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Old 01-26-2010, 06:30 AM
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What a beautiful way to start the morning! Looking at such a gorgeous garden. It is so inspirational! I especially love tiered effect of the hanging red dragon wing begonias and the blue lobelia and bacopa underneath..... stunning! The fuschias are just beautiful. I am not able to grow those very well in Nebraska. It is too warm, humid and mostly windy! I also love to see the scaveola... I have been using more of that in my garden. It is so foolproof. But.... I have to say that my absolute favorite is the use of the moss covered rocks for bed edging! I want to have mossy rocks in my garden, but again, it is Nebraska and I don't have much shade! I am trying to start a small moss garden on the north of my garden shed. It has been minimally successful. Tell your husband that it has been a pleasure to have a virtual tour of your garden! Many thanks.
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Old 01-26-2010, 06:31 AM
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Stunning! Congratulations to your husband.
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Old 01-26-2010, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by oldswimmer
What a beautiful way to start the morning! Looking at such a gorgeous garden. It is so inspirational! I especially love tiered effect of the hanging red dragon wing begonias and the blue lobelia and bacopa underneath..... stunning! The fuschias are just beautiful. I am not able to grow those very well in Nebraska. It is too warm, humid and mostly windy! I also love to see the scaveola... I have been using more of that in my garden. It is so foolproof. But.... I have to say that my absolute favorite is the use of the moss covered rocks for bed edging! I want to have mossy rocks in my garden, but again, it is Nebraska and I don't have much shade! I am trying to start a small moss garden on the north of my garden shed. It has been minimally successful. Tell your husband that it has been a pleasure to have a virtual tour of your garden! Many thanks.
The red dragonwings, lobelia and bacopa were done because they are the colours of the French flag!
And we sure have plenty of moss here. Too much in fact - with the oak and chestnut forests we have plenty of humidity. We used to power-wash some of the moss off the old bread oven at the front and patio area, but it's as bad again in a couple of months, just a waste of water, so now we live with it.
I love the scaveola too, it usually flowers until end October here and looks wonderful with pink or red geraniums.
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Old 01-26-2010, 06:47 AM
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Soooooooo lovely. I would pay to walk around and visit your beautiful flowers. I love your house, too. Tell your husband he's 1st place in my opinion!! :-)
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That is exactly what I see in my head when I think of France! Sooo beautiful and the patience to tend to all of the pots..amazingly beautiful! The award is quite an honor, but I think living amongst all the beauty is an award in itself!
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WOW! those flowers are all gorgeous. congrats to your hubby-he has such a green thumb i am jealous. plus this makes me yearn for spring so much!! especially now that we have piles and piles of snow right now!!
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Oh, how lucky you are to be surrounded by such beauty, absolutely breathtaking!
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instead of green thumbs, he must have ten green fingers!!!
gorgeous. makes me want to come visit, a long time. beautiful.
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Old 01-26-2010, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Sharon - NC
Soooooooo lovely. I would pay to walk around and visit your beautiful flowers. I love your house, too. Tell your husband he's 1st place in my opinion!! :-)
That's funny Sharon! When we were selling fuchsias, and the garden and house were adorned with about 600 plants of about 80 varieties, we welcomed anyone who just wanted to walk around and maybe take photos. Many times we were asked "how much to come in?". You would hear hubby saying softly to me "I knew we should be charging entry!"
By the way you can come around for free!
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Originally Posted by montanaquilter
WOW! those flowers are all gorgeous. congrats to your hubby-he has such a green thumb i am jealous. plus this makes me yearn for spring so much!! especially now that we have piles and piles of snow right now!!
Oh we have had our modest amount of snow twice this year but nothing by your standards, it would only be a sprinkle to you I should think!
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