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Post by damir » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:15 am

here are some pics fom my garden
yucca,agave,opuntia....

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Post by damir » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:24 am

OMG! pic are too big,sorry.

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Post by damir » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:45 am

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opuntias

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o. phaeacantha camanchica

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agave parryi

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agave utahensis kaibabensis

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Post by DesertZone » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:46 am

Very nice, you have done well. 8)

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Post by damir » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:56 am

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opuntia fragilis

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agave parryi

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albizzia jullibrissin

here it is. my exotic plants. agave,yucca,opuntia,palms,albizzia,cupressus sempervirens pyramidalis... i also have some fruits from south like kiwi,pomengranate,goji... mostly mediteranean plants that might have future here,with some or none protection. i also have seedlings of some palms that are cold hardy like sabal minor,birmingham,louisiana,washingtonia filifera and filibusta,trachycarpus bulgaria,jubaea chilensis,araucaria araucana,musa basjoo,chamaerops humillis. in spring i'll post new pics.
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Post by damir » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:02 am

thanks desert zone! your garden is real inspiration.i specially like joshua trees. i have one also,5 years old,but planted in pot for now,maybe it goes outdoor this spring. hope that mine garden one day looks like yours. ;))))
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:37 am

Nice to see the detail.

Those "rocks" with labels, or is that a solar collector with uplight on other side?

That trunking yucca is very beautiful, and suckering. :D
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Post by DesertZone » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:15 am

damir wrote:thanks desert zone! your garden is real inspiration.i specially like joshua trees. i have one also,5 years old,but planted in pot for now,maybe it goes outdoor this spring. hope that mine garden one day looks like yours. ;))))
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Thanks, I hope the j-tree are still alive come spring. :)
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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:48 am

Hello damir, welcome to the forum! Great pics! I think I remember seeing some on PalmTalk :D
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Post by TimMAz6 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:30 am

Hi Damir,

welcome to the board. Your garden is very nice. What is the very narrow juniper looking conifer? It has an interesting shape to it.
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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:19 am

lucky1 wrote:Nice to see the detail.

Those "rocks" with labels, or is that a solar collector with uplight on other side?

That trunking yucca is very beautiful, and suckering. :D
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yes it is sollar light,looks like small rock. that yucca is recurvifolia. very hardy.

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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:21 am

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:Hello damir, welcome to the forum! Great pics! I think I remember seeing some on PalmTalk :D
thanks! i think that i posted some same pics at palm talk. you remembered it. :D

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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:26 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Damir,

welcome to the board. Your garden is very nice. What is the very narrow juniper looking conifer? It has an interesting shape to it.
hi tim! thanks!
that is italian cupressus, cupressus sempervirens pyramidalis. it grows fast,mine was grown from seed,3 years old now. it is cold hardy to -20C, maybe even more. it reinforces the impression of the Mediterranean. :D

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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:32 am

How far you are from the Pula region? This is the only region of Croatia I visited two years ago...
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Post by lucky1 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:33 am

that yucca is recurvifolia
Did yours trunk at a young age?
I've seen older ones that had no trunk at all.

Then I found this: wonderful tall trunk!
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aNHD ... -5.jpg&t=1

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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:38 am

Barb, I believe the "yours" is Y. gloriosa. But it doesn't matter.
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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:42 am

gloriosa/recurvifolia... maybe. these two species are the same to me. they look the same from my point of view. :D
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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:50 am

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:How far you are from the Pula region? This is the only region of Croatia I visited two years ago...
oh, you have been here? nice! :D pula is at coast, i live near hungarian border,eastern croatia. it about 450 kilometers. in summer i like to go to makarska, its a small town in Dalmatia,our southern region (dubrovnik,split...).

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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:55 am

lucky1 wrote:
that yucca is recurvifolia
Did yours trunk at a young age?
I've seen older ones that had no trunk at all.

Then I found this: wonderful tall trunk!
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aNHD ... -5.jpg&t=1

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yes, i think in 2nd year it made some small trunk,now is 5 years old. last summer it started to sucker, but i cut all small ones,so that it dosent look like bush. maybe that one is a hybride with some species that do not trunk. who knows....

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Post by lucky1 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:15 am

The gloriosa/recurvifolia do look very similar...
and hybrids might be common considering how prolific yuccas are when they flower.

Agree a trunking specimen looks better than a bush.
Is there a chance the cut suckers might root with some rooting hormone?
Might be worth a try
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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:27 am

Barb, my "old" Recurvifolia died last spring so I've haven 4 or 5 suckers instead of it as well as a top of mature (died) plant rooted during the growing season.
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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:43 am

damir wrote:
igor.glukhovtsev wrote:How far you are from the Pula region? This is the only region of Croatia I visited two years ago...
oh, you have been here? nice! :D pula is at coast, i live near hungarian border,eastern croatia. it about 450 kilometers. in summer i like to go to makarska, its a small town in Dalmatia,our southern region (dubrovnik,split...).
I like Croatia very much! Lovely people, huge palms and the Nature! And the Architecture! And the Adriatic!
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Post by lucky1 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:52 am

Igor, it'll be interesting to hear how that is doing.
It would be wonderful to get more plants that way.

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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:12 am

lucky1 wrote:Igor, it'll be interesting to hear how that is doing.
It would be wonderful to get more plants that way.

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Since I were there with my Lovely girlfriend the only seed has been raised from our Croatia trip is the Love that has been lasting for a while!
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Post by lucky1 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:12 pm

OK, got it, Igor :wink:

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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:33 pm

lucky1 wrote:The gloriosa/recurvifolia do look very similar...
and hybrids might be common considering how prolific yuccas are when they flower.

Agree a trunking specimen looks better than a bush.
Is there a chance the cut suckers might root with some rooting hormone?
Might be worth a try
Barb
all my gloriosa/recurva,3 plants, were cutings from older plants. i didnt use hormone,just stab it into the soil,and in less then a month they produce roots. also this methode is working with filamentosa. the best time to do that is spring or summer. so it has enough time to grow roots,before winter. here is often that in winter because of the wet snow,older gloriosa broke in winter if the trunk is not fat. at my neighbours garden few times that happened. he just takes the part which is broken and pit it in garage till spring and then put it in the ground and it make roots. the main plant often after that makes branches.

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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:40 pm

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:
damir wrote:
igor.glukhovtsev wrote:How far you are from the Pula region? This is the only region of Croatia I visited two years ago...
oh, you have been here? nice! :D pula is at coast, i live near hungarian border,eastern croatia. it about 450 kilometers. in summer i like to go to makarska, its a small town in Dalmatia,our southern region (dubrovnik,split...).
I like Croatia very much! Lovely people, huge palms and the Nature! And the Architecture! And the Adriatic!
thanks! here are few pics from croatia


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from Dubrovnik,very populare and beautiful place

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Post by lucky1 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:43 pm

damir, your reply is so very encouraging!

One more Q: what if a piece of the stem (wood) broke off with it?
Would you let that woody part "air dry" for a few days before sticking it in the soil?
Or stick it in the ground right away?

I thought the woody end had to dry out first, form a callous, as with succulents (including jade tree).

Thanks for this interesting discussion!
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Post by lucky1 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:52 pm

Our posts crossed.

BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL PICTURES !!!!
Oh what a gorgeous place, and those palms. WOW.

I'm mad I live so far north 50.25 N latitude :evil:

Compared to yours:
http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/cro ... -long.html

Thanks for those pictures!
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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:25 pm

lucky1 wrote:damir, your reply is so very encouraging!

One more Q: what if a piece of the stem (wood) broke off with it?
Would you let that woody part "air dry" for a few days before sticking it in the soil?
Or stick it in the ground right away?

I thought the woody end had to dry out first, form a callous, as with succulents (including jade tree).

Thanks for this interesting discussion!
Barb
it is better if you let it dry few days,and then put it in the ground. i'll take some pics these days,and post it here. also, i have more pics from croatia,palms ,beaches..... now is too late. it is 2.20AM.need to go to sleep :D
here i am Osijek 45°34'N 18°41'E, and pics of dubrovnik ,Dubrovnik 42°39'N 18°06'E
see u tomorrow

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Post by damir » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:43 pm

just few more pics from croatia,before i go to sleep 8)


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i think this is a good reason to spend your hollydays here :D
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Post by TimMAz6 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:16 pm

Hi Damir,

I may have to try one of those cupressus sempervirens pyramidalis! I like it alot. What is the typical coldest day time high temperatures you get?
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Post by lucky1 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:46 pm

Damir,
Showed your pictures to my husband, who travelled extensively in Europe (a long time ago.)
He smiled and said "ah yes, that beautiful city of Dubrovnik...I was there for 3 weeks"
He loved his visit and said the people were so friendly; he said the water temperature was the same as the air temperature at the beach mid-August.

Thank you!
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Post by damir » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:25 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Damir,

I may have to try one of those cupressus sempervirens pyramidalis! I like it alot. What is the typical coldest day time high temperatures you get?
you should try to plant cupressus s.p. lowest temp here in winter was -25C few years ago,regulary it goes to -17,maybe -20. that -25,was just for one morning around xmass time. this year is not the case. lowest temp this year was -13C one morning. few days -10. mostly around -5 to -8C. this year even my cidp survived,good wrapped,not heated,with some leaf damages,but central spear looks green like in summer time.
we have hot summers, to 35C, so most of exotics can recover after/if there was some damage. frost free march/april to october/november. only problem is that we have lot of rain,sometimes snow in winter so it could be difficult for species that do not tolerate cold/wet conditions.

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Post by damir » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:34 am

lucky1 wrote:Damir,
Showed your pictures to my husband, who travelled extensively in Europe (a long time ago.)
He smiled and said "ah yes, that beautiful city of Dubrovnik...I was there for 3 weeks"
He loved his visit and said the people were so friendly; he said the water temperature was the same as the air temperature at the beach mid-August.

Thank you!
Barb
thanks! dubrovnik is most popular with tourists,but i think that all other citys are same the beautiful. i'll make some colection of few city's pisc and post it here. have you heard for the film "wow croatia"? it won emmy award last year. here is link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45oXdB_Kl3w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xJhNz5 ... re=related

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Post by TimMAz6 » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:27 am

Hi Damir,

your climate sounds similar to mine. We receive about 4 inches (10cm) of precipitation every month of the year.
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Post by damir » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:11 am

maybe. but we dont have much rain in summer,just in june. july and august are mostly dry.

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Post by damir » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:24 am

some pics from my garden this winter


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Post by lucky1 » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:11 am

Damir, thank you very much for posting those outstanding videos. No wonder they won awards!
Magnificent!
Tour guides did such a good job of explaining culture and history, wonderful to learn more about it.

Rich history from Roman times and such beautiful architecture!

That's what's missing in most of North America (obviously because we live in a young continent).
Seems in my town (and many others) the oldest building is a Midas Muffler Shop :cry:
I marvel at the work the stonemasons did, the cobbled streets are so beautiful compared to our ugly asphalt roads and concrete driveways.

Thank you also for your winter plant pictures!

Wonderful way to start my day... :D
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