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Post by lucky1 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:24 am

Loved the pictures Damir :D
Yes that Trachy looks like Jim's surgery technique, fingers crossed it'll come back.

The cat EATS your yuccas?
Silly boy, but very cute.

Nice specimens you have, looking forward to seeing the M/F pistachios grow.

Thankfully your horrible cold is over with no other damage.
Glad that c.humilis rigida was under the snow!

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Post by hardyjim » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:46 am

Nice,looks like your Trachy will make it.

Love the other Trachys,if they are not Waggies they look to have some Waggie blood,at least!
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Post by TimMAz6 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:27 pm

Wow, your Trachy was really cut back but it appears OK. Good job saving it!
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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:57 pm

Great shots as usual, Damir! I'm looking forward to seeing how your T. fortunei recovers.
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Post by damir » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:25 am

agave planted few days before,also some palms like washingtonia,needle palm,sabal brazoria.

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Post by damir » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:33 am

w.filifera, 2 needle palms,yucca aloifolia

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2 small paw paw asiminia triloba

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w.filibusta,cupressus sempervirens,pampas grass cut to the ground

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2 sabal brazoria

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yucca elata, 1 yr old seedling from mesa garden seeds

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agave utahensis eboryspina

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agave parryi

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agave lechuiguilla, i got it as utahensis kaibabensis

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Post by lucky1 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:35 pm

Nice to see spring finally arrive for you.

That much growth on an elata in a year? EXCELLENT!

The W. filifera and W.filibusta are going to grow a lot this year.

Everything looks good, damir, and warm!

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PS--where's the ice-crashed trachy?
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Post by damir » Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:25 pm

thanks barb. trachy that is hit by the ice from the roof is in basement for now,for few weeks. then it will be planted outdoor again. it looks alive. but 2 third of it is gone.

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Post by lucky1 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:19 pm

Still in your basement during your nice weather?
It might be happier outside during the day?

Hope it grows 5 leaves for you this year :D
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Post by DesertZone » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:24 pm

Nice...I bet everythings is going to take off well this year. :D
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Post by damir » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:35 am

barb, there are still some morning lows like -2, -3 C, during the day 10 to 15C. and trachy is sensitive since inner leaves are out now,soft and white. soon as the morning temps reach 10 C it will be planted outdoor. it will recover very quickly. it grows about 10 leaves every year. but damage rewind it few years back.

thanks aron. yes,everything will grow very well. besides this yucca,agave,opuntia,palms.. i have few new fruit trees like pawpaw,poncirus trifoliata -some kind of wild lemon tree semi edible,but cold hardy to -30 C. and wild olive oliva europea sylvestris. i have no much expectations with it that will survive here in zone 7a, but who knows...

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Post by TimMAz6 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:05 am

Hi Damir,

it looks like spring has 'sprung'. Nice plants. Your A. lechiguilla looks like it may be a hybrid lechiguilla too. I like it.
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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:15 pm

Eevrything looks great, Damir! That A. parryi looks especially healthy!
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Post by damir » Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:57 am

same garden, new pics ... ;)


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seedlings of true trachy takil from himalaya elevation 2500 meters. alexander from EPS was selling it. till now 8 takils!! ;)

last winter was horrible here. with low as -27 at my place. albizzia was killed but recovered from roots, one cupressus sempervirens also half dead, one in facing south looking great. lavander also half dead. some gone, some new arrival. summer was warm as hell, up to 40 C for 4 months. i was in germany for last 6 months, good that some plants stayed alive without my presence. ;)

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Post by damir » Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:14 am

opuntias are growing like weed. cant get a rid of it. new texas is born here in croatia, zone 7a. never had problems with cold hardy cacty. cold hardest exotics i have. also one e.coccineus survived last winter outdoor,and few new ones showed up next to it. this winter test will be opuntia basilaris, grown from seed mesagarden. also sabal minor, needle palm seedlings, sabal brazoria,araucaria araucana small one from seed.....



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butia odorata. will be duged out today,to small to be tested. in few years,at better position south facing wall.


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sabal minors,2 needle palms, one chamaerops humillis and one cerifera seedling...

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Post by lucky1 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:55 am

true trachy takil from himalaya elevation 2500 meters
that'll be very interesting to watch.

Everything did so well while you were gone for six months! :shock:
What a heatwave your area had.

Is the CIDP gone?

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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:30 am

nice update Damir. Keep us updated on all your plants.......especially the Monkey Puzzle tree.
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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:48 pm

Great work, Damir! I still need to germinate my T. takils from Alex :lol:
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Post by damir » Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:36 pm

some newest pics after the winter!! agaves are alive!! parryi,lechuiguilla and utahensis eboryspina. so as some new yuccas like elata,carneroana,thompsoniana,baccata. faxoniana died, cause it wasnt covered. al agave had like some roof above it, nothing more.
here is the pic how the "protection" looked like in winter
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and here it is today

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plus today i planted araucaria araucana, bought one month ago,which i planted behind the rock bed

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Post by damir » Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:42 pm

agave parryi and lechuiguilla in behind... like the winter wasnt here at all

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yucca carnerosana, despite i was suspicious about it, it showed up as very hardy

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this little a.araucana survived its first winter outdoor without any protection,so far so good

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Post by damir » Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:51 pm

omg!! pics are so huge!! please if somebody like admins can reduce the images. i posted it in some other forums but the size was ok, these are too huge..

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pistacia vera, starts to grow, now i'll need to wait "just" 9 years to have my own pistachios ;))))

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this is my new phoenix roebellini, it is huge and we all love it. finaly a decent palm in house

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here is my hand to compare its size of the leaf/branche

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Post by damir » Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:58 pm

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the trunk of p.roebellini. i cleaned it my self,now it looks like a date palm trunk ;)

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Post by seedscanada » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:30 pm

Damir, wonderful pics! I am a bit jealous of some of your agaves. That is also a nice roebellini
You will get double the growth on your pawpaws, if you keep them in 80 to 90% shade, that is if the direct sun hasn't killed them yet.
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:27 pm

Gorgeous P.roebellini, and nice neat pruning job.
Congrats on your overwintering job.
Amazing that's all you needed.

9 years for pistachios :lol: :lol:

Re photo size, your photo hosting site selection must've clicked back to large on the HTML pane.
Scroll through until you find a Medium size...600 or 800 etc.

Looks like spring has arrived for you
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Post by marceli » Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:04 am

Damir, great agaves! What was your lowest temp this winter?
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Post by DesertZone » Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:00 pm

Thanks for sharing. 8)
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Post by TimMAz6 » Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:07 pm

Hi Damir,

nice update......thanks.

too bad you lost your Y. faxoniana.....what killed it? Do you have a photo of it prior to winter?
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