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Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 9:33 am
by lucky1
i dug it up and saw many new roots
That is exciting! :D
I didn't realize yuccas would do that, good to know it works with a damaged brevifolia.
And good strong looking seedlings too.

You've got some great plants.
A warm spring has really moved your plants along.

Thanks for those pics.
Barb

Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 5:28 pm
by DesertZone
Wow...thats some good looking yuccas. They will be big before you know it. :D

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:15 am
by damir
yucca's are my favorite plants. specially big ones. in few years it will be something.
regards

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:28 am
by damir
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yesterday ;) cidp is growing, cacty flowering.. some small yuccas palnted in cactus-yucca bed.

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:27 am
by lucky1
Nice, damir.
Has the CIDP fully recovered from slight winter damage?

Mine isn't moving yet, and it was indoors in the cold building!

Barb

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:47 am
by damir
cidp recovered very well. here is the pic




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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:24 pm
by lucky1
Yes it certainly did, damir.
Nice specimen ready to burst into big fronds with the heat.

Barb

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:44 pm
by hardyjim
Everything looks great-Trachys are really healthy.

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:24 am
by damir
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new trachys

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needle palm , new one, i got from one friend

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this one needle palm was germinated by de-leeding technique

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new chamaerops cerifera

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:31 am
by damir
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new butia capitata

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this yucca faxoniana is only one that its left, low germination rate with faxoniana, but this one make shure that from one seed i will have 3 branches. very strange that in this phase of growth is branching??

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lot of new aloifolias

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yoshua tree is growing

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agave stricta

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:38 am
by damir
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opuntia ficus indica. planted outdoor but i think winter will kill it. it is too heavy to take it in/out so i planted it outdoor. have new one without needles.

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my big albizzia and 2 washingtonias

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black fig

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cold hardy mini kiwi, down to -30C, first fruits,3rd year

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:45 am
by damir
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o.humifusa, nice isnt it?

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o.compressa and this year seedling yucca elata

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yucca carnerosana and sabal havanensis i got from friend, mother plant lives in Zagreb,Croatia, botanical garden. it looks like minor but still not so. at palm talk it was a discussion about it what it is, and i cant remember what was the conclusion.

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y.filamentosa ready to flower

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:16 pm
by Cameron_z6a_N.S.
Damir, great shots!! The albizia and fig look especially healthy!

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:02 pm
by TimMAz6
thanks for the update Damir!

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:56 am
by DesertZone
Good stuff, thanks for sharing. 8)

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:22 pm
by lucky1
Love that CIDP and the new palms and yuccas!
Tons of growth on your cactus already.
Thanks for the pics.

Barb

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:04 am
by damir
after summer...


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cidp recovered after total defoliation in winter ;)

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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:16 am
by damir
few pics from Makarska,Croatia where i was this summer.... i want to move there ;)

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morning coffee at this place , just few mwters from the sea

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jujube tree

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pomengranate and agave

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i like that place. now when i returned back , Beyonce came to island Hvar with JZ. also princ Harry was there, Abramovich .....

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:18 am
by igor.glukhovtsev
Beautiful place, nice pictures! Damir, believe your CIDP costs much more than all these palms along the Croatian riviera!

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:45 am
by DesertZone
Loved the pics. 8)

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:58 pm
by Cameron_z6a_N.S.
Great shots, Damir! I like the Zizyphus!

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:46 am
by TimMAz6
great photos Damir! Great scenery. I would love to vacation their.

Do you have an update photo of your small Y. faxoniana? The leaves appear very narrow for a Y. faxoniana seedling. I received Y. faxoniana seeds from Mesa Garden back in 2001 and they grew into hybrid plants (crossed with a narrow leaf yucca). Some are still alive in my garden but very slow growing.

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:42 am
by damir
the new member of exotic plants. the pistachio tree. actually the seedling, but one day when it grow up it will be.

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:49 am
by damir
and here it is how it looked like one month ago

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here is the difference between real one and wild pistachio native to Croatia, pistacia terebinthus (right)


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here is kerman pistachio from Iran.


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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:58 am
by hardyjim
If you hurry you can still eat that nut! :D

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:37 pm
by DesertZone
damir wrote: here is the difference between real one and wild pistachio native to Croatia, pistacia terebinthus (right)


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Do you have a pic of the native one of Croatia, tree view? :)

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:24 am
by damir
i dont have any of my own pics of terebinth pistachio. google it, it is the same look of the plant. looks like real one pistachio but smaller leaves, fruits.... i've read somewhere that the seeds of terebinth pistachio is sold in Turkey as a coffee. it has very interesting smell.

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:24 am
by damir
my trachy survived -25 C this winter, but it didn't survive this morning ice from the roof.

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:56 am
by Godfryd
Damn! Life is brutal ehhh... :(

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:38 am
by lucky1
Oh no, damir! :evil:

Gently...lift ice off.

I hope it's not dead.

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:49 am
by hardyjim
Everything looks great!

How is your winter going???

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:07 am
by TimMAz6
go figure your plants survive the brutal cold only to get damaged from roof ice! :?

You still look real cold over there! Still warm here! I guess your cold = our warmth!

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:30 am
by damir
winter is gone now.

http://www.mojkvart.hr/Osijek/vremenska-prognoza
this link shows temps in next 15 days.
tim, you are right, our cold in europe , is your warmth.
jim, it looks .... i wont say it, but you might know what i think.

i dug it out, the trachy palm, and plant it in the pot in basement till the spring comes out. and i will need another place for it, to avoid this year story. the main thing is that it is alive. i cut down all the leaves that were broken and some upper part of the trunk, it will survive.

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:51 am
by Cameron_z6a_N.S.
Damir, that's bad news about the T. fortunei! Hopefully it will recover while potted.

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:24 am
by damir
some new pics of cold hardy cactus after winter!!

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y.filamentosa,cupressus sempervirens,opuntia humifusa

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opuntia phaeacantha camanchica

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opuntia fragilis

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opuntia compressa south dakota, still has fruits on it from last year

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:32 am
by damir
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e.coccineus, first winter outdoor,no any protection and it looks just fine

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"the cat" i found in the street when was just one month old. he likes to eat young yuccas,so he is a "yucca lover" . i prefer dogs,but this one is special.

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:40 am
by damir
this is what is left from my trachy that was hit by the ice from the roof of the house...

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plants from basement. y.elata,one yr old seedling,araucaria araucana,butia capitata right,trachy bulgaria small one left,agave lechuiguilla in back,and part of washingtonia trunk.

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few chamaerops humillis rigida blue seedlings that were left outdoor without protection,still looks good,we'll see in spring when/if it will grow...

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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:48 am
by damir
two small pistachios. pistacia vera. one is from seed from croatia,and other one is from seed from iran. and if it is male and female, in about 10 years i will have my own pistachios 8)



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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:35 am
by igor.glukhovtsev
Good stuff, Damir! I like every picture you posted! And your Trachy is pushing "something" up! Jim's style surgery... Congratulations!

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:35 am
by DesertZone
Good stuff, I hope your trachy comes back.

Also...good looking cat. I love animals. 8)