Kazakhstan's palms and etc
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Kazakhstan's palms and etc
Finally took a few shots of my exotic plants today...
Winter was horrible (mean T of January - minus 12C, February - minus 9. Abs. winter min. minus 29.)
Enjoy:
And my Mom working in GH. She transplants tomato seedling....
Winter was horrible (mean T of January - minus 12C, February - minus 9. Abs. winter min. minus 29.)
Enjoy:
And my Mom working in GH. She transplants tomato seedling....
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Hi Igor,
thanks for the update. Your Aucuba japonica looks great did you protect it? Your two Trachys look great too. It appears one is fortunei and the other is a waggie? I like your greenhouse too.........I need to get one! Did any plants die from the cold winter?
thanks for the update. Your Aucuba japonica looks great did you protect it? Your two Trachys look great too. It appears one is fortunei and the other is a waggie? I like your greenhouse too.........I need to get one! Did any plants die from the cold winter?
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Thanks Tim! Yes, I did protect my Aucuba a little bit. I bent it down, put a thin layer of hay and some plastic above. I've made it overwintering this way about 20 years.
You are right there are fortuneu and waggi growing in my garden.
More pictures tomorrow (some Scotch and time for pics processing).
Good news - my Gunnera survived! But my Y.gloriosa variegata looks crappy. And as I said more pics tomorrow....
You are right there are fortuneu and waggi growing in my garden.
More pictures tomorrow (some Scotch and time for pics processing).
Good news - my Gunnera survived! But my Y.gloriosa variegata looks crappy. And as I said more pics tomorrow....
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Nice palms and nice green house. Did you cover your palms?
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Igor, so glad to see that those two palms are fine.
Better than fine!
If I recall, you covered them only with cardboard boxes?
Glad your aucuba did so well.
Your Mom looks hard at work, the dear lady.
Great greenhouse and some very nice plants in there!
Thanks...
Must've been good Scotch...photos are late
Barb
Better than fine!
If I recall, you covered them only with cardboard boxes?
Glad your aucuba did so well.
Your Mom looks hard at work, the dear lady.
Great greenhouse and some very nice plants in there!
Thanks...
Must've been good Scotch...photos are late
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Great work! Enjoy the spring! You surely deserve it.
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Yes, i did:DesertZone wrote:Nice palms and nice green house. Did you cover your palms?
No heat nor light inside. Spent about 160 $ for straw blocks and about 50 $ for rock wool. Quite expensive hobby!
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Thanks Godfryd. Yes, it is a variegated Arundo. I have both variegated forms of this species. I used a loose straw as a protection. Of course snow cover was an asset. Among with Arundo fatsia, hortensia and Fuchia magellanica have been overwintering successfully there.Godfryd wrote: On the first pic is it a Arundo Donax Variegata? Did you protect that plant for the winter?
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Thanks Barb. My Mom is turning 80 this May. But she is hard working lady. Never stops during either day or night.lucky1 wrote: Your Mom looks hard at work, the dear lady.
Whiskey was supposed to be drinking tonight but I couldn't find my favorite the Jura malt.
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Oh, no, John! This greenhouse is my Mom's tomato house. I "rent" it during an early spring time. In a couple of weeks I will be moving my stuff out of the GH.Okanagan desert-palms wrote: I really like that greenhouse it has lots of room for more palms! John
Pics of some plants in GH:
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your plants looks good Igor.........you have lots of Agaves and Yucca seedlings growing!
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Tim those agave "seedlings" are off-springs of the Agave at the upper left corner. Some tender (I think) variety of A.parry. I mean most of them. Yes I have some unsorted Agave seedlings granted by my friend.
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Sorry for not posting the pics promised yesterday. Since a quality is poor (I don't like my Canon Ixus pictures) I'm gonna try shooting with my DSL Nikon tomorrow.
My thought to be dead Gunnera is alive actually... I found a tiny leaf and a few growing buds of my experimental plant....
My thought to be dead Gunnera is alive actually... I found a tiny leaf and a few growing buds of my experimental plant....
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Great! Hope springs eternal!! Especially in spring!igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Sorry for not posting the pics promised yesterday. Since a quality is poor (I don't like my Canon Ixus pictures) I'm gonna try shooting with my DSL Nikon tomorrow.
My thought to be dead Gunnera is alive actually... I found a tiny leaf and a few growing buds of my experimental plant....
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Great pics, Igor! I especially like the healthy-looking Aucuba.
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Great job Igor!
That is amazing that you overwinter with no heat!
All your stuff looks great -and-we are off to another great growing season.
Do you think your Arundo will keep growing from the top of the plant???
That is amazing that you overwinter with no heat!
All your stuff looks great -and-we are off to another great growing season.
Do you think your Arundo will keep growing from the top of the plant???
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Thanks Jim!hardyjim wrote:Great job Igor!
That is amazing that you overwinter with no heat!
All your stuff looks great -and-we are off to another great growing season.
Do you think your Arundo will keep growing from the top of the plant???
No heat at all. Perhaps the straw blocks is a very good insulator! Even I placed them in wrong way 'cos the straw stems should be directed from down to up. Do you know what I mean?
Arundo started growing from the top already. In fact I'm gonna use these stems as the layers propagation. I did that putting the stems on a surface of a shallow water.
Some yuccas look awful after the winter. But my Gunnera manicata has made it! As well as a couple of young Figs. Pics are below:
Gunnera...
Some other stuff...
And some pics just for the spring inspiration:
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Yay!
Spring is busting out!
Are you saying you can root the Arundo donax????
That would be easier than digging it up to multiply
Awesome that your Gunnera made it,I have tried that a few times...with no luck.
Maybe I didn't start with a good one
Spring is busting out!
Are you saying you can root the Arundo donax????
That would be easier than digging it up to multiply
Awesome that your Gunnera made it,I have tried that a few times...with no luck.
Maybe I didn't start with a good one
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Igor, oh thank goodness for those spring inspiration pics.
Thanks!
Hope the rest of your yuccas come back.
Barb
Thanks!
Hope the rest of your yuccas come back.
Barb
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Love your last six pics especially Igor! Great macros...Happy Spring!
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Here are a few today's pics showing a spring growth progress.
Jesse, sorry for your cold... Enjoy our spring pictures!
Jesse, sorry for your cold... Enjoy our spring pictures!
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Igor,
thanks for those hints of spring...thank goodness winter's over for you!
Barb
thanks for those hints of spring...thank goodness winter's over for you!
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It's growing but slowly.hardyjim wrote: Awesome that your Gunnera made it,I have tried that a few times...with no luck.
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I like it...and a few water plants will keep the goldfish happy.
There's something about a walled garden that appeals to me...probably the privacy and microclimate it creates.
Very nice.
Barb
There's something about a walled garden that appeals to me...probably the privacy and microclimate it creates.
Very nice.
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looks good Igor! This winter was the first year my goldfish survived!
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