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Shemjo 01-27-2010 05:10 PM

Oh my! How very beautiful! Peter has done a marvelous job with all the beauties! I LOVE the house and flowers. I thought my house was old, it was built in 1904! I love all the color!

MollieSue 01-27-2010 05:33 PM

They are all soooooo beautiful!!!!
:)

Katrine 01-27-2010 09:26 PM


Originally Posted by Celeste

Originally Posted by Katrine
Thank you so much everyone - Peter is thrilled with all your comments. He said he will make an extra effort for you all this summer!

You mean he can do more?!?!?
:shock:

Oh he's very competitive Celeste! He is chuffed with his prize of course, but will want to "move up" if he can!

Katrine 01-27-2010 09:34 PM


Originally Posted by tlrnhi

Originally Posted by Katrine

Originally Posted by tlrnhi
Ok, I just picked my jaw up off the floor!
AMAZING!! I want your house...ok, I want the flowers too!
Can I come live with you?
Absolutely beautiful!!!!!

If you come to France Terri, I am only 15 mins from k3n...

NO WAY!!!!
You 2 are THAT close?
Have you met up? That would be SOOOO cool

Dang! 2 places to stay.....I could get pampered 2 times in France! WOOHOO!!! Break out the wine!!

Katrine...you just tell your hubby to keep up the good work. Those flowers are amazing! I know what it's like to see different insects on the plants, even ones you don't want, but are still beautiful. In Hawaii, I had 2 Hummingbird Moths that would frequent my little flower garden I had. They were just so beautiful as I had never seen or heard of them before.

Your hubby definitely has a green thumb going. I cannot wait until I FINALLY get my OWN house so I can have my gardens, be it veggie or flowers, but will DEFINITELY have some beautiful flowers. Probably not as nice as you have, but I can dream......

Yes, we meet up often Terri - I go to Kathryn's and drool and she comes over here and (I hope) drools. Seriously it's good to be able to have a couple of hours just to talk quilting!

We get those hummingbird moths as well - they just love our flowers - and they are absolutely stunning to watch. We had to go and buy a book so we could recognise and find out about the insects that come around here.
I bet you can't wait to have that garden...

Sheila Elaine 01-27-2010 09:42 PM

Oh I'm homesick for Europe now. We lived in Germany 4 yrs & camped all over, so we'd pack our VW, 2 kids & away we'd go. Lived on Eastern border of France & we'd go to France on Fri evenings for dinner. All the Germans had little gardens & flowers, no matter if their yard was 4' x 4'. I was amazed all over at all the flowers. We stopped at a Tulip Show one Sunday afternoon, & of course I wanted to buy tulips, but they shook their heads "No buy, only for looks."

Did your husband build the flower box on the side of the house in one photo? It goes up, then down with dark pink flowers???? Just fabulous. Thanks for bringing back the memories. Hope you'll come to the USA & visit us here. We're from everywhere. Thanks.

b.zang 01-27-2010 09:47 PM

Good grief, I can't begin to imagine watering all those flowers!! That's more than a hobby; it's a part-time job. Oh, the other definition of hobby.

I especially like those tiny blue flowers by the fucshias. They are so delicate looking. I like fuschias, too, and always put together a couple baskets of them, but mine never look as good as your husband's. Maybe I'm not putting enough plants in my pots. Like you say, they sure attract a lot of flying interest. We have hummingbrids here, and they love the fuschias.

Thanks for sharing all those beautiful pictures.

Katrine 01-27-2010 10:13 PM


Originally Posted by b.zang
Good grief, I can't begin to imagine watering all those flowers!! That's more than a hobby; it's a part-time job. Oh, the other definition of hobby.

I especially like those tiny blue flowers by the fucshias. They are so delicate looking. I like fuschias, too, and always put together a couple baskets of them, but mine never look as good as your husband's. Maybe I'm not putting enough plants in my pots. Like you say, they sure attract a lot of flying interest. We have hummingbrids here, and they love the fuschias.

Thanks for sharing all those beautiful pictures.

Barbara, the blue flower is trailing lobelia - I usually sow about 4 different colours/forms. We put 3 young fuchsia plants to a basket - you need to pinch them out early to encourage bushiness. From pinching to flowering is about 6 weeks, we like to get this done twice, so start with the young plants still in their pots end March in the greenhouse. Good feeding weekly is necessary too - if you can't get a specialist fuchsia feed, a universal one is okay.

Katrine 01-27-2010 11:12 PM


Originally Posted by Sheila Elaine
Oh I'm homesick for Europe now. We lived in Germany 4 yrs & camped all over, so we'd pack our VW, 2 kids & away we'd go. Lived on Eastern border of France & we'd go to France on Fri evenings for dinner. All the Germans had little gardens & flowers, no matter if their yard was 4' x 4'. I was amazed all over at all the flowers. We stopped at a Tulip Show one Sunday afternoon, & of course I wanted to buy tulips, but they shook their heads "No buy, only for looks."

Did your husband build the flower box on the side of the house in one photo? It goes up, then down with dark pink flowers???? Just fabulous. Thanks for bringing back the memories. Hope you'll come to the USA & visit us here. We're from everywhere. Thanks.

No sure which photo you mean Sheila - there are no boxes, all the flowers on the walls are in hanging baskets/fixed baskets and just cascade down freely. Some of them reach 5 ft down by the end of the summer.

Same here - everyone loves their flowers, and even if the house has no garden, the window sills and balconies are adorned with flowers. The towns and villages all have their own "municipal" flowers too.

MissTreated 01-27-2010 11:17 PM

Absolutely beautiful!!!!

k3n 01-28-2010 12:21 AM

Just wanted to say - when I go over to Katrine's of COURSE I drool over her beautiful work! After I've fussed my two little boys, Coco and Rascal of course! I always take them a little doggy treat in my pocket but I THINK they love me for myself! :lol:


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