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by Godfryd
Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:14 pm
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: My 23 Yucca species
Replies: 44
Views: 18791

[...] Yes I have a Yucca guatemaulensis planted outdoors, no protection (rated zone 9). It dies back each year and new growth begins showing in June. [...] Adam o! That's very interesting for me Adam. I started "a project" with four Yucca guatemaulensis in the ground last summer. Now thei...
by Godfryd
Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:20 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter
Replies: 234
Views: 79318

eh... this night brought to me new freeze record during this winter.
I had -11.5 C / 11.3 F outside
by Godfryd
Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:40 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter
Replies: 234
Views: 79318

Heh... for now the temperature drop down to -8C / 17.6 F
by Godfryd
Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:54 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter
Replies: 234
Views: 79318

eh... not good.

Here at my place almost 24F or -4.5C so far. And snowing
by Godfryd
Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:09 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Godfryd's Palms :)
Replies: 10
Views: 3801

My humilis is about 77 cm high and the trunk is about 12 cm high.
by Godfryd
Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:59 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Godfryd's Palms :)
Replies: 10
Views: 3801

yes, when spring will come
by Godfryd
Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:20 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Godfryd's Palms :)
Replies: 10
Views: 3801

Godfryd's Palms :)

I bought Chamaerops humilis yesterday. Special offer for 14 $. Decision was quick and fast :) For the rest of winter palm will go to the basement with windows, When spring will come I'm going to put humilis into the ground near my south-west house-wall. http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/9611/imgp00...
by Godfryd
Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:55 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Canadian Desert Garden
Replies: 10
Views: 5200

Very nice desert garden! Thanks for sharing!
by Godfryd
Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:48 pm
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Your fav "bone barrel/markdown" recovery?
Replies: 5
Views: 2707

Wow, Your Adenium looks amazing and giant to my little one!
When does Adenium start to flowering? (In what age I mean)

Here's mine little one :)
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by Godfryd
Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:42 pm
Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
Topic: Outside protection Zone 6 - 2011
Replies: 88
Views: 64595

good to see them at fine condition!
by Godfryd
Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:27 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Finnish palms :)
Replies: 37
Views: 29881

Wow, great collection and plant condition!
Nice to see them. Thanks for sharing!
by Godfryd
Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:25 pm
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Dasylirion wheeleri
Replies: 29
Views: 16224

Thanks Aaron, I will be remember your offer :) As far I have one Dasylirion from the seed - it started to grow some weeks ago (I put the photos in this topic) so I'll be trying with it in the future :) In exotic plant store near me they have Dasylirion for about 77 $. Look at this http://img192.imag...
by Godfryd
Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:59 pm
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Dasylirion wheeleri
Replies: 29
Views: 16224

That's so sad - Dasylyrion won't survive in our 6 USDA zone. Fine that you tried. Thx.
by Godfryd
Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:53 pm
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Yucca Rostrata hardiness questions in zone 6b
Replies: 29
Views: 25867

Tim, beautiful lplants and great desert garden. You bring hope :)

Igor - very good translation! Congratulation!
by Godfryd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:07 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Yucca Rostrata hardiness questions in zone 6b
Replies: 29
Views: 25867

Hi, That's mine 2 years old yucca rostrata in the ground in zone 6a/b. I think withe the little help from us (people) it can survive our wet winters.

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by Godfryd
Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:51 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Warm winter this week
Replies: 33
Views: 14906

The weather is really mixed. I noticed yesterday that my Platanus x acerifolia wants to start his new season to grow...
I'm worried about it beacuse it's hard to believe there will be no winter this winter...

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by Godfryd
Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:24 pm
Forum: Off Topic Area
Topic: Post your Fav 2011 Pic
Replies: 19
Views: 8293

Wow, thanks Cameron for the info! It helps me a lot.

More info: http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Corypha/index.html

Very nice your Fortunei!
by Godfryd
Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:54 am
Forum: Off Topic Area
Topic: Post your Fav 2011 Pic
Replies: 19
Views: 8293

Aaron, I wish I know the name of that giant palms in Bangkok (Lumpini Park) but I couldn't find anywhere.
I really like giant plants, specially giant palms. Please look at another one:

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by Godfryd
Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:19 am
Forum: Off Topic Area
Topic: Post your Fav 2011 Pic
Replies: 19
Views: 8293

As far that is one of my favorite palm pic - Giant palm from Lumpini Park in Thailand. Found in internet. Take a look.

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by Godfryd
Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:58 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: palm tree protection
Replies: 15
Views: 6433

Hi Beny!
Excelent work and nice challenge to keep such big palms in your USDA area! I'm impressed.
I already subscribed your YouTube channel too :)

Regards
by Godfryd
Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:48 pm
Forum: Germination
Topic: What seeds are you starting this winter?
Replies: 60
Views: 41967

wow, impressive list!

Good luck, please notify us with any progress, I'm interested to view your seed plantation :)
by Godfryd
Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:11 pm
Forum: Germination
Topic: What seeds are you starting this winter?
Replies: 60
Views: 41967

Very nice list Adam! I wish you good luck with them. I got lately another seeds to try with: Schotia brachypetala Callistemon pinifolius filaments green Carludovica Palmata (Panama hat palm) Firmiana Simplex Yucca Brevifolia Paulownia Fortunei Musella Lasiocarpa Xanthorrhoea Preissi
by Godfryd
Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:45 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Visited John today
Replies: 15
Views: 7007

Wow, very nice collection and ideas with plat protection!
It was pleasure to watch the photos.

Thanks Barb & John
by Godfryd
Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:23 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Dasylirion wheeleri
Replies: 29
Views: 16224

5 seeds
by Godfryd
Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:18 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Dasylirion wheeleri
Replies: 29
Views: 16224

Big Thanks Barb!

So I'm going to be happy now! Cool, my first Dasylirion :)
by Godfryd
Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:11 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Dasylirion wheeleri
Replies: 29
Views: 16224

Hey Barb, I started with Dasylirion wheeleri seeds from the begining of December. Now, I've got something like this in picture below - and I don't know is it a Dasylirion? Can you help me? http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9479/imgp000580j.jpg http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5381/imgp000180.jpg
by Godfryd
Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:22 pm
Forum: Off Topic Area
Topic: Travelogue
Replies: 60
Views: 30132

wonderfull small island!
by Godfryd
Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:00 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Not Tropical but quite exotic
Replies: 4
Views: 2487

Thanks for the info! I know that Equisetum has plenty of different kinds and the grow in many territories. But I didn't know they're so old. Some of Equisetum even grow naturally here in Poland (I found them in the wood) but they're max 20-30cm high. Have ypu got any pics of Equisetum from Mexico hi...
by Godfryd
Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:28 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Not Tropical but quite exotic
Replies: 4
Views: 2487

Not Tropical but quite exotic

I'd like to show you two of my plants which are not from tropicals area but looks original and exotic to me. Maybe you know them and showed earlier - then I'm sorry, I didn't notice. First one is Equisetum hyemale var. camtschaticum - comes from Kamtchatka Peninsula. It's the highest form from the E...
by Godfryd
Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:11 am
Forum: Germination
Topic: What seeds are you starting this winter?
Replies: 60
Views: 41967

After few days of waiting I can see another Catalpas starting high from the ground zero level.

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by Godfryd
Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:06 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy - General
Topic: Ensete Ventricousm Maurelli in Poland
Replies: 14
Views: 6049

Heh ;) For now I've got two options for the next winter: 1. My neighbour already declared that she can take my Maurelli into her living room - she has high enough room to keep an Ensete without any problems :) 2. I prepare an Ensete for the winter doing it like here in video: Part 1 http://www.youtu...
by Godfryd
Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:47 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Random pics from first week December Audubon , NJ
Replies: 36
Views: 13929

Wow! Great looking Christmas - palm!. Very nice idea. I like it!
by Godfryd
Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:50 am
Forum: Cold Hardy - General
Topic: Ensete Ventricousm Maurelli in Poland
Replies: 14
Views: 6049

Thanks, it's magic of photography ;)
I'd like to see my Maurelli back in the ground as soon as posiible :)
by Godfryd
Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:07 am
Forum: Cold Hardy - General
Topic: Ensete Ventricousm Maurelli in Poland
Replies: 14
Views: 6049

Hi there, nice to see you in here :)
by Godfryd
Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:20 am
Forum: Germination
Topic: What seeds are you starting this winter?
Replies: 60
Views: 41967

Hey, I know Paulownia. Some of my friends in Poland have them in the ground. Paulownia produces really big leaves and can grow up to 2-3 and even higher meters in warm season in Poland. When winter comes it has to cut Paulownia with the ground level and again it startsto grow next spring. I'm going ...
by Godfryd
Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:49 pm
Forum: Germination
Topic: Anybody tried to germinate Jubaea chilensis (blue form)?
Replies: 17
Views: 13674

wow, looks fantastic in the ground!
by Godfryd
Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:47 pm
Forum: Germination
Topic: What seeds are you starting this winter?
Replies: 60
Views: 41967

This winter I continue to fight with my bad luck with seeds ;) I started in the early December with: Xanthorrhea australis 5 seeds Catalpa bignonioides 20 seeds Miscanthus Gigantheus 50 seeds Dasylirion wheeleri 5 seeds Dickinsonia Antarctica 2 seeds Licuala Grandis 2 seeds So far - I see something'...
by Godfryd
Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:29 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter
Replies: 234
Views: 79318

I see we're going down and down. Another night another minimal record this winter: -9.5 C / 14.9 F
by Godfryd
Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:53 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter
Replies: 234
Views: 79318

New sad record this night: -8 C / 17.6 F
by Godfryd
Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:13 am
Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
Topic: Outside protection Zone 6 - 2011
Replies: 88
Views: 64595

very good result!