Buying in Canada

BlakeInCanada

15 years ago

Since the costs of bringing them over the border are crazy, I wondered if there was a Canadian source of Bromeliads.

I know they wouldn't be grown here, but maybe there's a website or store chain that imports and sells them.

Even to buy a $4 offshoot from Florida, it costs $25 to bring it here. no fair!

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hotdiggetydam
15 years ago
It is ashame its so costly. The cert is $55 plus express shipping.
Even bringing items out of Canada is slow.
Check Ebay and see if there are Canadian sources on there.
BlakeInCanada
Original Author
15 years ago
One site I saw was $25 plus shipping, another was 22 but was more expensive. Maybe they get some kind of deal with all of the orders they do.
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BlakeInCanada
Original Author
15 years ago
CORRECTION. I don't know where I got the number $25. The phytosanitary certificate to bring an order of plants across the border is $60!! I'd be paying over $100 for pretty much any order. Totally sucks!

I went to a nursery and they only had pink quill and a red guzmania, and some other unremarkable ones.

I think the only choice is to try to find some seller in Canada who specializes in broms, although I doubt they will have the ones I want.
hotdiggetydam
15 years ago
Blake another solution would be if you have friends that want broms. Put together an order from some one like Michael's and and share shipping and the cert costs by shipping to one address.
BlakeInCanada
Original Author
15 years ago
Well I don't have any friends but maybe I could put an ad up. What's this about Michaels? You can have them order me plants?
hotdiggetydam
15 years ago
Michaels is a certified grower of bromeliads for collectors. He has many plants to offer.
Here is his site and he answers emails promply if you have questions or want plants not on his regular list. He can ship to Canada.
Here is a link to his site:
http://www.michaelsbromeliads.com/HyperCart/Catalog.asp
BlakeInCanada
Original Author
15 years ago
Oh! haha I was thinking Michael's arts & crafts store.

There is still the phytosanitary certificate to ship to canada, which is $50, and I think there's a search fee of $13 on top of shipping.

I found a site hawaiianbotanicals.ca that is Canadian, but it's not close and doesn't have the ones I'm looking for.

Then I found another couple of french sites, which seem to have a lot of similar stuff and I'm not altogether sure they're different. But the one has the better 2 of 3 I want! Well it says so at least, but they make you contact them to view all the plant details and pricing... strange.
Anyway the two are:
http://www.plantesdecheznous.com
http://www.jardiniere.ca

In case another Canadian wanders in.
candie1230
15 years ago
Blake, did you try Home Depot? You could also try Rona and Lowes; especially this time of year they have crazy plants. You could also try Canadian Tire but I wouldn't hold my breath that CT ever has anything useful. Also the garden centres at Zehrs' and the Great Canadian Super Store might have something. About two years ago the Metro near my house had Silver vases so you could even try there.