My garden in Split, Croatia

[akaranus]

You have a beautiful lush garden. Great job!

Thanks Carl!

[nomolos]

Wow thats impressive :greenthumb:

[LilikoiLee]

What a amazing post!!!!!!!! That is definitely one of the most beautiful garden's and pictures ever posted on PT. The intense colors: raspberry house!!!!! and the enormous variety of colorful plants took my breath away; But I was also 'blown away' by the pictures of the city, peacock, cockatiel, love birds. the frog on the water lily and your adorable dog.

OK, the palms are also spectacular......Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!

My husband and I are putting Croatia and your garden on our 'MUST SEE'.

Lee

[akaranus]

Thanks Lee

but i still think there is much more nicer gardes here than mine

if you ever get here i will gladly show you around!

btw i love all kind of animals in garden and around it...

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[Pedro 65]

Great pics Ante, Ive never heard of anyone having a pet fox , amazing looking Owl

Pete

[akaranus]

thanks pete

i got that fox when hunters kill their mother, it is one of the best pet i ever had, so clever and sweet animal!

every year people bring me some small or injured animal to help or raise and return to nature, just now got two falcons that drop out of the nest...

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[nomolos]

Is that a wisteria vine

[Rafael]

Ante, you really are a nature's friend! Nice example to everybody!

[akaranus]

nomolos yes it is, its a beauty in every garden but it started to be to much agresive and out of control with to fast growing so i cut it down, you must carefuly chose spot to plant it...

[akaranus]

Ante, you really are a nature's friend! Nice example to everybody!

thanks Raf ,i love to help a helpless animal and more i meet people i think i better understand animals than humans

[akaranus]

Here is few pics of the garden now, just so that you can understand how difficult was this last winter i put this first picture from the end of march, all my bigger syagrus looked like this one, we got down to 24F with wind from 150-200km/h.

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In pictures is my younger son for scale, he is 1,6m...

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[Vinc]

Hi akaranus,

Thanks for the photos, I really like the style of your garden! And the Syagrus r. seem to have regenerated quite well from last winter's damage!

Vincent

[akaranus]

thanks vinc!

i hope if this winter will be average on the end of summer 2016 it will be like noting ever hapened to them...

[dalmatiansoap]

Punks not dead!

[Vinc]

What kind of Sabal species is on the third-last photo? The leaves are huge!

[akaranus]

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vinc its not sabal its bismarckia but not fully establish yet, planted last year(on the last picture you can see bismarckia which is 4 years in ground ) ... i got some huge sabals like mauritiformis, causiarum, bermudana, blackurniana, pumos and uresana, bigest for now is one causiaram about 1m high...i cant wait to see all of them start to put some huge leaves...

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[Vinc]

Ah ok, looked like a Sabal to me because of the costapalmat leaves. Your younger Bismarckia looks very healthy!

[Ben in Norcal]

Looks great Ante! An inspiration for those of us that also live in cold weather climates!

[akaranus]

Ah ok, looked like a Sabal to me because of the costapalmat leaves. Your younger Bismarckia looks very healthy!

first time after 4 years it start witth this normal bismarckia like leaves and bigger than leaves before, my clime is very difficult for them, lucky we got hot summers, but there is to long cold wet period from, december till march, it is 4 years in ground but it is still just an experiment when you see i am at 43° 31 north, i think it is the most northern bismarckia in the world planted outside in garden

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[akaranus]

Looks great Ante! An inspiration for those of us that also live in cold weather climates!

Thanks Ben! Always trying to push limits

[doranakandawatta]

Ante,

I always admire so much those who grow the tropicals in Europe, fighting against wind, snow, drought, frizzing cold and other hazards .
I feel lazy growing my palms in the srilankan climate where Caryota seeds itself anywhere on the ground and where we never have to water;

Most important work: weeding otherwise jungle is back.

BRAVO

[Palmerum]

Very cool !!!

[DoomsDave]

Bravo!

Whoa, in Europe, the best palm tour of all!

[akaranus]

Ante,

I always admire so much those who grow the tropicals in Europe, fighting against wind, snow, drought, frizzing cold and other hazards .

I feel lazy growing my palms in the srilankan climate where Caryota seeds itself anywhere on the ground and where we never have to water;

Most important work: weeding otherwise jungle is back.

BRAVO

thanks! like you i am always dreaming about tropical rain forest and try to make my Sri Lanka here in Croatia

[akaranus]

Very cool !!!

Bravo!

Whoa, in Europe, the best palm tour of all!

thanks guys!

[Yunder Wækraus]

Amazing garden. I cannot believe how resilient your plants are too such awful winter blasts.

[akaranus]

just one comparison with two videos, first winter 2012 and second today....

 

[samirbouag]

congrats! that's beautiful!!

[akaranus]

hi everyone

here is few pics from this spring..

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