Hotel Tigaiga Blog.

See how the Tigaiga ficus tree has grown in a year!

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The sunny location and the loving care by our gardeners brings back, at this time of year, a colorful appearance in our cactus garden with many flowers and many strong spines!

And it is also the time to admire in the garden Tigaiga starting to flower in the evenings:  the cacti “Queen of the Night” (Selenicereus grandiflorus)

The Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) enjoying sunshine at our Tinguaro terrace.

Jardines de La Atalaya – Puerto de la Cruz – Tenerife from Juan Carlos on Vimeo.

Strelizie belong to the  Musaceae family.

The so-called “flower of paradise” is characterized by bright orange-blue flowers and is one of the most popular souvenirs from the Canary Islands. The cut flower holds, with the right care in the vase, from 10 to 14 days. Here are two important tricks:

- Cut the stems every two or three days with a sharp knife.

- When buying a Strelitzie it usually shows only one of its four to five single blossoms. In the green bud, the  ”beak” of the bird of paradise these will be asleep. In the wild, they go on by themselves, but in a vase it is advisable to remove the dried flower at the base of the bud. Then take your thumbs gently into the green bud and help a new orange blossoms to appear.

We wish you a long holiday souvenir with your flowers!

In order to develop knowledge and skills in pruning of palms, the hotel association ASHOTEL with the Canarian government has organized a course for garden experts.

It will be held in the hotel Tigaiga gardens during this last week of March and we will be very happy to apply all the new gained knowlegde!

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Here are some pictures of our cacti in full bloom.

And then discover one of the strangest plants in our garden, the Queen of the Night (Night-bloomiing Cereus, member of the cactus family).

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