HTA-0590: Henry's Garden — Fabulous Foliage

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Henry's Garden segment on the secrets of maintaining beautiful foliage and green plants.

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Why is this man smiling? Because he is surrounded by fabulous foliage. The secret

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of selecting lovely leaves coming up on this edition of Henry's Garden. Watch the water!

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Also on this edition, artists attack Henry's Garden with some dazzling creations. And how to

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create the ultimate lawn. No mowing, no weeding, no watering. It's all coming up on this edition of

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Ah, what happened?

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What do you mean what happened?

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Well, we had a beautiful section here.

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We had this sort of spilled pot look.

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You know, we put this in.

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Beautiful flowers trailing out.

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We had lovely planted pieces here.

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We were all gone.

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You expected it to stay lovely year after year?

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You told me that they were perennials and that they would last.

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No, I said it was seasonal color, and some of them might survive, and some of them did.

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One.

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What is this, by the way?

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Well, I'm going to say more than one, but that's elementary, Henry.

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Buzz, what is this?

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Scabiosa.

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Oh, so should I be cutting this back just for starters?

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I might, but it's got color on there.

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We might as well just leave that color on there for purposes of just enjoying it.

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We're going to plant this area now for this season.

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Okay.

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Buzz, wrong soil.

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Wrong soil.

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Azaleas, camellias, rhododendron soil.

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Yes, but we have it here, Henry.

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Yes, but it's the wrong kind of soil.

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OK.

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Now, you want to go to the garden store and pick some up

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and cut the segment short, or you want to use this?

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Great stuff.

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Yeah, I'm glad you agreed.

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Besides, it's here already, and it's free.

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So we're just dumping this?

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Yeah.

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Like so.

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Now, why is it called azalea, rhododendron, whatever it is?

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Well, it's a mixture of some of the organic materials.

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He has no idea.

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Just make it up, Buzz.

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Come on.

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Just look at what you usually do.

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Oh, it has more bark-type material.

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It drains quicker.

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No, it's got more acid in it.

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Well, that too.

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I made that up too.

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Okay.

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Oh, I see.

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Okay, so we've got this kind of spilled look here.

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Why are you doing that?

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I want to just mix the two layers together.

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Oh, oh, oh, I see.

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I think we need a little more soil over in that area, Henry.

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Okay.

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Dig away.

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Thank you.

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You grab some plants, and I'll do the mixing here.

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Okay.

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Where's the plants?

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And what is the object of your plant selection here?

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Well, one of the first things is...

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No, grab the plants while you're telling them, Buzz.

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No green.

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Thank you very much, Eddie.

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We got some nice different foliage color.

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Let me have some of that gray.

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Isn't that a begonia?

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Is that a big flowers?

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Is that a begonia?

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That is a begonia.

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That's a fibrous begonia.

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Don't those need to be in the shade?

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Well, another question you don't have an answer to.

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Well, we see more fibrous begonias.

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We see more impatiens growing in sunny situations.

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And this is a semi-sunny location, so it should grow very nicely here.

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Okay.

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More of these.

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Oh, Kimmy, thank you.

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Thank you very much for using up all of my...

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What is this doing in there?

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See, this is...

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Now, this is soil amendment.

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It comes with real wood.

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Double.

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What's that?

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Double impatient.

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Variegated foliage, pink and white flowers.

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Excellent.

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Contrast against the lamium.

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This is angel mist anglionium.

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Purple flower, pink.

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Matches with that.

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Ooh, lovely.

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Put that in that area.

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Okay, Buzz.

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Coleus.

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Buzz.

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Every garden needs some coleus.

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Buzz.

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Yes.

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Time to take a break, okay?

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All right.

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We'll finish this job up while they're watching the commercials.

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I thought I was going to go to lunch.

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Lunch? No, no, no. We've got to finish this up, okay?

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But fortunately, we've gotten them so excited that now they're going to stick around during the commercial breaks

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and watch them carefully and spend a lot of money with our sponsor.

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Oh, buzz. Get to work.

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Okay, we'll be right back with lots more of Henry's Garden. Don't go away.