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Most of the Aloe's are from Africa... From bloody tropical Africa. They would grow in the Italy or the French Mediterranean coast but they won't survive when the cold spells more than 2 or 3 days. They are too fleshy...

Thank you guys for virtual watching my garden! I 'm glad you enjoy. Di niente, Robreti The Hedera's species I have are included H.colhica (a wild form and two variegated varieties - Sulphur Heart and Variegata), H.helix (a few varieties), H.hibernica and H.canariensis (Gloire de Marengo) which hasn'...

As promissed please take a look at pictures of my garden in Kazzakhstan. Those snowy's one were taken a couple of weeks ago. The falls pallete"s ones were taken today morning accordingly. There are no palms in the ground yet :roll: http://s2.postimage.org/BzCHJ.jpg http://s2.postimage.org/BzFbS...

Jim, I had a chance driving 25 km all the way from my place (1000 m above sea level) down to the airport area (700 m above sea level) today. Roses are ok (blooming like crasy) as well as the Castor bean plants. Awaiting for the next season with my Wagner, Chamerops, Basijoo, Gunnera and other stuff ...

I remeber you gyus were suprised when I were informed you about the first snowfall happens a couple weeks ago. Look at the picture:

Today I checked my Fuchia magellanica it's still blooming and there is no sign of a light frost happened...

Aaron, I'm pretty sure you have a chance rooting the very tops of this yucca that still look alive. Just cut them off, peal the dry leaves, leave the cuttings for a couple of days for drying (I understand they are dry enough yet), apply some rooting powder and put them to the pots with the sand. Lea...

My sister is growing Cannas in North Yourk, Toronto. I've planted them 6 years ago very close to the house wall. They are still alive. By the way never any protection stuff have been using at all.

Thanks the Canadianplant! Unfortunately I've never been in NWOntario. I had a chance visiting only a few places above Toronto - Algonquin Park and Muskoka. I will defenetely post pictures from my garden in the nearest future, as soon as winter comes. My garden looks quite different than any Canadian...

I would say it's average date of the first snow. Last year it's happened two weeks earlier. Frost free season is about 185 days in Almaty.

Yep... Almaty is located on the various altitudes . My place is about 1000 m above the sea level and there is a good blancket of snow already. An airport where a weather station is located has a lower altitude.and the snow is melting there. Tomoroow morning I expect higher temperature at my place op...

Tim, thanks for greetings. I'd love to try some truncked species. Perchaps I would order quite mature plants from the Netherlands. This country is only the source the Kazakh suppliers import the plants from. I hate waiting for several years sowing the seeds. I might be wrong please advice.

It's funny but the south east of Kazakhstan and the area I live in is a rather wet corner of the region. My place is located at the altitude about 1000 m above the sea level. We have a very humid May and June, quite dry July and August. My the 15 years old Aucuba is doing well but the Phylostachis s...

Actually Kazakhstan is a very Asian country! 7 hours flying westward to the Netherland (Atlantic region, ) 6 hours to the Pacific region (Seuol, Korea) and 7 hours to Bangkok... We are quite distant either form the oceans or the civilisation.

I believe this Dutch company selling the palms all over Europe has it's nurseries in south of China, Thailand and Malasia. I won't compete with them! Some day I visit Toronto another day for the palms shoping. But I sware it's not very cheap one too.

Thanks to everybody! I know it's not common seeing the guy who lives the thousands miles away from the Americas! I like the place I live. I love the Torontian fall but the Almaty's spring is much impressive one. A lot of sunshine, the frost expectation even in May. The hight mountains and the hot sa...

Your prices is a joke. I payed 175 USD for one foot stem Wagnerianus in the only one Almaty's garden centre selling some palms. Oh, boy, I wished I buy the stuff in the Northern America!

Today is the first day snowing. There was plus 27C on Monday... The Roses are still blooming...

Thanks Barb for welcoming to the Forum! We start chating last night (the Kazakh time of course). Actually Kazakhstan is not the best country to grow quite unusiual plants for this part of the world. By the way I have four species of Yuccas to be grown at my place. Yu.filamentosa is the common here. ...

I'm Igor (sounds like the Igor Huricane swept the NE of America or Igor Larionov, the former NHL Star) from Almaty, Kazakhstan. To be a kind of new person at the gardeninf at the edge I like those people who are craisy about making the things come through. I wish to follow you guys. I'm not growing ...

Guys, when you are counting days below zero do you mean the day (sunrise - sundown) temperature or over the entire twenty-four hours one?