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Title: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: David Shaw on January 05, 2009, 02:18:40 PM

Carol received an e-mail link from a French person called Ghislain Chenais today. I don't know much about Ghislain yet except that he is a lover and grower of alpines and is an occasional lurker on the Forum.
The site has some lovely pictures of alpines and I have obtained Ghislain's permission to post the link here.

www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net

I tried to persuade Ghislain to post himself but he feels that his English is not good enough - his e-mails to me are clear enough and I could not respond in French.
Enjoy his site and I will try to get him to join our happy band.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: maggiepie on January 05, 2009, 03:50:05 PM

Thanks for the link David, I enjoyed browsing around his site.
I hope you manage to talk Ghislain into posting. :)

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Maggi Young on January 05, 2009, 03:50:38 PM

David, we have had a link to their site on the Forum Links page for some time.... I renewed it with that up to date url on the 28th December  8)

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 07, 2009, 10:53:46 PM

I am happy to be on the forum with you.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Maggi Young on January 07, 2009, 11:34:52 PM

Ghislain, what a pleasure to have you join us!

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: David Shaw on January 08, 2009, 09:09:47 AM

Welcome to the Forum, Ghislain. I am sure that we will have no problems with your English.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 08, 2009, 09:40:51 AM

Thank you for your welcome and for your encouragement.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: dominique on January 08, 2009, 12:58:08 PM

Bienvenue sur ce forum Ghislain. En tant que Français, je m' y trouve fort bien, avec l' anglais d' école en souvenir. Je fais des fautes mais personne n' en rit sauf moi. Bravo pour tes photos. Tu es dde quelle région ? moi je suis en Bourgogne.
Dom

Welcome on this forum Ghislain. I am french but I feel very well here with school english in my memory. I make mistakes but nobody laugh of them, only me !!! Bravo for your pics.In what french region do you live ? I am in Burgundy
Dom

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 08, 2009, 01:42:42 PM

I did not learn English at school and I battle with dictionaries. I am from south west, Landes.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Maggi Young on January 08, 2009, 02:30:32 PM

Ghislain, c'est le cas aujourd'hui  que même pas l'anglais apprendre l'anglais à l'école !! ;D
........it is the case nowadays that not even the English learn English at school   ;) ;D ::) so you need have no fears .....  there are hundreds of friends here... we all help each other   8)

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 08, 2009, 02:52:43 PM

My fears diminish gradually. You are all very nice.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 08, 2009, 10:49:34 PM

Can you confirm the name of this plant ?  Armeria pubigera  ?

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 10, 2009, 09:31:29 PM

The Picos de Europa région.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Maggi Young on January 10, 2009, 10:29:15 PM

Ghislain, fine photos.
Il est préférable de faire les photos de cette taille : 760 x 560 pixels. Merci!

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 10, 2009, 11:27:04 PM

 Spain Mountains-  El Circo de Gredos

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: dominique on January 11, 2009, 09:53:03 AM

splendid photos Ghislain. You make me dream.........

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: maggiepie on January 11, 2009, 12:45:44 PM

Beautiful pics Ghislain, the lake is wonderful.
Do cars drive on the road? :o

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 11, 2009, 01:14:35 PM

Thank you Dom. Do you have any pictures of your bulbs?

Thank you maggiepie. Yes, but there are few cars on the road.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Maggi Young on January 11, 2009, 01:30:49 PM

Superb photos ! Your  four-legged model  is very obliging! ( votre modèle photographique est le plus complaisant !)

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Anthony Darby on January 11, 2009, 02:09:09 PM

Fantastic pics. I just think your two horned friend is just brilliant. Was he really friendly, or was he planning to send you on your way? ;D

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: ranunculus on January 11, 2009, 02:23:39 PM

Welcome Ghislain ... wonderful images.  Many thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 11, 2009, 02:27:11 PM

Thank you Anthony. No, nothing was planned. I think my friend like to appear on photos.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 11, 2009, 02:32:14 PM

and Thank you ranunculus.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 13, 2009, 05:50:38 PM

Some pictures of my rock garden.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Maggi Young on January 13, 2009, 09:49:04 PM

Ghislain, in the first photo, is this plant in the foreground  Convolvulus cneorum?
I have made a copy of that part  of the photo here.....
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Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 13, 2009, 10:46:56 PM

yes, it is a convolvulus cneorum.
http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net/C/CON-CNE-2.htm

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 14, 2009, 08:31:15 PM

some interesting plants.
Linum suffruticosum (Espagne)
 Plantago maritima 1
 Plantago maritima

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 15, 2009, 11:20:04 AM

A place of new rock garden

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 18, 2009, 08:38:46 PM

Armeria maritima + Dianthus arenarius + campanula rotundifolia

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Gerdk on January 18, 2009, 09:26:52 PM

Quote from: Ghislain on January 15, 2009, 11:20:04 AM

A place of new rock garden

Ghislain,
Super arrangement of plants and rocks!

Gerd

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Armin on January 18, 2009, 09:40:41 PM

Hello Gishlain,
welcome - an impressive start on the forum. 8)
Looking forward seeing more pictures from you rock garden  ;)

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 19, 2009, 01:40:13 PM

Thank you very much. Viele Dank. Here is another view of the arrangement of stones.

Minuartia capillacea + centaurea montana + Hippocrepis comosa + Penstemon grandiflorus 'Prairie snow' + Anthyllis vulneraria ssp pyrenaica

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: David Nicholson on January 19, 2009, 01:52:49 PM

Very nice show Ghislain, you obviously have a good eye for plants and positioning. Your posts have given me lotsof ideas.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 19, 2009, 09:01:35 PM

Thank you David and I hope that you will obtain beautiful flowers….

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on January 28, 2009, 03:33:31 PM

It is spring... !
Here are the first flowers !!
Iris reticulata 'Gordon' photographed on 26 January 2009 in the garden.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: BULBISSIME on February 02, 2009, 10:32:53 PM

Bienvenue Ghislain, et content de trouver un compatriote de plus  ;D
Welcome Ghislain, and so glad another compatriot joined the SRGC.
Very nice pics from Pyrenées and you rock garden looks very natural.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ragged Robin on March 25, 2009, 08:27:40 AM

Quote from: Gerdk on January 18, 2009, 09:26:52 PM

Quote from: Ghislain on January 15, 2009, 11:20:04 AM

A place of new rock garden

Ghislain,
Super arrangement of plants and rocks!

Gerd

So natural...like a river of flowers, it's breathtaking Ghislain!  Your arrangement is what I have been searching for plus an idea of how to start/compose the rock bed so it stays on the slope, which is steep, and and doesn't shift too much during the snow melt in the Swiss Alps! Merci pour les photographies....je veux voir plusiers, s'il vous plait....

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on March 25, 2009, 10:41:19 AM

Thank you for your compliments. Here are some "natural" pictures of the garden.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ragged Robin on March 25, 2009, 10:55:42 AM

:) I'm very happy....... what a wonderful sight, thanks so much Ghislain.  I am looking in detail at the terrain as well as the plants and see that you have created some small terraces - this fits in with the terraced slope that I have and I shall incorporate this idea....which way does your rock garden face?  Mine is almost due south.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on March 25, 2009, 05:22:38 PM

Sketch of the garden.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ragged Robin on March 25, 2009, 11:19:57 PM

This afternoon after seeing your garden photographs Ghislain I started to sketch out ideas and went outside to try and imagine them in my snow garden!  Now I see your sketch in 3D it is easier to imagine how I can create a mountain rockery flowing down the terraced slope.  The mixture of plants that you have in your garden are some of my favourites and work well with the wild flowers in the grass here.  I just can't wait to start when the weather permits. 

From your website I also picked up a link to www.faune-valais.ch and went in search of flora happy in the mountains here...what an amazing photographer Roland Clerc is and I see he has occasions when he shares his photographs at conferences - he lives in a village only a few kilometres from here!  :)

Thank you so much for inspiring me!

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: tonyg on March 26, 2009, 09:30:40 AM

What a great link Robin!  I'll browse the galleries for longer later ;)

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: cohan on March 29, 2009, 06:31:27 AM

thanks for the photos, ghislain! great stuff--both nature shots and the garden! i guess you are already in a mountainous area? here we have only random stones found in the earth, left by glaciers, but there is no exposed rock...
i will be looking at costs of moving some, this year....

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: Ghislain on March 29, 2009, 11:28:05 AM

Thank you Cohan. No, the ground is flat and without stones. The stones come from a quarry. The hilly landscape was formed, as for creation of this mare.

Title: Re: Fleurs des Montagnes
Post by: cohan on March 29, 2009, 08:11:08 PM

Quote from: Ghislain on March 29, 2009, 11:28:05 AM

Thank you Cohan. No, the ground is flat and without stones. The stones come from a quarry. The hilly landscape was formed, as for creation of this mare.

wow! all the more impressive! so there is some hope for my flat land, although i dont think i will be achieving your scale anytime soon ;)