There was the same amount of snow in Almaty 20 days ago. Since that time my Arundos, Gunnera, Fuchia magelanica are OK. Nothing to say about palms, th...

Erik, I'm a kind of the Canadian citizen who's having a property in Toronto, ON, as well as a bunch of relatives I'd love to see... Of course I can fl...

I wished I go there as soon as I'll buy a ticket to Toronto...

It's very interesting, Jim! How long this Agave has been growing in there? How hot a last summer was? How old is it? How soon it might start blooming...

Jordan, sorry for the hurricane named after me 8). Anyway there is Cordiline australis on one of your pictures. Do you grow it as an annual plant or t...

Aaron, I like this Opuntia very much! It's awesome! And what is a barrel cactus on the right side of the Opuntia?

Jim! What is a nice source of the cold hardy cacti and other succulents! Thank you so much for this one!

Jim, look at your weather sticker! It's showing 0F :evil: What a Hell is that! I checked with a couple of forecast sites - you are OK!

where do you keep all these nicely looking stuff over the winter?

It depends... I've seen a huge tree (about 10 meters height) in Montreux, Switzerland. Zone 8b for sure. Generally the conifers start growing fast at ...

Unlikely if the ladybugs would help. You need the ladybugs worms (larvae). They are the true mealybugs killers. But now it's not a season, is it?

Tim, I've seen the Korean people were wrapping cold tender trees with the rice straw cover - every branch. In a case of your araucana I would wrap st...

I told Serj there are two A.araucana at one private property in Almaty suburban. Took pictures today:

Keep your Paulownia growing as the perennial. This is the best way getting LARGE leaves from this spectacular tree in the ZONE we are growing this spe...

Guys! You make me nervous about the palms I'm going to plant in the ground next spring. If they get damage at minus 5 C what I'm going expect at my b...