Steve Morrow

Was doing a search for growers that would ship to Canada and came across Oasis Tropical Plants and Trees. Has anyone had purchased from them. A search online revealed very little although the site looks well established.

THX!

website: (BANANA PLANTS,CITRUS TREES,BAMBOO,TROPICAL FRUIT PLANTS, BONSAI PLANTS,ELEPHANT EARS,ROOTS, CORMS, BULBS)

nannerfunboi

cant help ya if they are a good nursery or not..
i want to get a few kandarians..and he has them..
they are tissue culture plants..and my understanding they
are small plants..
i dont know if im going to be sucessful getting any larger kandarian
plants.. so i may have to buy from oasis..
over on davesgarden..one guy has bought from him and he likes his
plants..
they do seem like they want their customers to be happy campers..
if ya do buy from oasis.. please post your thoughts on plants you get..
good luck...

lascapa

Hello, I did order 2 plants from them off ebay. Their communication is great. I haven't received them yet so not sure how the plants will be.

I am new to growing bananas, these will be my first 2 plants.

Yug

The only thing I 'know' about them is that their photo of a "Hua Moa" is not even close.

paulorph

I have bought a bunch of plants from him a few months ago off ebay. They are not bad sized plants and are doing well. I hope I got the bananas that I wanted. People here got me a little scared b/c they say many plants are mislabled from many nurseries lol. But if I got what I wanted I will be very happy.

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lascapa

Hopefully I will get what I ordered. Although I wouldn't be able to identify them anyway,lol.

smjmd

I have bought many tropical plants off of them for years, the owner Dr. Mike Taylor is very knowledgable about almost all plants, and especially banana plants. When I had questions months later about some plants he replied fast and helped me out a bunch. They did have their website hacked about a year or so ago and I know they were in the middle of re-building it. That is probably where the picture went bad. The banana plants I did buy are always very big, clean and very healthy. I did have 2 of them die about a month later or so after getting them, but he sent me 2 for the replacements and 2 extra, and let me pick the ones I wanted. I guess 2 isnt too bad after ordering more than 30 or so. They do stand behind their products, so that does mean something. I also ordered a bunch of citrus trees from them and all are doing well after years.

Give them a try, see what you think. Both myself and many of my friends and fellow banana nuts are real happy with them. Happy growing and have a great day!!!!

Umpah

Can anyone tell me where Oasis is located?

Thanks

smjmd

They are a small family business and I know they have a few greenhouses in the U.S., one is in Florida and another one I know of is in Lower Michigan. They grow different tropicals at each location I believe.

sunfish

Mountain View CA. I think

paulorph

As I understand the bananas come here from michigan. But owner says they have a few greenhouse located around.
Edit: Someone beat me to the answer. So far I am really happy with the plants. If they die, it will be my fault. Only one that I am struggling with is SUMATRAN X CROSS/GRAN NAIN. It was in good shape when i got it but not throwing up leaves. The rest have thrown up leaves and are doing well.

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Yug

Had their website hacked a year or so ago? That's probably where the picture went bad?!? Nawwww, I don't buy that. That's plenty of time to check the site, and fix any probs. If they don't have a photo of that type, they should just say so and not try to fool people by putting something else in that spot, or make an offer to someone else for the use of their photo.

Steve Morrow

Thanks everyone... I think when the weather improves here in the snowy interior of BC and the plants can be safely shipped we're gonna get a bunch from OASIS!

Everything I've read really seems geared at helping customers have a positive experience... important to me when you're paying $50+ shipping.

Cheers all...

GreenFin

Their picture for 'Dwarf Cavendish' is from the banana wiki page for 'High Color Mini'.

Oasis's 'Dwarf Cavendish': DWARF CAVENDISH BANANA PLANT - 2 SIZES AND SAME PRICE MULTIPLE PLANT DEALS AVAILABLE

wiki page for 'High Color Mini' (pic attributed to Flying Dutchman): Musa High Color Mini - Bananas Wiki

EDIT: just noticed that Oasis has removed Flying Dutchman's pic (currently 8/25, don't know when they replaced it)

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GreenFin

Steve,

A number of posters here operate quality nursery businesses. I'm not saying that you should or shouldn't order from Oasis; I'm just wanting to list a few member-operated sites for your consideration that you may not have discovered yet:

Northern Tropics
Rare Bananas
Encanto Farms/WeBeBananas
Brian's Botanicals
Plants That Produce

I'm a noob and have only ordered from one of them so far (Northern Tropics, positive experience), but they've all received high praise from other posters.

(Apologies to any member-owned businesses I forgot or haven't discovered yet.)

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willy1der

What is there shipping charge on 50$ (Oasis). Do they ship with a phyto cert or are you taking a chance it arrives with out one???? Ive yet to find a place to ship to canada with out a crazy delivery price!!!! Would be nice to find one with better options!!!!saba,orinico etc.

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paulorph

They are located here in michigan. Not sure about what it take to get over the boarder. probably send them an email. They will get back. I'm a little leary b/c I bought from them and then people say pics are not right. Oh well, even if 1/2 of them right I am happy. Plants are doing well.

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sunfish

paulorph

Looks like they dont do phytosanitary certs. Not sure if needed to go to canada.

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paulorph

Looks like it is not necessary. Here is link read more closely:
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Frequently Asked Questions - Permit Application Process

P.S. Still a little worried about the pics not being right. guess time will tell.

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