing
The CPs all tend to come from Colasanti Farms (South Western Ontario) who grows them and then make the rounds to all the nurseries/stores to see who wants to stock them. Sometimes, nurseries will order flowers and stuff from the U.S. and some CPs make their way cross border…
My suggestion is to check in the spring when conditions are warmer!
I found this one place that sells carnivorous plants. I have allready made arrangements there, when it gets warmer outside (maybee in a couple months if were lucky) They will ship the plants that I wanted.
Just go to... http://www.canadiancarnivorousplantsandexotics.ca/
...and email them. It looks like they have only one type of vft if your interrested.
turner
Just go to... http://www.canadiancarnivorousplantsandexotics.ca/
...and email them. It looks like they have only one type of vft if your interrested.
turner
Try my site here.
Links page> http://members.fortunecity.com/zongyi/LinksRetailers.htm
Gives you a few retailers from Canada. Hope that helped. Zongyi (You might have to ask them for a list of Cps they sell)
Links page> http://members.fortunecity.com/zongyi/LinksRetailers.htm
Gives you a few retailers from Canada. Hope that helped. Zongyi (You might have to ask them for a list of Cps they sell)
Where roughly in Canada are you?? Our local Home Depot didn't have any CPs for a few months, but now they seem to be getting a couple of flats of VFTs every week- I live in the Niagara area btw
But as others have said, spring will open up your options quite a bit
And the 100 dollar order has something to do with phytosanitary certificates as well, can't send live plant material across without one...
But as others have said, spring will open up your options quite a bit
And the 100 dollar order has something to do with phytosanitary certificates as well, can't send live plant material across without one...
If you're having trouble finding some carnivorous plants in Canada then you may want to look at http://www.flytraps.com as I think you may be pleasantly surprised. That will take you to Cook's Carnivorous Plants in the US. I live in Manitoba, Canada and I have been buying from him for about a year and a half now. He ships me any assortment of carnivorous plants that I want across the border as long as they do not require special certificates (which 90% don't). His prices are good, there is no minimum order and he carries a very wide variety of plants. I am surprised that no one here mentioned them.
Cheers,
Ravn
Cheers,
Ravn
Try Hawaiian Botanicals in Richmond BC. I have bought several Carnivorous plants from them.
Hawaiian Botanicals Carnivorous Plants
They supply everyone in the Vancouver area.
Cheers,
Sean
Hawaiian Botanicals Carnivorous Plants
They supply everyone in the Vancouver area.
Cheers,
Sean
Last post...re: Sean's Pond recommending Hawaiian botanical as a supplier in Vancouver. They've cheated people in the past, CP growers in the Vancouver area are well aware of their reputation. I would NOT encourage people in supporting an outfit like this one. I'd check the BBB on these guys first.
Please support reputable companies only and blacklist those who cheat.
Please support reputable companies only and blacklist those who cheat.
Kate
Far too old to grow up now.
Have any of you fellow North Americans up in Canada found this brand new site yet-
http://realkeehnconcepts.50megs.com/index.html
http://realkeehnconcepts.50megs.com/index.html
Comeing back to this post, I have to say that the service from Hawaiian Botanicals is pretty good after my experiance with them a few weeks ago. I ordered a few plants from them, and they even included a few free utrics for me. Although a little expensive, I do recommend buying from them given the limited options in Canada.
LauraZ5- thanks for the heads up. I will be checking their products soon.
Zongyi
LauraZ5- thanks for the heads up. I will be checking their products soon.
Got a reply back- seems the fellow does some TC'ing of a small number of species- I'm hoping to get some more interesting stuff into his TC set-up and see where it goes from there, could be pretty cool
And yes, Zongyi, now that those D.tokaiensis are flowering I am REAL familiar with the "merrier-ness" of the "more (I swear I am going to have MILLIONS of seeds from that one pack you sent me- I see why you sent what I considered to be "way too many" now, I must have 100 scapes and counting.....)
Oh, and Rick already has a thousand of them as-is- he sent me a pic and it made me feel a bit less "swamped"
And yes, Zongyi, now that those D.tokaiensis are flowering I am REAL familiar with the "merrier-ness" of the "more (I swear I am going to have MILLIONS of seeds from that one pack you sent me- I see why you sent what I considered to be "way too many" now, I must have 100 scapes and counting.....)
Oh, and Rick already has a thousand of them as-is- he sent me a pic and it made me feel a bit less "swamped"
