BETTER
BETTER TO
BETTER TO STEP OUT OF WINTER INTO COLOR, INTO
FULL-BLOWN?--BLOOM SO,
FULL-BLOWN?--BLOOM SO, WE ARE THRILLED THAT A
MEADOW VALLEY IS BACK. I
SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF WE
COULD BRING IN THE
GALETTI A LIST.
LIST.--GLADIOLUS OF THE
RAINBOW MAKES. IS HAND
SELECTED, HAND CURATED,
15 YEAR HOUSE WALL,--50
BILB GLORIOUS PHONES. A
BEAUTIFUL ALL OF
FRAGRANCE AND I HAVE A
A--BULB VERY SPECIAL
GUEST TODAY. THIS MAN GU
CAN ONLY COME IN OF US
ARE FANS OF YOUR. LET ME
MAKE SURE I GET THIS
RIGHT, POLANSKY, RIGHT,
EXPERTS, YOU HAVE A
HOLDER IN THE NATIONAL
DIPLOMA OF OUR CULTURE,
YOU'VE SEEN ALL OVER THE
WORLD REALLY,
WORLD REALLY, INTERNATIONALLY YOU ARE
A REGULAR GUEST OVER IN
THE BBC, AND WE LOVE TO
HAVE YOU HERE AT HSN.
THANK YOU !
>>HOST: --
>>HOST: -- >>GUEST: LOVELY TO BE
WITH YOU THIS MORNING! --
>>HOST:
>>HOST: DID YOU BRING ME SOME BEAUTIFUL
FLOWERS?
FLOWERS?
FLOWERS? >>GUEST: I DID ! AND I
BROUGHT YOU BALD AS WELL.
WELL.--BULB 50 BULBS FOR
$24.35 AND WHAT YOU'RE
GETTING IS NOT JUST THE
SAME VARIETIES THAT YOU
WOULD-- FIND IN THE
GARDEN CENTER OR THE DIY
STORE, YOU ARE GETTING
THE DIFFERENT COLORS,
EVEN THE BRIGHTEST
COLORS. ALMOST EVERY
COLOR OF THE RAINBOW COL
WITH THIS MIXTURE OF
GLADIOLUS. THEY ARE
GUARANTEED A DIPLOMA IN
YOUR YARD ON YOUR
TERRACE, AND A LARGE
CONTAINER. WE'VE GOT 50
BULBS THAT WILL FLOWER
THIS YEAR, BUT EVERY THI
YEAR THEREAFTER AS WELL.
THIS COULD LAST FOR 10
YEARS OR MORE IN THE
GARDEN AND ARE BIGGER GA
AND BETTER EACH YEAR. IT
IS AN INVESTMENT THIS
SEASON BUT FOR SEASONS S
TO COME AS WELL.
FLOWERING SIZE BULBS,
UNIQUE, MIXED, VARIETIES
YOU WANT FIND IN THE
GARDEN CENTERS AND DIY
STORES. WAIT FOR THE
BEGINNERS AS WELL BEGINN
BECAUSE ALL OF THAT
GOODNESS IS IN THE VOLVO.
>>HOST: I LOVE THAT, >>H
THAT IS AMAZING !--BULB
YOU BUSY THESE ARE LARGE
SIZES, FLOWERING BULBS,
THAT HAVE BEEN HAND
SELECTED, HAND CURATED S
TO GIVE YOU THAT RAINBOW
OF COLOR. A KIND OF A
CIVIL RIVER. I ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE
GLADIOLUS IS A MORE
DURABLE, KIND OF A
STRONGER FLOWER. SO, FOR
THOSE OF YOU ARE LITTLE
BIT AMATEUR BUT YOU LOVE
THE BLOOM, YOU LOVE THE
FRESH COLOR, THIS IS THE
PERFECT MIXTURE.
PERFECT MIXTURE. >>GUEST: IT IS A THEORY--
EXTREMELY DISPLEASED--
EXTREMELY DISPLEASED-- DISEASE TOLERANCE, BUT D
HE RESISTED, TEAR
RESISTANT, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME THEY ATTRACT
INFANT LIKE BUTTERFLIES,
BEES, HONEY BURNS. IT
WILL GIVE YOU--HUMM /,
UPHELD--HUMMINGBIRD--SPAL
UPHELD--HUMMINGBIRD--SPAL COLOR IN YOUR YARD. CO
THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL
COLOR. AND WE=--SPLASH
THIS IS WHAT WE COULD
ACHIEVE FROM THOSE 50
BULBS.
BULBS.
BULBS. >>HOST: AT JOSH-- I
THOUGHT THIS WOULD
REPRESENT 50 BUT BECAUSE
THEY'RE SO FULL, SO
VIBRANT, SO SPECTACULAR.
YOU COULD SEE HOW MANY,
THERE'S ABOUT 2000 AND T
IS A BASE,--VASE AND
ABOUT TWO DOZEN AND
THAT'S. THAT THINK ABOUT
LANSING IN THE FRONT LAN
AREA OF YOUR YARD.- IF
YOU HAVE ANY A SMALL
AMOUNT OF PAINT--PLACE
DISPLAYS THIS WOULD BE A
LOT OF PRESENCE. HOW LOT
THEY COULD THESE GUY?
GUY?--GET
GUY?--GET
GUY?--GET >>GUEST:THESE LOOK AT
JUST ABOUT A FOOT TALL.
AND MY COMMITTEE
GLADIOLUS, YOU DON'T GLA
HAVE TO HAVE STICKS OR
CANES IN THE GARDEN. CAN
THEY WILL STAND, STOUT
AND TALL BY THEMSELVES.
YOU COULD CUT THEM FOR
INDOORS, OR YOU COULD
LEAVE THEM TO ENJOY
OUTSIDE. EVEN IF YOU CUT
A FEW FOR INDOORS, YOU
STILL HAVE ENOUGH TO
ENJOY AND FOR THE BIRDS,
THE BEES AND THE
HUMMINGBIRDS TO ENJOY AS
WELL. SIMPLE TO GROW,
FLOWERING SIZE BULBS. I
WILL SHOW YOU REALLY
QUICKLY HOW QUICK THE
PLANT IS TO(...) YOU
WILL POINT THEM UPWARDS.
YOU SEE A SMALL SHOOT IN
THE CORE AND YOU SEE THE
ROOTS OF THE BASEMENT.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT
REMEMBERING THIS NOW
BECAUSE ALL OF OUR BECAU
MEADOW VALLEY PRODUCTS
HAVE FULL INSTRUCTIONS,
SHOW YOU STEP-BY-STEP SH
HOW TO PLANT THOSE BULBS
SHOW YOU STEP-BY-STEP SH HOW TO PLANT THOSE BULBS.
YOU WILL PLANT THEM 2
INCHES DEEPER. YOU WILL
FILL YOUR CONTINUOUS
AUDIO AND YOU WILL PUT
THEM JUST ON THE SURFACE
SURFACE--,SURFACE--,-- C
SURFACE--,SURFACE--,-- C WITH SOIL WITH ABOUT 2
INCHES BETWEEN THEM AND
YOU WILL COVER THEM WITH
SOIL. IT CANNOT BE SOIL.
EASIER TO PLANT YOUR
FAULT.--BULBS THAT IS
LITERALLY JUST A LITERAL
DEFAULT. YOU HAVE MORE D
TO PLANT AROUND THE
GARDEN AND CONTAINERS.
PUT THEM IN A MODERN,
SOBER CONTAINER, WITH
THEM IN THE TRADITIONAL
TERRA-COTTA CONTAINER.
TERRA-COTTA CONTAINER. CONTAINER.--SILVER ONLY
CONTAINER.--SILVER ONLY A A A FOOT TALL. WE JUST
HAVE THIS YEAR. REALLY
NEEDS, REALLY TINY.
>>HOST: I WAS FILLING
MICROBIAL-- BEFOREHAND
MICROBIAL-- BEFOREHAND THAT-- WAS TELLING
MICHAEL HOW COULD WE MIC
MAKE A BETTER? SO, FROM
THE LITTLE SORE LIKE YOU
JUST SAW, TO THIS ! THAT
SATISFACTION, THAT PRIDE
TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE
GOING TO LAST AND THIS G
IS SOMETHING FOR YEARS I
TO COME YOU'RE GOING TO
ENJOY SUCH A SIMPLE
PLANTING PROCESS. HOW DO
WE CARE FOR THEM OVER
TIME?
TIME?
TIME? >>GUEST: BECAUSE THIS IS
A BULB IT IS SUPER EASY
TO GROW BECAUSE YOU HAVE
ALL OF THAT WATER. IT AL
HAS ALL OF THAT FOOD AND
GOODNESS INSIDE A READY.
THIS REALLY IS THE BEST
CHOICE FOR BEGINNERS, OR
ANYBODY THAT HASN'T RUN
BEFORE. BULBS, IS THE
EASIEST ROUTE INTO
GROWING YOUR OWN CUT
FLOWERS YOU SEE HOW
QUICKLY I PLANTED THEM
UP, I COVER THEM WITH MY
SOIL AND THAT IS READY S
TO ROLL. YOU WANT TO TO
READ EVERY FEW WEEKS AND
BY THE SPRING THOSE BY S
WILL START TO COME
THROUGH AND TOWARDS THE
END OF JUNE YOU WILL END
HAVE THESE DISPLAYS ARE
FOR FOUR WEEKS OR MORE.
EVERY COLOR OF THE
RAINBOW, BIG, SPIES OF
THE FLOWERS. IMAGINE HOW
MUCH OF THIS WOULD CAUSE
IF YOU'RE BUYING THESE
ARE THE BUNCH I REMEMBER.
>>HOST:
>>HOST: DRIVING DOWN >> THE STREET IN LA AND BE
ASTOUNDED AND JUST BEING
LIKE MY MOUTH JUST
WANDERING LOOKING AT THE
IS AND LOOK AT HOW
BEAUTIFUL AND BRIGHT. BE
YOU WALK OVER TO THEM YO
AND ADJUST FOR US USE
FRAGRANCE OF FLOWERS FRA
THEY ARE SO COSTLY. JUST
TO GET THESE VIRTUAL
DOLLARS 48, THAT A SHIP
IS ARGUABLY NOT-- $12.48
MICHAEL IS GOING TO WALK
YOU THROUGH THE USE AND
THE CARE, SPECIFICALLY T
OF THE GLADIOLUS. REALLY
EASILY, WITH THE SUN IN
THE SHADE REQUIREMENTS.
>>GUEST: THEY ARE SUPER
VERSATILE.
VERSATILE. [READING]
[READING]
SO,
SO, YOU
SO, YOU COULD THEN WORK OUT WHAT AREA OF GROUND
YOU COULD USE THESE IN.
MAYBE HAVE A SHADY AREA
THAT NEVER REALLY
DEFINITE COLOR. IT COULD
NOT BE EASIER TO PLANT,
AND REMEMBER, THEY'RE
GOING TO LAST FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS. THEY WILL
LAST INDEFINITELY LAST I
BECAUSE THEY WILL DIE
BACK IN THE FALL AND
COMEBACK NEXT SPRING.
>>HOST: I WANT YOU TO
LOOK AT THE SPRING.
MEADOW VALLEY TAKES
CONTROL OF WHEN TO SEND
THEM OUT TO YOU WHEN IT
IS PERFECT TIME TO PLAN
IN YOUR AREA. OBVIOUSLY,
THE WARMER AREAS ARE
GOING TO GET THEM
SIMILAR,--SOONE BUT ANY
AREAS WHERE THEY ARE
GETTING THE QUOTE
WHETHER, WHEN IT GETS
WARM ANDR WE WILL SHIP
THOSE YOU. THEY WILL THO
SHIP THE LESSON IS TO SH
GET THEM THAT THE TIME
THAT YOU PLAN.
>>GUEST: WE WILL NOT >>G
THAN THE G1 IS A TALL
COOL- TO COLD THE
PLANNED.-- SEND IT TO YOU
YOU--T
PLANNED.-- SEND IT TO YOU YOU--TO PLANT AND WE ARE
HOLDING YOUR HAND EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY. I KNOW
THE PLANS ARE RELATIVELY
NEW TO YOUR GUYS--YOU
HERE AT HSN, BUT WE ARE
GIVE YOU THAT SUPPORT, G
WE ARE GIVE YOU THAT
DIRECT LINE TO SUCCESS D
OF GROWING IN YOUR
GARDEN. ONCE YOU DO IT
ONCE, YOU WON'T STOP, ON
YOU WILL BE ADDICTED !
CABO
CABO
CABO >>HOST: ABSOLUTELY !
ANNA MEADOW VALLEY ALWAY
>>HOST: ABSOLUTELY ! ANNA MEADOW VALLEY ALWAYS
STAND BEHIND THEIR
PRODUCT. THIS IS NOT A
SITE FOR SORE SIDE OF
YOUR ROAD, OR ONE OF
THOSE BIG-BOX STORES,
THEY WILL GET DURING ONE
YEAR FOR THE YEAR
PERENNIALS, -- GUARANTEE
[READING]
[READING]
RIGHT
RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO PICK UP A 50
GLORIOUS BULBS THAT ARE
GOING TO GIVE YOU 15
BEAUTIFUL GLADIOLUS AND
A RAINBOW OF COLORS. THE
REDS, THE PAINS, THE
PURPLES,--50 THE SOFT
IVORIES, THE LATE YELLOW
--
--
-- >>
-- >> THE
-- >> THE YELLOWS.
>>GUEST: REMEMBER, >>GU
THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT
TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN
THE STORES. NOT ONLY ARE
THEY DIFFERENT COLORS,
BUT THESE ARE GUARANTEED
TO BE FLOWERING SIZE
BULBS. YOU COULD FIND A
SIMILAR GLADIOLUS IN THE
STORES FROM TIME TO STOR
TIME, BUT YOU'RE NOT TIM
SURE THEY WERE GOING TO
BE FLOWERING BECAUSE THE
BALL SIZE IS NOT BIG