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damir

i have few seedlings of araucaria. one survived this winter outdoor 2 years old, lowest temp was -13C, but few weeks it was below 0C.
very nice plant unusual look.

damir

yucca's are my favorite plants. specially big ones. in few years it will be something.
regards

damir

here is my new fruit, zyzyphus jujuba. jujube tree, chineese date. http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5346/dsc00006fu.jpg cacty, something coccineus if i remember... http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5596/dsc00008an.jpg and joshua tree planted outdoor in hope it will stay there lot of years ;) http...

damir

here are my new yuccas grown from seeds that i got from mesagarden,new mexico. http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3038/dsc00018hm.jpg here is araucaria araucana,2nd year grown from seed http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/1493/dsc00012r.jpg opuntia new growth,camanchica and fragilis in back,also agav...

damir

here is a pic of my broken joshua tree. neighbour's kids were playing around it when i planted it in the ground one month ago,and..... i took hormone for roots in hope that it could make new ones, the part that felt off. yesterday i was surprised when i dug it up and saw many new roots,also the part...

damir

cameron, any yucca aloifolia germinated?

damir

finally spring is here. i planted some new things, pics soon. opuntias are ready to flower... cold hardy agave planted outdoor, some new seedlings like trachy bulgaria (hardiest trachy there is), some yuccas, mostly aloifolia. my fruits are growing, kiwi, mini kiwi actinidia arguta , it is cold hard...

damir

wow! what a nice garden. also and the house. combination of rock walls and palms is great.

damir

great tim! i like grandiflora too. i planted one two weeks before,small plant about 50 cm high. also i have grown 3 edith bogue from seeds. this one i've planted outside is not edith bogue and i think less hardy. it has some leaf burned. if it dies in winter, edith bogue comes to it's place.

damir

one rhapy hystrix is comig out. just one, but

cameron, did you recive seeds i sent you?

damir

i like this pic. 2 weeks ago. now temps are 20C,morning 5 to 10C. spring is finally here!

damir

i open the cage few times in winter when temps were in +. dark inside is not the problem for palms, but lack of the air is so fungus showed up. http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5115/dsc00074r.jpg http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/4557/dsc00081vdy.jpg http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/7791/dsc000...

damir

lowest temp was -13 C. lot of days around -10C, and few weeks temp was not above 0C. here is problem in europe that we have wet winers. if the palm roots are dry in winter than it can survive much lower temps than it says for every specie. also long period of time temps do not rise above zero C. fro...

damir

one trachy fortunei defoliated (north exposure) other one (south exposure) just minor damage. place in the garden is very important, i would say. http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/2352/dsc00045e.jpg http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3131/dsc00051e.jpg also i planted one magnolia grandiflora , two ...

damir

my CIDP survived it's first winter in the ground in zone 7a.

damir

cameron, any news with your needle palm seeds? did they germinate? some of mine look like they are ready to. :D i removed the outer shell, soak it in water for few days and put it in soil on the window bench above radiator. some broke the skin on seed and ready to come out. yeah! but some small bugs...

damir

great cameron!!! i have some experience with araucarias. in its first year you need to spray it a lot with fungicide,every 2 weeks. fungus like to kill them when young. from about 30 seeds i got, just 6 stay alive. remember, every 2 weeks. now you should replant it. so that each has its own pot. and...

damir

here is pic of germinated seed of agave palmeri, i got from desert zone. thanks once again. to desert zone and cameron!!

damir

and here, few weeks ago, with regular sabal minor. after de-lidding it came out in 2 days in water

damir

and a try to do the same with musa sikkimensis

this is the best i did. hard as rock

damir

here are some pics of de-lidding seeds

needle palm

nannorrhops ritchiana kashmir

sabal mccurtain

damir

what to say after all this excelent explanation, great pics and everything. not even years of research could compare to this exquisitely finding you share with all of us. :notworthy: :thumbright: p.s. today i planted seeds you've sent. tomorrow i'll take them out and do the "de-lidding" te...

damir

great! glad that your plants survived. you gave me an idea to make protection next year for agave and some yuccas i will plant (small seedlings should it be in next winter) in 12th pic. great once again.

damir

big difference now, then in former yugoslavia. in year or 2 we'll be member of EU.

damir

nice joshua tree barb. mine and yours could be the same age. mine is 5 years now.

damir

yes. time and money. i would like to go to mexico for example, or usa. one day.... barb, i think we were born in wrong climates. :D i would like to change my 7a zone for 10b. I think I would trade my zone 8b for a zone 9, I'm never happy. :roll: :lol: Nice j-tree by the way. 8) thanks d.z. if this ...

damir

sidpook wrote:Thanks for the great pics Damir...I was in Zagreb once, loved it,...Never to the coast!

hi sidpook. zagreb is nice, i lived there for 5 years. you should go to coast next time you visit us.
rgds

damir

here is my yucca brevifolia

damir

it would be great to have opuntia like that one in my climate. that size. even my fragilis would never be big like that one,still it's ok. also humifusa and other opuntias i have. they are hardy but cant grow high, more to the ground. last year i left 2 opuntia ficus indica outdoor during the winter...

damir

here in croatia we have opuntia ficus indica that has edible friuts. but i dont like it. taste .....

damir

great garden jova! congratulation!

damir

hi cameron. did u find something more about this olive? at the web there is no much info. besides bulgarian aberquina this cultivar could be great for cooler climates. for example mine. it would be great to have my own olives, in zone 7a.
thanks for sharing
rgds

damir

thats clever too barb. i think it will have same result. you should wait a while. mine were too long in soil without any results, so i didnt had nothing to loose. "operation" succeeded.

damir

and here is how i did it. cut it with knife, not too much, keep in water for few days and there u go

damir

here it is pic of that one which germinates by that

damir

very nice cacty. last summer i got one cutting of imbricata that did produce roots. in month or so it goes outdoor. cant wait for the spring... winter is boooooring.

damir

hope that joshua trees will survive. today i looked mine in basement. looks just fine. in spring definitly it goes outdoor,and till next winter i need to think how to protect it against moist. rgds

damir

yes. time and money. i would like to go to mexico for example, or usa. one day....

barb, i think we were born in wrong climates.

i would like to change my 7a zone for 10b.

damir

i didn't grow mine cidp from seeds of those from dalmatia. i bought mine in one nursery,for about 5 dolars. it was damaged a lot but central spear was green and healthy,and i took it. regular price was about 40 bucks,but because it was damaged there was a discount. dalmatia have mediteranean climate...

damir

I have more, just need to post it on imageshack. will be soon. makarska is place in Dalmatia (croatia), known as home of dalmatian dog http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/427084511_19b6b509a9_o.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1437/561286195_4ee388c7b0.jpg http://www.crankycritic.com/archive/poster...

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