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>>> THE
>>> THE BIRDS ARE SINGING AND PLANS ARE BLOOMING, AND IT IS A
GREAT TIME TO BE OUTSIDE.
SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD CHECK IN
WITH OUR FAVORITE GARDENER TO
SHOWS A FLOWER THAT HE THINKS
IS COOL.
IS COOL.
IS COOL. IF HE THINKS IT IS COOL, IT IS.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU.
>> IS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THIS IS THE BEST PLANT YOU WILL
EVER HAVE IN YOUR GARDEN.
I JUST LOVE THIS.
IT COMES FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND
THIS ONE HAS A HORRIBLE NAME,
BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS
VERY HARDY.
VERY HARDY. THEY ARE MAKING SOME HYBRIDS.
I'VE HAD THIS IN MY GARDEN FOR
YEARS, AND I WAS KIND OF WORRIED
THAT WHILE I'M OUT HERE DOING
THIS ON MY PATIO THAT A
HUMMINGBIRD MIGHT COME BY.
THEY LOVE THESE SO MUCH.
THEY CANNOT RESIST THESE.
BUT THAT IS THE BEST
RECOMMENDATION.
RECOMMENDATION. BECAUSE WE ALL OF THE
HUMMINGBIRDS TO STICK AROUND IN
THE YARD.
THE YARD.
THE YARD. YOU SAY THESE ARE HARDY.
WILL THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THE
WINTER, AND WE PUT THEM IN THE
GARDEN OR IN POTS?
>> A GREAT QUESTION.
THIS I ALWAYS PLANT IN THE
GARDEN.
GARDEN.
GARDEN. I
GARDEN. I PUT IT IN A PROTECTED SPOT
WHERE IT IS NOT IN THE DIRECT
SUNLIGHT AND IT SHOULD COME
BACK EVERY YEAR.
I LIVE IN ONE OF THE COLDEST
PARTS OF SEATTLE.
SO THIS WHEN I STICK IN THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. THIS GUY RIGHT HERE, THIS IS
REALLY EXCITING TO ME.
THIS IS NOT QUITE AS MUCH OF A
BIND.
BIND.
BIND. THIS GET UP TO SIX FEET TALL
AND IT HAS THESE BEAUTIFUL
FLOWERS THAT HUMMINGBIRDS
CANNOT RESIST.
CANNOT RESIST. THIS ONE I PUT IN A POT AND I
COVER IT WITH SOMETHING AND I
THINK I'VE SHOWN THEM ON THE
SHOW, AND YOU PUT THIS OVER
THESE IN THE WINTER AND I HAVE
NOT LOST THIS AND I'VE HAD THIS
FOR SIX YEARS.
THIS IS DIFFICULT TO FIND. IF
YOU FIND THIS, GET IT.
BUT IT IS NOT MAINSTREAM.
AND THIS IS GOOD ONE.
BUT THAT IS A GOOD THING TO
KEEP OUR EYE OUT FOR.
>> THIS ONE CAN TAKE A LOT MORE
SON.
SON.
SON. IF
SON. IF YOU ARE A HUMMINGBIRD, OH,
MY GOSH,.
MY GOSH,.
MY GOSH,. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE HIBISCUS.
THIS I GROW IN THE GROUND, BUT
I KNOW IT WILL DIE IF I COVER
IT, SO I HAVE TO DIG IT OUT AND
PUT IT IN MY GARAGE.
THIS DOES NOT GET VERY BIG.
YOU COULD BRING THIS IN THE
HOUSE AND GROW THIS IS A
HOUSEPLANT.
HOUSEPLANT. WHEN I WAS A KID IN WISCONSIN,
I GREW THESE ALL THE TIME AND
THEY BLOOMED RIGHT IN THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, WE HAVE A
CERTAIN KIND OF HUMMINGBIRD
HERE AND IT STAYS HERE AROUND
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR. IF IT SEASON IN YOUR LIVING
ROOM, IT MAY COME IN.
SO YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT.
>> THOSE FLOWERS ARE SO PRETTY.
THEY LOOK LIKE LANTERNS.
I NEED TO ASK ABOUT PRUNING,
BECAUSE YOU ARE BRUTAL.
YOU ARE SO MUCH BETTER ABOUT
DOING THAT THEN I AM.>> I WILL
HAVE MY ASSISTANT HANDED ME
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> WOULD THAT BE MERRY?
>> IN THE SPRING, AND THIS IS
VINEY AND YOU ONLY GET GROWTH
UP THERE.
UP THERE.
UP THERE. AND I DID NOT GET AROUND TO
PRUNING THIS IN THE SPRING AS
WELL AS I SHOULD HAVE.
IN THE SPRING WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO, YOU WANT TO CUT THIS BACK
AND YOU CAN GO THIS FAR IF YOU
WANT. THE FARTHER YOU CUT BACK,
YOU WILL GET FLOWERS UNTIL
LATER IN THE SUMMER TIME, SO I
DON'T CUT THESE VERY FAR BACK
BECAUSE I WANT THE FLOWERS AS
EARLY AS I CAN GET THEM.
THEY WILL BLOOM ALL SUMMER, BY
THE WAY, AND THEY ARE OFTEN
BLOOMING AT THANKSGIVING.>> I
HAVE SEEN THESE OCCASIONALLY,
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO
PURCHASE THEM.
PURCHASE THEM. >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, THE NURSERIES CURE
THEM, THE HIGH QUALITY NURSERIES
IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO GET
ONE OF THESE, THERE USUALLY
AROUND WERE ALL THE ANNUALS ARE
. SO PEOPLE GROW THESE AS AN
ANNUAL AND JUST LEAVE THEM OUT
FOR THE WINTER AND HOPE FOR THE
BEST THEY MIGHT SURVIVE IN A
GENTLE WINTER.
GENTLE WINTER. SO ANY GOOD NURSERY USUALLY
WHERE THEY HAVE ANNUALS AND
THINGS THEY HAVE THESE, AND
THIS IS CALLED RED TIGER.
THIS GETS TO BE EIGHT FEET TALL
IN MY FRONT GARDEN.
EVERYBODY WALKING BY ASKS WHAT
IS THAT.
IS THAT.
IS THAT. I PUT THIS IN MY UNHEATED
GARAGE AND I BRING IT IN THE
HOUSE. I CAN'T BRING THIS IN
THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. IS 14 FEET.
THAT IS KIND OF ASKING A LOT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT WAS
GREAT TO SEE HER