{"id":36279,"date":"2017-08-30T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36279"},"modified":"2017-08-07T05:58:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T10:58:40","slug":"flowers-of-bavaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36279","title":{"rendered":"Flowers of Bavaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I wrote the recap of our <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/07\/26\/bicycling-in-bavaria\/\">bicycling trip to Bavaria<\/a>, I mentioned that we would publish a post about just the flowers that we saw in beautiful Germany.\u00a0 Let me tell you this.\u00a0 Germans know how to do flowers and window boxes.\u00a0 Oh my&#8230;&#8230;I only wish I could do window boxes and flowers the way they do.\u00a0 I think their northern location provides the right temperatures, rain fall, and long days that all contribute to the success.\u00a0 Here in the humid south, our poor plants struggle to look perky all summer long.\u00a0\u00a0 It just gets too hot for our flowers to thrive the way they were meant to.\u00a0 Get ready for lots of photos and no words<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36292\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8674-e1502052132232-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8674-e1502052132232-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8674-e1502052132232-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8674-e1502052132232-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0Flowers are in window boxes everywhere.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36291\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8673-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8673-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8673-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8673-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36290\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8449-e1502052077459-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8449-e1502052077459-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8449-e1502052077459-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8449-e1502052077459-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36289\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8430-e1502052030624-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8430-e1502052030624-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8430-e1502052030624-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8430-e1502052030624-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This restaurant put them in a fountain beside their front door so that female customers could take one home with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36288\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8659-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8659-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8659-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8659-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I loved this red and white combo along the whole wall of this restaurant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36286\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8616-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8616-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8616-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8616-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36285\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8559-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8559-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8559-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8559-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36284\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8557-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8557-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8557-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8557-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36283\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8555-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8555-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8555-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8555-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36281\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8460-e1502051526685-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8460-e1502051526685-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8460-e1502051526685-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8460-e1502051526685-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36295\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8462-e1502052850673-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8462-e1502052850673-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8462-e1502052850673-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8462-e1502052850673-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Even though we saw tons of flowers and gardens, we never really saw anyone working in their gardens.\u00a0 I think they must have had some garden gnomes do the work for them!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36296\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8518-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8518-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8518-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8518-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36297\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8545-e1502052894603-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8545-e1502052894603-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8545-e1502052894603-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8545-e1502052894603-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36298\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8647-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8647-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8647-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8647-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The window boxes really softened an exterior that didn&#8217;t have a lot of architectural detail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36299\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8669-e1502052963427-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8669-e1502052963427-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8669-e1502052963427-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8669-e1502052963427-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I know they are considered generic, but I love geraniums.\u00a0 Marigolds&#8230;.not so much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36300\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8709-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"German flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8709-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8709-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8709-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36301\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8710-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gernman flowers - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8710-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8710-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8710-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m on a bicycle, it takes a lot to get me to stop and take photos.\u00a0 You can see that I was stopping a lot on this trip.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed those photos.\u00a0 When we came home from Germany, I bought more flowers.\u00a0 I just had to have some more.\u00a0 I realize it&#8217;s too late in the season to plant more annuals, but hopefully you got an idea or two that you can put to use next summer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I wrote the recap of our bicycling trip to Bavaria, I mentioned that we would publish a post about just the flowers that we saw in beautiful Germany.\u00a0 Let me tell you this.\u00a0 Germans know how to do flowers and window boxes.\u00a0 Oh my&#8230;&#8230;I only wish I could do window boxes and flowers the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13,9,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36279"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36279"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36332,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36279\/revisions\/36332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}