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by igor.glukhovtsev
Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:07 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Some palms and cactus
Replies: 15
Views: 13743

Jim, I'm speechless.. Your plants are so fresh and healthy looking!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:39 pm
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Unexpected present - thank you Tim
Replies: 13
Views: 17944

Agree...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:42 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Tallest palm tree zone 6b-7a Kelowna British Columbia
Replies: 14
Views: 8012

Holy smoke! What a nice collection of the exotic stuff! What is your monthly hydro bill in case of harsh winter?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:36 pm
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Sowing Seeds Round 2
Replies: 61
Views: 61192

I would say from 7 to 10 days to germinate.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:51 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: a few palms
Replies: 13
Views: 7123

Max, thank you very much for your kind offer but I collected a lot of seeds of the different palms being in Napoli in 2013. Since my climate is not suitable for the palms growing I didn't started germinating them focusing on Yucca plants cultivation instead (thanks to Tim for sharing with the hybrid...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:08 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: a few palms
Replies: 13
Views: 7123

I have a different experience with the sabal seedlings. I've got a bunch of them bare root from Canada a few years ago and they have been travelling to my home in Kazakhstan for three weeks at least. No one died. And what is more all of them still sit in small pot. Years they are not growing but not...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:03 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Some pics from Boyce Thompson Arboretum.
Replies: 17
Views: 13160

Sorry Jim for hearing the such sad news. How old your Mom was? Please accept my deepest condolences... Take care Buddy!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:38 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: My yuccas, Central Europe, Poland, zone 6.
Replies: 291
Views: 3008696

It's cool (or cold) Marceli!
We got 1,5 month with a temperature below freezing.... All my yucca seedlings covered with some snow blanket which I hope would help them to survive... More update after next 3 Winter month. The only thing I like there was no cold below minus 20 C yet.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:30 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Some Trachys
Replies: 2
Views: 2274

Very nice and healthy palms! Are you going to overwinter the Martianus outside?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:09 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: A little Princeps
Replies: 12
Views: 6724

Awesome!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:37 pm
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Post Palms and exotics from England.
Replies: 23
Views: 12533

Barb, my Mom does... Every f...g day. That's why I'm very angry on her - hot and age. By the way we started picking up and sharing through the relatives and the friends tomatos and sweet papers from the new plot. Thanks to my Mom (seeds sowed on a middle of January) and to the hot... And thanks to m...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:42 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: Post Palms and exotics from England.
Replies: 23
Views: 12533

Started planted a garden on a newly gotten land plot. Many ornamental shrabs and trees already planted there. Potato, tomato, peper and etc are an asset. Pics a little bit later. A lot of water is needed - plus 37C is a temp. record so far. A little money to pay for watering.... Bad news - winters a...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:44 am
Forum: Off Topic Area
Topic: Update on Sequoia....
Replies: 9
Views: 11658

For sure... Too sad...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:41 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: M.Maculosa blooming,couple pics...
Replies: 4
Views: 5362

Beautiful!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:46 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Yucca nana
Replies: 25
Views: 17566

Thank you very much my dear friends! These days I'm transplanting all my yucca-agave seedlings from 4,5'' pots into large containers (styrofoam box for vaccines transportation). Gonna post the pics once finish this "project".... :lol:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:07 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Some pics of plants
Replies: 4
Views: 2656

Thanks for sharing!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:07 pm
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Any luck with persimmon trees?
Replies: 3
Views: 4379

Unlikely if any Eastern (Japanese) persimmon tree would survive the Ontarian winter. I have one self fertile variety growing in a pot. Looks like I'm gonna get a few fruits by the end of the season... I have two Diospyros lotus (date-plum) plants which planted in my garden this spring. So will see w...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:57 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Yucca/Agave
Replies: 19
Views: 18904

Jim, your succulents keep growing.... What's a size, what's a power! Looks like some of your agaves will be blooming pretty soon!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:52 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Finished the pond and other pics
Replies: 12
Views: 8420

What's a nicely planned and finished project! Bravo!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:26 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Yucca nana
Replies: 25
Views: 17566

:lol:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:10 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Yucca flaccida x 'reverchonii-thompsoniana'
Replies: 98
Views: 125190

Here is 3 years seedling planted into the ground last summer:

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by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:08 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Yucca nana
Replies: 25
Views: 17566

Early summer update of my Yucca nana plant which germinated from "Yucca nana complex" seeds:

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by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:11 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Check out my web page or you will hate yourself later!
Replies: 16
Views: 10404

Nice, nice, very nice!!!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue May 27, 2014 8:43 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: plants are blooming now.........
Replies: 79
Views: 191144

Thanks, Barb! My Mom grand-children and grand-grand-children which live in Toronto presented her a very nice tapestry. She was so happy!!!

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by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue May 27, 2014 1:06 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
Topic: Pics from May 25 2014=one of my fav cactus flowers
Replies: 10
Views: 5383

Jim, thanks for sharing! Plants are nice and healthy!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue May 27, 2014 1:03 am
Forum: Photo Gallery
Topic: plants are blooming now.........
Replies: 79
Views: 191144

The best Flower in the World - newly born BABY! Congratulations!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon May 12, 2014 5:42 am
Forum: Cold Hardy - General
Topic: Causalties and survivors
Replies: 11
Views: 6295

Bravo, Barb!!!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon May 12, 2014 5:40 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: El Nino
Replies: 9
Views: 6467

marceli wrote:El nino means heavy rains here. This month we experience rainfall almost every day, but it's too early to tell if this is really El nino's influence. I need sun and more sun 8)
Need rain! Just rain... May is a wettest month during the year. 0 rain fall down here at my place so far :cry:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Sun May 04, 2014 8:44 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: My Yucca Janci
Replies: 101
Views: 92278

I'm speechless, Janci! Thanks for sharing!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:22 pm
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: Leaving Az
Replies: 8
Views: 5443

Safe driving back to Iowa! And looking forward to seeing your sweet home plants soon!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:41 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: New arid bed for 2014.
Replies: 17
Views: 15513

Very nice! Wish your arid bed growing and flourishing!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:45 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Some survivors
Replies: 4
Views: 4681

The first picture is the aloe ecklonis. I was using my cell phone so you cant really see the proper colour. The whole bottom half is still green and its been exposed for a week or two. I managed to get the nitida up here in the back of a truck. Its a 12 hour drive from toronto to here lol. Humber w...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:12 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Three new Yuccas to my collection
Replies: 9
Views: 7584

Andy, looks like rain is endless at your place! Very nice specimens, Ivory Tower is very unussualy looking yucca...
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:49 am
Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
Topic: hesperaloe parviflora 'brakelights'
Replies: 20
Views: 11351

Have you come back to Fairfield, IA, Jim? Any pictures from your beautiful "North Pole" garden?
by igor.glukhovtsev
Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:20 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Warming up
Replies: 41
Views: 22274

Right, continental climate and 1000 m above sea level make the weather crazy for sure. There was minus 2 C this morning but it is plus 22 C now.... :lol:
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:25 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Warming up
Replies: 41
Views: 22274

It's not funny anymore - there is badly snowing outside again. Those two stellatas are finishing blooming but the Susan would have been starting soon but I doubt if it will be ever happened. And your stellata is gorgeous, Barb! Thanks for sharing!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:02 pm
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Warming up
Replies: 41
Views: 22274

Right, Erik! It's exactly what I try to say - bloody continental climate!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:04 am
Forum: Weather & Climate
Topic: Warming up
Replies: 41
Views: 22274

lucky1 wrote:About time folks in the eastern half of continent got a break! Enjoy... Barb
But not us! Feeling bad looking for minus 6 C on April 23rd morning.... Hate it! By the way my magnolia stellata flowers look great after being frozen last Tuesday at minus 7C. Love the hardiness of that Magnolia beauty!
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:40 pm
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Yucca plants after long-long winter
Replies: 10
Views: 9649

All these plants from the unheated GH except of gloriosa and recurvifolia are two years seedlings. And I believe a problem was long period of time with a temperature below 0 C with minimum around minus 12 - minus 15 C.
by igor.glukhovtsev
Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:17 am
Forum: Anything Yucca
Topic: Yucca plants after long-long winter
Replies: 10
Views: 9649

Thanks everyone for the kind comments! Barb, perhaps 1 m of snow is beneficial for a few days but for four months? Actually in January we got more than two months amount of snow.... And February was three time colder than usual. Andy, this nana is two years seedling from the http://www.koehres-kaktu...

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