WELCOME TO SUNDAY GARDENER.
GOOD MORNING.
ISN'T THIS A BEAUTIFUL
TROPICAL PARADISE.
WE ARE AT AND WILL BE THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WELCOMES AT RAWLINGS
CONSERVATORY IN
DRUID HILL PARK
IN BALTIMORE.
IT IS A FUNCTION OF --
THE
BALTIMORE CITY RECREATION
AND PARKS.
THERE'S A LOT OF RECREATION
HERE.
WE HAVE
THIS BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC
GREEN HOUSE AND MAIN BUILDING.
THERE ARE SEVERAL
GREENHOUSES.
WE ARE IN THE TROPICAL SECTION.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
AS YOU GET INTO THE
CONSERVATORY THAT WAS BUILT IN
1888 SO IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND
GREAT BIG
PALMS BUT THEY HAVE A
DESERT ROOM AND TROPICAL ROOM
AND
MEDITERRANEAN ROOM AND
ORCHID ROOM.
COMING IN ON A BREAK FROM
WINTER.
JUST GET NATIONAL HUMIDITY.
GET A BREAK FROM WINTER AND
ENJOY SUMMER
WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY 10:00 TO 4:00 RIGHT IN
THE HEART
OF BALTIMORE.
SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE
DO OUR QUICK PROJECT WE HAVE
CHEWED
UP A MINUTE I WANT TO
SHOW YOU WE WILL GO OVER HERE
THE STAG HORN
FERNS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT FERNS AND
WE HAVE THE
PAPYRUS.
THAT PURPLE
HEART-SHAPED FLOWER
AND YOU ARE UP THERE
NEAR?
THESE ARE FIRE FLAGS.
RIGHT HERE IN THE
WATER, THE
PLANT ITSELF.
I LOVE THAT GOING ON OVER
YOUR HEAD.
WHAT
IS THAT?
THAT IS A BANANA PLANT.
IT IS WAY UP THERE.
ALREADY PRODUCED A
FEW.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE
RIPE OR NOT.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE QUITE
THERE.
THEY ARE A LITTLE GREEN.
I LIKE THEM TO BE A LITTLE PAST
THAT POINT.
BUT
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS WONDERFUL.
IT IS A REAL BANANA AND
SOME
OTHER CALENDAR THINGS.
LET'S DID A LITTLE TROPICS IN
THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE
FERNS HERE.
WE ARE TAKING THREE VARIETIES TO
PUT THEM TOGETHER.
THEY LIKE MOIST
CONDITIONS, THEY
CAN HANDLE --
MOIST IN THE SOIL AND AIR?
THEY LOVE
THE HUMIDITY.
AS WE DO, THIS IS POTTED ALMOST
STRAIGHT AND WE PUT IT
INTO A
PEAT POTTING SOIL MIXTURE AND WE
WILL SET IT IN THERE.
THAT IS A BUTTON
FERN.
I LIKE TO KEEP THE LABELS
NEARBY IN CASE I FORGET.
THAT IS GREAT.
A HREU LITTLE ROOM AND TAKE
OLDER
LEAVES OFF.
IF YOU ARE NEW TO FERNS I WOULD
START
WITH THIS.
THERE ARE SOME AVAILABLE IN THE
NARROW LEAVES AND BROAD LEAVES.
MOST FERNS DO SOMETHING
SIMILAR TO THERE WHERE THEY CURL
OUT.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE FIDDLE
HEAD.
I DON'T KNOW THIS SRAEUFRPLT IT
LOOKS -- VARIETY.
IT LOOKS
SIMILAR IT A RABBITS
FOOT.
VERY
COOL.
YOU STILL WANT POTS WITH GOOD
DRAINAGE THIS.
IS IN A COCOA FIBER
BASKET.
THIS CAN GO OUT WHEN WE GET IT
ON.
BEAUTIFUL, EASY TO
CARE FOR.
KEEP THE HUMIDITY UP.
OR HAVE A
TREE WITH WATER.
THE SOIL HAS TO BE KEPT MOIST.
KEEP IT MOIST, NOT SOAKING
WET.
WHAT ABOUT SUN?
MOST
OF THEM CAN TAKE
MODERATE TO LOW SUN.
THEY ARE GREAT FOR A LOT OF
HOUSES.
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE
WINDOWS IN MY HOUSE.
BUT A SIGN THEY ARE
NOT GETTING
ENOUGH SUN THEY GET A LITTLE
LEGGY OR THIN AND REACHING FOR
SOMETHING.
EXACTLY.
THEY ARE PHOTO
TROPEIC.
S IS
IF YOU DO THE RIGHT THINGS
YOU CAN HAVE A HOUSE LIKE THIS,
RIGHT?
AND WE ARE AT THE RAWLINGS
CONSERVATORY AND BOW
TANICAL
GUARDS.
UP FROM THE ZOO.
A
LITTLE BIT OF SUMMER IN THE
DEPTHS OF A POLAR