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01:00:01;51 IN THE HEART OF THE NATIONS CAPITAL LIE LIVING

MUSEUMS THAT BLOOM YEAR ROUND.

-- VAST INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GREEN SPACES.

THESE ARE THE GARDENS AT THE SMITHSONIAN --

01:00:18;23

JANET DRAPER: I like plants weaving together andyou k now playing off of each other

ANNIE CECCARINI: We are planting 800 bulbs.

01:00:25;37

THESE LIVING EXHIBITS ARE CREATED BY HIGHLY

SPECIALIZED EXPERTS.

01:00:30;04

WELL GO BEHIND THE SCENES TO SEE HOW THEY CARE

FOR SOME OF THE COUNTRYS GREATEST GARDENS

01:00:35;17

PAUL LINDELL: We usually are planning two years inadvance.

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AND LEARN SECRETS FOR YOUR OWN HOME

GARDENS.

IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR, WE GET TIPS ON DIFFERENT

APPROACHES TO GARDEN DESIGN AND PRUNING

ROSES.

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JOIN US FOR AN EXPERT LOOK AT GARDEN BED

DESIGN

NEXT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNELS GARDEN SECRETS.

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DESIGN IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL GARDENS LARGE

AND SMALL.


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AT THE SMITHSONIAN GARDENS, THERE ARE BOTH

FORMAL DESIGNS AND INFORMAL ONES.

FORMAL GARDENS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY

STRUCTURE STRAIGHT LINES AND CLIPPED HEDGES.INFORMAL GARDENS ARE MORE NATURAL AND

RANDOM IN THEIR PLANTINGS.

01:01:22;26

PAUL LINDELL: The Haupt garden is very very formal,The castle is pretty formal, and it kind of dictates thatgarden. Whereas the Ripley Garden, it has someelements of the English cottage garden.

01:01:33;46 THESE GARDENS HOLD DESIGN SECRETS THAT ANY

HOME GARDENER CAN IMPLEMENT.

THE SMITHSONIANS MARY LIVINGSTON RIPLEY

GARDEN IS AN EXQUISITE EXAMPLE OF AN INFORMAL

DESIGN.

01:01:44;37 JANET DRAPER: Its a small garden, but I must have

about 3000 species in the garden. Which means

theyre in cheek tojowel.

01:01:52;19 IT BOASTS THE DENSEST COLLECTION OF PLANTS IN ALL

OF THE SMITHSONIAN GARDENS.

HORTICULTURIST JANET DRAPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR

THE DESIGN OF THESE TIGHTLY CLUSTERED

FLOWERBEDS

01:02:03;38 THE DESIGN REFLECTS HER PHILOSOPHY ONGARDENING

01:02:07;03 JANET DRAPER: My goal is to show people as manyplants as I possibly can and to show the diversity ofMother Nature. My style is very informal. I like plantsweaving together, and playing off of each other.

01:02:24;38 JANET: I have asparagus roots which are over here inthis bed here. Its normally used as a houseplant.

Why not bring it out and put it in the garden? Why not

mix that in with some tender other things? Like thateuphorbia diamond front No rules. This garden is


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free for all.

01:02:42;28 DESIGNING ANNUAL DISPLAYS IS CENTRAL TO THE

WORK OF THE HORTICULTURISTS AT THE SMITHSONIAN.

01:02:47;43 AND IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL

FLOWERBED.

THE RIPLEY GARDEN USES A COMBINATION OF

ANNUAL PLANTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED EACH

SEASON.. AND PERENNIAL PLANTS THAT COME

BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND IT KEEPS JANET BUSY.

01:03:05;24 TODAY, SHE GIVES THE FRONT OF HER GARDEN A

MAKEOVER.

AT THE SMITHSONIAN, ANNUAL PLANTINGS ARE

SEASONAL.HH FLOWERBED PLANTINGS ARE

CONSTANTLY CHANGING.01:03:16;45 JANET DRAPER: I just ripped out all the tropicals that

were in this bed theyre not going to last through the

winter anyway. And Im preparing the bed, gettingready for the Spring tulips to go in.

01:03:27;36 JANET USES A ROTO TILLER TO BREAK UP AND AERATE

THE SOIL.

01:03:31;48 JANET: Basically, Im roto-tilling just to make it easieron me. Im going to put about 400 tulip bulbs in thisbed.

01:03:41;05 NEXT JANET PREPARES FOR AN INFORMAL BULB

PLANTING USING A TECHNIQUE THAT HOME

GARDENERS CAN APPLY AT HOME AS WELL.

01:03:49;50 JANET: Im just scattering bulbs. I just throw them outand wherever they land, thats where Ill plant them.Much like mother nature does. So Ill get this random

pattern in the spring.

01:04:04;26 AS FOR PLANTING, THE NEXT STEP IS TO DECIDE HOW

DEEP TO DIG THE HOLES FOR EACH BULB. THATLARGELY DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE BULB IS HARDY


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OR TENDER.

01:04:14;24 THE GENERAL RULE FOR HARDY BULBS, LIKE TULIPS, IS TO

PLANT THEM AT A DEPTH OF TWO AND A HALF TO

THREE TIMES THEIR LENGTH.

THE RIGHT DEPTH ENSURES THAT THE BULBS WILL

SURVIVE WINTER IN THE GROUND AND REAPPEAR THE

FOLLOWING YEAR.

IF YOURE LIKE JANET, AND YOU PLAN ON REPLACING

THE BULBS BEFORE WINTER ARRIVES, THEN YOU CAN

PLANT THEM AT A SHALLOWER DEPTH.

01:04:35;09 JANET: Tulips unless they are planted really deeply,they dont over winter the best. You need to plant

them a little deeper than Im going to. If I were a

home gardener, Id want them much deeper. Id

want them about the depth of my knife.

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JANET: 400 tulip bulbs in under 10 minutes. Oh yea.

01:04:56;18 AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE UNSTRUCTURED BEDS

OF THE RIPLEY GARDEN IS THE FORMAL ENID A. HAUPT

GARDEN.

HERE, THE TEAM USES A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

APPROACH TO DESIGN.

01:05:10;18 MICHAEL: Were going back in 8 inch increments.ANNIE: OK

01:05:14;00 PRECISION IS KEY.

MUCH THOUGHT AND PREPARATION IS INVOLVED IN

EACH DESIGN. PLACEMENT OF PLANTS ARE MEASURED

TO THE INCH.

01:05:22;58 ITS A YEAR ROUND JOB.

IN ONE CORNER OF THE HAUPT GARDEN IS THE


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DOWNING URN.

HORTICULTURISTS ARE PREPARING FOR A NEW FALLANNUAL PLANTING.

BUT FIRST, THE TEAM MUST REMOVE THE CURRENT

PLANT DISPLAY.

AFTER THE FLOWERBED IS CLEARED, NEW LINES ARE

LAID OUT. IN THIS CIRCULAR BED, THE NEW DESIGN

RADIATES OUT FROM THE CENTER.01:05:48;50 ANNIE CECCARINI: We find the center first and we

pace the lines out of that.

01:05:54;10 THE TEAMS PLANT OF CHOICE FOR THE LINES IS THE

DUSTY MILLER.

01:06:00;10 THE SILVER COLOR OF THEIR FOLIAGE CONTRASTS WITH

THE SURROUNDING BLUE VIOLAS AND YELLOW

PANSIES, HIGHLIGHTING THE FLOWERBEDS DESIGN.

01:06:08;34 THE URN ITSELF ADDS CHARACTER TO THE PLANTING...

01:06:13;40 IT WAS DONATED TO THE SMITHSONIAN IN MEMORY

OF ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING, A PROMINENT

LANDSCAPE DESIGNER AND WRITER OF THE MID

1800S.

01:06:21;41 PAUL LINDELL: The Downing Urn was actually a gift

from Andrew Jackson Downings friends, and it was

donated in 1856 in memory of him after his untimelydeath. It had been on the Mall, I think it was over atNatural History for awhile.

01:06:35;48 OVER THE YEARS, ITS SET THE TONE FOR THIS

FLOWERBED.

01:06:39;38 SHELLEY GASKINS: Regardless of the planting that wedo in this space, the fact that the urn is here lends anair of formality to anything that we do in this space.

01:06:49;06 ANNIE: Particularly for the downing urn, the straightlines is really what gives this pattern structure.


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01:06:55;59 CREATING THE STRAIGHT LINES OF A FORMAL GARDEN

MAY SEEM DAUNTING, BUT HOME GARDENERS CAN

ACHIEVE THE LOOK WITH A FEW SIMPLE TOOLS.

01:07:03;34 ANNIE: The lines are to make sure the design is asaccurate as possible. We use stakes and string toconnect the lines from the center point and then wellspray paint along the lines.

THIS TECHNIQUE ENSURES THE DUSTY MILLER ARE

PLANTED IN PERFECTLY STRAIGHT ROWS.

01:07:15;06 IN THE HAUPT GARDEN, REPETITION, FORM BALANCE

AND UNITY ARE KEY TO ITS BEAUTY.

THERE IS NO RIGHT CHOICE BETWEEN FORMAL OR

INFORMAL DESIGN, BUT THERE ARE GENERAL

PRINCIPALS EVERY GARDENER NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND

TO SUCCEED.

01:07:37;38 OVER THE YEARS, OUR SMITHSONIAN TEAM HAS

DEVELOPED INSIGHTS THAT CAN BE VALUABLE TO

VISITORS OF THE GARDEN AND HOME GARDENERS

EVERYWHERE

TODAY, OUR SMITHSONIAN EXPERTS GATHER TO SHARETHEIR SECRETS WITH A HOME GARDENER WHO NEEDS

HELP WITH HER FLOWERBED.

01:07:53;36 SHOSANA: Hi my name is SHOSANA Rosenbaum andthis is my garden and I have a question for theSmithsonian.

01:07:59;18 SHOSANAS GARDEN SITS IN FRONT OF HER HOME,

RIGHT OFF OF A MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN NORTHWESTWASHINGTON D.C.,

01:08:07;17 SHOSANA: Our house is about 20 feet from the roadand theres no lawn. Theres just the garden beds

and then the sidewalk.

01:08:14;33 IN HER GARDEN ARE A VARIETY OF FLOWERINGPLANTS THAT FLOURISHED IN THE SUMMER.

01:08:19;58 SHOSANA: We really enjoyed having this riot of colorso wed like to continue that cause right now its

looking pretty bedraggled.

01:08:27;50 SHOSANA: This is cleome or spider plant. We didnt


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plant it. It just showed up. Theyre really pretty, but I

would like to know what to do with them. Because asyou can see theyre kinda falling over.

01:08:39;07 SHOSANA: These are the zinnias, they looked

beautiful over the summer. I cut most of them backbut Im not sure if I should pull them out at this point.

01:08:47;20 SHOSANA: Back here there is some dead space.There were more flowers in the summer but it hasntbeen as filled in as the front. And ideally the tallerstuff would be back here. And the lower stuff in thefront.

01:08:58;37 SHOSANA: Wed love to have it looking healthy andnice all year. Wed like to know, what to take out and

what to put in right now.

01:09:05;40 SHOSANA: This is my question for the Smithsonian, howshould I maintain my garden as the season changesand what should I do now to prepare for the spring?

01:09:14;11 THE ANNUALS THAT ARE GROWING IN SHOHANNAS

GARDEN ARENT LIKELY TO SURVIVE THE WINTER.

SO AS HER GARDEN APPROACHES THE END OF THE

FALL, JANET OFFERS A SIMPLE SOLUTION

01:09:25;00 JANET: Its all annuals, so basically its easy, becauseits a clean slate. Everything can go

01:09:30;49 JANET: First, of all, if theres anything shesees that shereally wants to save, like the cleome, if she wants it ina certain place next year, she can harvest the seed.So if she wants the cleome in the back, she can plantthe seeds in the back of the bed.

01:09:47;07 JEFF NAGLE: After she takes her seed, she shoulddefinitely just clean up her garden.

JEFF: she would go in and literally remove the whole

plant, from the top all the way to whats in the soil,down to the roots so. Pull everything out.

01:09:59;43 JANET: And then start adding some bones and somestructure.

01:10:04;47 TO DO THIS, THE TEAM SUGGESTS THAT SHOSANA

ANCHOR ONE CORNER WITH SOME EVERGREENS.


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01:10:10;14 RICK SHILLING: I like sky pencil which is a very upright,it stays very narrow, shes dealing with a smallspace,so if she wants something that is not going to outgrowthat space

01:10:18;51 TO ADDRESS HER NEED FOR COLOR, THE TEAM HAS AFEW THOUGHTS

01:10:22;32 ANNIE: If SHOSANA wants color in the fall, through thewinter, I would definitely suggest planting pansies,And then, if she wants additional color, I wouldsuggest planting bulbs as well.

01:10:30;56 SHELLEY: She seems to be resigned to the fact that itdoesnt look good in the winter. And she doesnt

need to be resigned to that. She can have a four-

season garden.

01:10:46;34 BUILDING A GARDEN THAT IS IN BLOOM FOR ALL FOUR

SEASONS TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND PLANNING.

01:10:52;02 BECAUSE SHOSANAS GARDEN IS SO DIVERSE, SHE HASMANY OF THE SAME CHALLENGES AS JANET IN THE

RIPLEY GARDEN.

AFTER A NEW PLANT IS ADDED TO A GARDEN, THE

WORK IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. PLANTS NEED

CONSTANT MAINTENANCEAND ITS HELPFUL TOKNOW SOME GOOD TECHNIQUES.

01:11:09;26 JANET: The challenges of having such diversity, is justmaintenance. Because I only have one of this andthree of this and four of that. And each one requiresdifferent things.

01:11:19;55 JANET: Theres this Dahlia thats in there that Imgoing to stake up because it needs a little help.

Lets stake up this Dahlia, its definitely drooping. Andwe all need some support now and then.

01:11:37;24 JANET SHARES HER SECRETS ON HOW TO STAKE TALLPLANTS.

01:11:40;54 JANET: So Im going to use this very thin thread. Just

tie it up together and sometimes you dont evenneed a stake.

I will tie this up. And theres no reason why you cantrely on the other plants. To prop things up.


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You probably dont even see the stake. Instead you

see the flower and the beauty of the plant. Thats mygoal.

01:12:04;50 JANETS GARDEN INCLUDES MANY SPECIES IN ITS

FLOWERBEDS THAT CAN HELP TO SPRUCE UP ANY

HOME GARDEN.

DECIDING WHAT GOES INTO YOUR FLOWER GARDEN

IS A BIG DECISION. FOR THOSE LOOKING FORGUIDANCE, HERE ARE A FEW FALL BEAUTIES.

PERENNIAL FLOWERING PLANTS THAT CAN BRING LIFE

TO YOUR GARDEN:

TATARIAN ASTER IS A TALL PERENNIAL SPECIES THAT

BLOOMS IN SPRING AND LOOKS FRESH UNTIL THE FIRST

FROST.

MEXICAN BUSH SAGE IS A BUSHY PERENNIAL WITH

PURPLE BLOOMS. IT GROWS IN A LOOSE, SPREADING

MOUND UP TO 2-4 FT TALL

THE TOAD LILY

- THIS PERENNIAL FLOWERS IN LATE SUMMER OR EARLY

FALL. ITS KNOWN FOR ITS SPECKLED BLOOMS.

THE HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUM, IS AN EASY TO GROW

PERENNIAL CHRYSANTHEMUM WITH SALMON-PINKDAISY LIKE FLOWERS.


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01:13:05;55THOUGH THERE ARE CLEAR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A

FORMAL AND INFORMAL GARDEN IT IS POSSIBLE TO

MIX THE TWO IN ONE DESIGN.

01:13:12;51 JANET: Ok darling, ready for a job today.01:13:16;09 IN THE RIPLEY GARDEN, ONE GARDEN BED GETS SOME

STRUCTURE FROM SOME TALL SKY PENCIL

HOLLIES..JANET IS RE-DESIGNING THIS BED.

01:13:24;55 JANET: This really is a focal point. And withoutsomething in front of these sky pencil hollies its a little

bare. So were adding a little bling forthe winter.

01:13:36;53 TODAY, HER TEAM PLANTS PANSIES AND HYACINTHS.

01:13:43;30 IN THE END, YOU HAVE A STRUCTURED DESIGN IN THIS

INFORMAL GARDEN.

01:13:48;23 JANET: Even within a mlange such as this you canhave formality. I could have a formal edge on thisborder. Like an evergreen boxwood, and inside thatplanted bed have it wild and crazy.

01:14:05;19 AS JANET IS CONSIDERING USING A BOXWOOD

BORDER. HORTICULTURIST RICK SHILLING IS TRIMMINGHIS BOXWOOD HEDGE IN THE FREER COURTYARD A

CLASSIC FORMAL GARDEN.

01:14:15;52 RICK SHILLING: This is the Freer Courtyard, and behindme is a hedge of Japanese boxwood, that weveshaped into a braided rope. This is a classicenvironment where people might use a boxwood to

create a hedge. [CUT LINE?? REDUNDANT.] I think

boxwood have a certain elegance to them,

01:14:38;07 THIS BRAIDED HEDGE IS ACTUALLY MADE FROMTWENTY-SIX SEPARATE BOXWOOD SHRUBS LINED UP

SIDE BY SIDE.

WITH CAREFUL PRUNING FROM RICK, THEY GROW INTO

EACH OTHER.

RICK PRUNES THESE BUSHES TWO TO THREE TIMES A

YEAR TO KEEP THEM IN SHAPE.

01:14:53;59 RICK SHILLING: I eyeball it, I do every other one, and

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01:15:03;12 RICK SHILLING: Eventually, you know the plant it

matures, but its going to want to continue to growyou have an optimal size and then it continuesbeyond that point. And then you will probably lose

some of the health and vigor of the plant becauseyoure stunting its growth. Down the road, wereprobably going to replace them.

01:15:21;43 FOR NOW, THIS BOXWOOD HEDGE IS DOING JUST FINE.

BUT NOT ALL BOXWOODS ARE THE SAME.

THEY COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. KNOWING THE

CHARACTERISTICS OF SPECIFIC VARIETIES AND SPECIESBECOMES IMPORTANT.

01:15:36;58 RICK SHILLING: Theres a lot of different plantsavailable, but dont go into a nursery and just ask for

a boxwood. Have a general idea of what you wantto train them into before you even go there.

This is an American Boxwood. It can be 10, 12 feet tall.So you dont want to use this particular plant andmanipulate it into a small hedge. You could for a few

years, but eventually it will probably win.

01:16:03;33 CONTROLLING A PLANTS NATURAL TENDANCIES IS NO

EASY TASK..BUT THE SMITHSONIAN EXPERTS MAY

HAVE HELPFUL INSIGHTS FOR HOME GARDENERS.

01:16:12;27 BACK AT THE GREENHOUSE, HORTICULTURISTS GATHER

TO HELP OUT ANOTHER GARDENER, WHO IS HAVING

TROUBLE CONTROLLING HER PLANTS.

01:16:19;24 JEEN MARIE: Hi My name is Jeen Marie welcome to

my mature garden. And I have a question for theSmithsonian.

01:16:25;51 JEEN MARIE MOVED INTO THIS HOME WITH HERHUSBAND 5 MONTHS AGO. ALONG WITH IT CAME A

MATURE GARDEN WITH WELL ESTABLISHED PLANTS.

01:16:34;27 JEEN MARIE: Everything is overgrown and I need helpwith trying to establish plants and figure out what tokeep, what to get rid of, and how to maintain thiswonderful space.

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01:18:09;32 NEXT THE TEAM ANALYZES THE ROSE BUSH.

01:18:11;41 SHELLEY: It does appear that it has black spot. A lot ofthe older cultivars, this is an established garden, but itdoes appear to have black spot. Black spot is afungus and it will defoliate the plant.

01:18:19;18 THE TEAM AGREES THAT JEEN MARIES ROSE BUSH IS ANOLDER INFERIOR CULTIVAR, PRONE TO DISEASES THAT

CAN SPREAD THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE GARDEN. SO

THEY SUGGEST REMOVING IT AND REPLACING IT WITH

A STRONGER VARIETY.

01:18:33;14 SHELLEY: Jean Marie should think about planting

disease resistant roses like knock out,

01:18:43;47 SHELLEY: She talked about having a barrier betweenthe street and her yard and the flower garden. Andyou know, what makes a better barrier than a thornybush.

01:18:53;35 TO CREATE A BARRIER, THE TEAM HAS A SUGGESTION

ON PLACEMENT

01:18:57;09 ANNIE: Our first recommendation is for Jeen Marie to

measure the bed space. Say her space is 20 feetlong. She wants to plant the roses 4 feet apart, shehas five roses, that would work out for her.

JEFF: In the Haupt garden, we have certain areasthat need to have perfectly straight lines. Dependingon what Jeen Marie wants, she can go that route.Basically, we use two stakes and we put a stringbetween them, put a stake in the ground and run thestring line down. And then you have a straight line.

01:19:25;12 GROWING HEALTHY ROSES CAN BE A CHALLENGE FORTHE HOME GARDENER. BUT WITH PROPER PLANNING

AND CARE, FROM PLANT SELECTION TO PRUNING,HOME GARDENERS CAN ENJOY BEAUTIFUL ROSE

BUSHES.

01:19:36;44 AT THE KATHERINE DULIN FOLGER ROSE GARDEN, THE

HORTICULTURISTS HAVE SELECTED HYBRID ROSES THATARE IN BLOOM MOST OF THE YEAR. HYBRID ROSES ARE

BRED TO CONTROL CERTAIN QUALITIES OF A PLANT,LIKE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF ITS BLOOMS.


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01:19:52;04 HERE, SHELLEY GASKINS GIVES CONSTANT CARE TO

APPROXIMATELY 200 ROSE BUSHES, WHCH INCLUDES A

LOT OF CAREFUL PRUNING.01:20:01;42 PRUNING IS THE SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF SPECIFIC

PARTS OF THE PLANT.

THE GOAL OF PRUNING ROSE BUSHES IS TO

ENCOURAGE THEM TO GROW INTO AN OPTIMAL

SHAPE FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF DISEASE, AS

WELL AS TO CONTROL EACH PLANTS SIZE AND

APPEARANCE.

WHEN LEFT UN-PRUNED, AS WEVE SEEN IN JEENMARIES GARDEN, ROSE BUSHES ARE MORE

SUSCEPTIBLE TO MANY VIRUSES THAT CAN SPREAD

FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER.

SHELLEYS PRUNING TECHNIQUES ARE THE KEY TO

KEEPING THE ROSES HEALTHY AND VIBRANT.

01:20:31;14 SHELLEY: The idea is that you are going to make theplant grow in this direction. Away from the center ofthe plant versus, having growth go this way

01:20:39;35 TO DO THAT REQUIRES PRECISION IN KNOWING WHERETO CUT.

01:20:43;09

SHELLEY: You want to go down to a leaf with five

leaflets. Up at the top you just have three and you goon down and you have five.

ONCE SHELLEY IDENTIFIES THIS POINT ON THE STEM, SHE

MAKES THE CUT ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH

ABOVE AN OUTSIDE BUD

This is key because if you prune to an inside bud, yournew growth will go towards the center of the plant.And you want to open up the center of the plant to

allow for light penetration and air circulation.


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01:21:08;46 ANOTHER OF HER BASIC PRACTICES IS KEEPINGPRUNING TOOLS GERM FREE.

01:21:15;01 SHELLEY. So what you want to do is keep your prunersclean, just use a cup of alcohol and I dip my prunersin it. Its a good garden sanitation practice.

01:21:22;52 WITH SHELLYS CARE, THE ROSES HERE STAY HEALTHY

MOST OF THE YEAR.

01:21:27;56 ROSES CAN BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY

PERENNIAL GARDEN. FOLLOWING ARE A FEW MORE

TIPS FROM OUR SMITHSONIAN EXPERTS THAT WILL HELPYOUR ROSE GARDEN FLOURISH.

SELECT A SITE FOR THE ROSE GARDEN THAT RECEIVES

AT LEAST 6 HOURS OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT EACH DAY.

ALLOW SPACE BETWEEN EVERY ROSE BUSH FOR GOOD

AIR CIRCULATION. GOOD CIRCULATION LIMITS THE

CONDITIONS THAT PROMOTE DISEASE.

GIVE ROSE BUSHES A LIGHT PRUNING IN JANUARY AND

A MORE (THOROUGH) HARDER PRUNING IN MARCH.

AND REMOVE DEAD FLOWERS WEEKLY.

01:22:07;12 THE SMITHSONIAN HORTICULTURE TEAM HAS WEIGHED

IN ON OUR HOME GARDENERS VIDEO QUESTIONS.

>>> NOW, ITS UP TO SHOSANA AND JEEN MARIE FIX

UP THEIR GARDENS.

01:22:17;31 SHOSANAS GOAL IS TO BUILD COLOR AND INTEREST

IN HER GARDEN DURING THE WINTER WHILE PLANNINGAHEAD FOR THE SPRING..SHE BEGINS BY HARVESTING

SEEDS FROM SOME OF HER FAVORITE FLOWERING

PLANTS.

01:22:29;26 BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO GET THE TALLER PLANTS IN THE

BACK OF HER GARDEN, SHE GATHERS THE SEEDPODS

OF THE CLEOME PLANT.

01:22:39;09 NEXT, AS THE SMITHSONIAN SUGGESTED, SHE REMOVESALL PLANT MATERIAL AND CLEARS OUT HER


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FLOWERBED.

THEN SHE PLANS FOR THE SPRING.

01:22:49;52 SHOSANA: Thanks to the suggestions of the

Smithsonian, I want to look ahead and plant thesebulbs now in the fall so that they will come up andwell have color in the spring. I thought Id just throwthem out to get a random affect. I want to have amore natural look.

01:23:02;31 SHOSANA: So I have a bulb here and here, so Ill puta pansy here.

01:23:08;32 THEN SHOSANA BEGINS WORKING ON THE BACKCORNER OF HER GARDEN.

01:23:13;25SHOSANA: These are called sky pencils. We have twoof them. I think were just going to put two of them

side by side.

01:23:26;30 SHOSANA: I think the insights weve gained from thisare that you can keep adding things to your gardenall year and that you can plan ahead for whats

going to happen in the spring.

01:23:33;59 SHOSANA: So it will be exciting to see how the gardenchanges in the spring with the Smithsonians help.

01:23:42;25 OVER AT JEEN MARIES PLACE SHE STARTS WORK ON

HER FLOWERBED.01:23:47;58 FIRST, SHE TACKLES THE OVERGROWN

GROUNDCOVER.

01:23:52;48 JEEN MARIE: Its a little stubborn.

Were going to try our best to keep it from overtaking

our garden. Slowly but surely well cut away and getit pulled up.

01:24:05;41 ONCE THE FLOWERBED IS CLEARED, SHE DEALS WITH

THE ROSE BUSH.

01:24:11;19 JEEN MARIE: We are going to take it out of the gardenbecause it will affect other plants. Im just trimming itnow to make an easier disposal.

01:24:18;30 AFTER DIGGING OUT THE ROSE BUSH, JEEN MARIEPREPARES TO PLANT THE KNOCK OUT ROSE.


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SHE USES STAKES AND STRING TO CREATE A STRAIGHT

ROW FOR HER NEW BUSHES.

01:24:29;03 JEEN MARIE: Im going to go ahead and plant these

five disease resistant rose bushes. Along the line. Ihave them spaced out 4 feet. And Im going to startwith this one right here.

01:24:42;05 SHE HOPES THEY WILL HELP CREATE A BARRIER TO THE

STREET NEARBY.

01:24:46;02 JEEN MARIE: The rose bushes are sturdy plants andthey will grow about four feet tall so they will addressmy issue with the street noise and traffic.

01:24:56;35 JEEN MARIE: Im excited today because this is a stepin the right direction. And Im one step closer to

having my beautiful flower garden that I hope tohave this spring. And I cant wait for my rose bushes to

start blooming.

01:25:10;31 BACK AT THE RIPLEY GARDEN, JANET IS PLEASED WITH

HER GARDEN MAKEOVER. THE GARDEN HAS A

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK, WITH COLORFUL

PLANTS LOW TO THE GROUND.

01:25:20;55 JANET: Gardening is a tremendous amount of work.But the end result, I mean, I can look around and seewhat I do. It really is a lot of fun and its very muchworth it.

01:25:31;34 ANNIE: Its one of those types of jobs, you see the fruitof your labor. People come out of their offices andsay how much they love your work and that in itself isan incredible feeling.

01:25:41;45 AS MICHAELS TEAM PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON

THE DOWNING URN PLANTING, WE SEE ANOTHERSEASON WIND DOWN AT THE SMITHSONIAN GARDENS.

BUT WITH EACH CHANGING SEASON, OUR

SMITHSONIAN HORTICULTURE TEAM LOOK FORWARD

TO A NEW SET OF CHALLENGES. AND THEY ARE READYTO SHARE THEIR GARDEN SECRETS.

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