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>> "J Schwanke's Life in Bloom"

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stores, from soups and steaks

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>> Today, I bring you glad

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tidings -- literally.

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Gladiolas are in the spotlight.

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I have tips on planting, care,

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and handling.

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And create both simple and

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impressive arrangements.

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I'm J Schwanke.

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Welcome to "Life in Bloom."

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Today, we're focusing on

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Gladiolus, a spectacular flower

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by any standard.

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They're a popular flower in

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gardens, providing a backdrop

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for other flowers, with heights

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up to 4 feet tall.

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Glads also became very popular

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in memorial arrangements.

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So much so that many people

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regarded them only as funeral

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flowers.

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The size and the scale of glads

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can be intimidating.

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But their tiding can be enjoyed

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in many ways beyond formal

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services.

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Before we look at some

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arrangements, let's learn about

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how glads are grown.

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They're planting here today with

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your machinery and they're

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hand-setting the bulbs.

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>> They're hand-setting the

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We feel that's a very important

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part of our production to get

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straight stems...

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>> Uh-huh.

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>> ...get our spacing at the

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optimum for disease control and

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for cutting and for -- And we

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actually vary that by some of

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our varieties.

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lush, so we plant them further

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>> They're hand-setting that to

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make sure that that bulb stays

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right.

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As I can show you here, this is

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>> And this is the new...

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>> ...that spike coming out.

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>> And there will probably be

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one, since these are fairly

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good-sized bulbs.

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>> And, of course, you can see

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>> Just starting to come.

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down, it would still come up,

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but the flower would have to

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come up and come around.

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crooked stem and it's gonna take

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>> So, now once this is set,

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then you cover them up?

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tractor with a bed shaper and we

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gladiola from this point till we

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let's say, in general.

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differently than most growers,

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things like that, we cut the

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level.

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out this glad before it goes?

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cutters in the field.

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we don't cut it or we cut it on

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the ground.

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packing house, where it's

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graded, bunched, and then it's

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in the fields come here.

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length, head length, which is

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the start of the flower to the

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tip, matching them up so we have

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a beautiful bunch when we're

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bunched by hand.

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jobs, but they don't have a

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human eye and a love that our

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Gladiola is a genus of perennial

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corms flowering plants in the

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Iris family.

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sword lily."

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word "gladius," which means

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"sword," and given the name due

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to the fact that its leaves and

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petals are tall, pointed, and

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long, like a sword.

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Gladioli grow from round,

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symmetrical corms that are

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enveloped in several layers of

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brownish, fibrous tunics.

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The spectacular giant flower

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spikes in commerce are the

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results of centuries of

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hybridization and selection.

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The flowering spike, which

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springs from the corm, reaches

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2 to 3 feet in height with

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numerous funnel-shaped flowers,

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all clustered on one side of the

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stem.

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parts and sparse, sword-like

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leaves.

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Gladiolus are available in a

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broad range of colors.

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The Gladiolus flower symbolizes

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honor and remembrance, among

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other meanings.

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Gladiolus are the flowers

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associated with a 40th wedding

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anniversary.

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Gladiolus was the word

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Frank Neuhauser correctly

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spelled to win the first

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National Spelling Bee, in 1925.

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So, Kim, you have -- You were my

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original guest on

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"J Schwanke's Life in Bloom."

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>> The debut.

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>> Right, right. The pilot.

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So, we've done this many times,

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in many iterations of the other

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shows that I did before I did

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"Life in Bloom."

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>> Right.

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>> And, so, I love having you.

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>> I love being here.

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>> If her voice sounds familiar,

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it's also the voice at the

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beginning of this show.

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>> I love it.

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>> What I thought we would do

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today is, we would make some

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glad projects.

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about it, I was like, "Oh, I

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wish I could make this.

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Oh, it's like this."

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And then, so, I decided we'd

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make three things, okay?

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>> Oh, great! I love to learn.

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>> So, with tradition, there is

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a mid-century-modern vase called

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the glad vase.

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>> Yeah, because glads are kind

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of -- The stems are so long, I

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end up having to cut them down.

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>> You know, I'll buy them at a

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farmer's market or on the side

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of the road and cut them down.

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I mean, they're beautiful no

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matter what, but, I mean, with

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one of these, you can really

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highlight them.

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>> So, we are going to use -- I

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have some peach-colored ones...

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>> Oh, beautiful!

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>> ...to show you with this.

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that water there...

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So, it's interesting, because

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these vases are a little bit

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fragile, and so --

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>> It's amazing that the vases

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really lasted that long, this

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many years -- right? -- without

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getting broken.

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>> So, I only filled this up

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>> Because I'm gonna displace so

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much water with the stems.

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>> Right? And, so, now, here is

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the thing that's true about

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this, is that when you put this

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in here -- I'm cut-- Mm, I'm

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cutting that much off, right?

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>> And that's part of the issue

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is that some people don't

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realize that that will cause

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that.

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And what happens is, it's a

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surge of ethylene that goes up

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the stem, but then that surge of

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ethylene will cause all of them

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to open up.

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And then, as this opens up, I'll

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pull these guys off as they

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expire.

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>> Right.

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>> And then I'll shorten them up

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a little bit more.

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>> So you don't have to look at

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it.

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>> So, by the end, it will be

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like this, 'cause, yeah, you

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would have nothing right here.

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Right? Right?

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You want it to be pretty.

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But it's interesting, because

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I don't think it takes as many

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glads, 'cause, obviously, these

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are big guys.

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I mean, these are big glads.

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And, sometimes, there are

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smaller ones.

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There's one called colvillii

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which is a miniature glad.

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And it is -- It has tinier,

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smaller, little --

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>> That center one's big enough

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where you can put both of the

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stems in there, right?

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>> You can, right?

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And, so, in this one -- So, I

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think we did 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

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>> Beautiful.

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>> If this was our centerpiece

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and we wanted it to be a nice

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little, low centerpiece, what

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are we gonna do with that?

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>> Yeah.

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>> You have cutters there.

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>> I do.

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>> But what I'm gonna show you

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is, if I cut here...

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I have a short flower.

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Right?

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>> Amazing. Yeah.

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>> If I cut here, I have another

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short flower.

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If I cut -- So, I'm cutting in

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between the flowers.

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>> Right.

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♪

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>> I'm gonna let you keep doing

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that, I'm gonna show you one

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more thing, okay?

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>> Okay.

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>> Okay, see, so, I know that

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you're -- 'Cause you're, like,

352
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an entertainment buff, too,

353
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right?

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>> [ Laughing ] Yes.

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>> So, if I were to go...

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♪ Da-da-da-da ♪

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>> ♪ Da-da-da-da ♪

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[ Laughs ]

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>> So, right.

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It's like Morticia Addams,

361
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right?

362
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>> [ Laughs ]

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>> I'm cutting off the tops of

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my glads so I can...

365
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>> That's true.

366
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>> ...so I can make a topiary

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tree.

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♪

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So, this is a little guy called

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Pittosporum.

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Variegated Pittosporum.

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Okay, so, I took another piece

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of soaked flower foam.

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>> Okay.

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>> And I wrapped -- This is

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Anchor tape.

377
00:11:01,033 --> 00:11:04,233
It's waterproof Anchor tape,

378
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okay?

379
00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:06,100
So, I just made a cage all the

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way around.

381
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And what that's gonna do is,

382
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it's gonna prevent it from

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falling apart when I stick stems

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in it.

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00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:14,833
>> I see.

386
00:11:09,733 --> 00:11:17,433
>> So, then what I'm gonna do

387
00:11:11,266 --> 00:11:22,366
with this now is, I am going to

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take this guy and I'm gonna

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shove him down on these stems.

390
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Okay?

391
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>> Yeah.

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00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,533
>> Just like that. Okay?

393
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So, now I've got my greenery at

394
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the bottom and my topiary --

395
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>> I was wondering what you were

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gonna go.

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>> Right, right, right?

398
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So, now I'm gonna go in here.

399
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And I'm cutting my glads apart

400
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the same way that you did.

401
00:11:42,133 --> 00:11:46,833
I'm not gonna cut them apart

402
00:11:43,633 --> 00:11:47,600
into singles.

403
00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:49,500
I'm gonna use them as doubles.

404
00:11:46,833 --> 00:11:49,500
>> Okay.

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♪

406
00:12:02,166 --> 00:12:04,733
I was so looking forward to

407
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doing this.

408
00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,300
I really was.

409
00:12:04,733 --> 00:12:08,700
>> Oh, that's so awesome!

410
00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:10,100
>> But I buy these every year.

411
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When these come out -- As soon

412
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as they're out at the farmer's

413
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market, I buy these.

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00:12:11,066 --> 00:12:15,233
I've never done anything like

415
00:12:12,433 --> 00:12:16,866
this before, so this will be fun

416
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to try at home again.

417
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And all you need, like you said,

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is really just one of those --

419
00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:26,433
>> Yeah. Just a little -- just a

420
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little dish.

421
00:12:22,866 --> 00:12:30,633
>> Yeah.

422
00:12:26,433 --> 00:12:30,633
>> What do you think?

423
00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,633
>> I love it.

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00:12:30,866 --> 00:12:33,333
>> So, yeah -- So, now, look, we

425
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have three fun things that we

426
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did.

427
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We have this. We have that.

428
00:12:34,766 --> 00:12:36,166
>> In no time at all.

429
00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:36,666
>> Yeah.

430
00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:37,100
>> Right?

431
00:12:36,666 --> 00:12:38,266
>> Yeah.

432
00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:39,533
And, well, Kim, this is fun.

433
00:12:38,266 --> 00:12:40,266
How about in a few minutes, we

434
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get together for

435
00:12:40,266 --> 00:12:41,666
"Flower Cocktail Hour"?

436
00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:44,900
>> Ooh! I could use a cocktail.

437
00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,900
>> Okay. Perfect. We'll do it.

438
00:12:50,566 --> 00:12:53,733
It's wonderful to have a bunch

439
00:12:51,933 --> 00:12:55,600
of glads in a vase in your

440
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house.

441
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And one of the things we want to

442
00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,733
do is encourage our glads to

443
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open up all the way to the end

444
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of the stem.

445
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So, there's a little secret that

446
00:13:01,566 --> 00:13:05,966
I talk about, especially when

447
00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,433
our glads look like this.

448
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When we first get them, they may

449
00:13:05,966 --> 00:13:09,500
be showing just a little bit of

450
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color.

451
00:13:07,933 --> 00:13:12,100
And that's where we want to cut

452
00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:13,733
them in the garden.

453
00:13:10,566 --> 00:13:15,166
If we have them in the garden,

454
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cut them as soon as they're

455
00:13:13,733 --> 00:13:19,300
starting to show color.

456
00:13:15,166 --> 00:13:21,433
Or you might get them that are

457
00:13:16,933 --> 00:13:24,366
just starting to open up.

458
00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:25,933
But the secret to getting them

459
00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:27,600
to look like this is something

460
00:13:24,366 --> 00:13:29,266
that I call tipping the glads.

461
00:13:25,933 --> 00:13:31,200
Let's put these glads in a vase,

462
00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,200
and I'll show you how it's done.

463
00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:31,200
♪

464
00:13:37,866 --> 00:13:42,366
Obviously, when we're putting

465
00:13:39,233 --> 00:13:43,800
our glads into our vase, we're

466
00:13:40,733 --> 00:13:44,633
using ice-cold water and we're

467
00:13:42,366 --> 00:13:46,233
also using our flower food

468
00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:48,733
inside there.

469
00:13:44,633 --> 00:13:50,100
That's important, because the

470
00:13:46,233 --> 00:13:51,800
glads want the food to help them

471
00:13:48,733 --> 00:13:54,166
open up the flowers.

472
00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:54,666
But there's still one more

473
00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:56,400
secret, and that's tipping the

474
00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:57,966
glads.

475
00:13:54,666 --> 00:14:00,266
This is something I learned from

476
00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:03,000
my grandfather, but something

477
00:13:57,966 --> 00:14:05,333
that works so effectively.

478
00:14:00,266 --> 00:14:08,266
When we tip the glads, we'll go

479
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:10,366
in and remove the top 3 or

480
00:14:05,333 --> 00:14:12,400
4 buds and simply break it out

481
00:14:08,266 --> 00:14:14,400
of the tip.

482
00:14:10,366 --> 00:14:16,733
When we break it out of the tip,

483
00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:19,000
it causes a surge of ethylene in

484
00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:20,266
the stem, and that will cause

485
00:14:16,733 --> 00:14:22,000
all of the blooms to open up all

486
00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,866
the way to the end.

487
00:14:20,266 --> 00:14:26,066
If we don't remove the tips,

488
00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:28,100
what will happen over a period

489
00:14:23,866 --> 00:14:29,033
of time is, they aren't as

490
00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:31,633
advanced in their growth

491
00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:33,333
process.

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00:14:29,033 --> 00:14:35,366
So they'll turn yellow and they

493
00:14:31,633 --> 00:14:37,433
may even droop.

494
00:14:33,333 --> 00:14:39,300
So tipping the glads is going to

495
00:14:35,366 --> 00:14:41,600
allow us to do something to them

496
00:14:37,433 --> 00:14:41,600
that's going to make our vase

497
00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:41,600
beautiful for days and days.

498
00:14:50,433 --> 00:14:57,300
I'm channeling my grandfather,

499
00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:59,600
"Carnation" Joe Green, and we're

500
00:14:54,666 --> 00:15:01,000
going to create a hand-wired

501
00:14:57,300 --> 00:15:02,600
glamelia.

502
00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,500
I have fond memories of

503
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,666
composite flowers, especially

504
00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,433
glamelias.

505
00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:08,000
A flower made out of a gladiola

506
00:15:05,666 --> 00:15:09,166
is difficult.

507
00:15:06,433 --> 00:15:10,666
And I learned about that when I

508
00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,633
was a little kid.

509
00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:14,333
I would watch my grandpa

510
00:15:10,666 --> 00:15:14,900
hand-wire and tape the glamelia,

511
00:15:12,633 --> 00:15:17,000
just like we're going to do

512
00:15:14,333 --> 00:15:19,000
today.

513
00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:20,266
So, we'll create one blossom out

514
00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:22,633
of different sizes of gladiola

515
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:26,066
florets.

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00:15:20,266 --> 00:15:27,866
We'll select an open blossom, a

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00:15:22,633 --> 00:15:29,600
half-open blossom, and a bud.

518
00:15:26,066 --> 00:15:31,233
We'll remove the calyx off the

519
00:15:27,866 --> 00:15:33,833
outside so that we expose the

520
00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:35,366
bottom of each one of those

521
00:15:31,233 --> 00:15:38,200
buds.

522
00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:39,900
We'll take the slightly open

523
00:15:35,366 --> 00:15:41,666
blossom and cut of the bottom.

524
00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:43,833
When we cut off the bottom, we

525
00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:46,000
want to make sure that we don't

526
00:15:41,666 --> 00:15:48,300
dislodge the petals, but we cut

527
00:15:43,833 --> 00:15:49,033
off enough so that we dislodge

528
00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:51,066
the stamen and the pollen on the

529
00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:53,933
inside.

530
00:15:49,033 --> 00:15:55,233
And it allows us to place the

531
00:15:51,066 --> 00:15:57,133
bud down inside the slightly

532
00:15:53,933 --> 00:15:57,133
more open blossom.

533
00:15:55,233 --> 00:15:57,133
♪

534
00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:09,500
We'll do the same with the open

535
00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:11,033
blossom, cutting off the bottom

536
00:16:08,166 --> 00:16:13,033
to dislodge the pollen and

537
00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:15,066
letting it fall out.

538
00:16:11,033 --> 00:16:16,100
We'll place the bud and the

539
00:16:13,033 --> 00:16:18,700
blossom inside the more-open

540
00:16:15,066 --> 00:16:19,600
blossom.

541
00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:21,966
This forms the center of the

542
00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:24,200
glamelia.

543
00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:25,266
I use a piece of florist's wire,

544
00:16:21,966 --> 00:16:27,166
then, to cross-wire that blossom

545
00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,166
and tape it.

546
00:16:25,266 --> 00:16:27,166
♪

547
00:16:30,666 --> 00:16:36,166
We set the center aside and then

548
00:16:33,166 --> 00:16:37,600
we work with open blossoms,

549
00:16:34,633 --> 00:16:39,666
cutting off the back of each

550
00:16:36,166 --> 00:16:41,300
blossom and dislodging the

551
00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:43,100
stamens and the pollen.

552
00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:44,933
Carefully, we open up the

553
00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:46,733
blossoms so that we have the

554
00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:48,533
blossoms laying together in a

555
00:16:44,933 --> 00:16:50,200
row.

556
00:16:46,733 --> 00:16:51,000
We make a large hairpin and

557
00:16:48,533 --> 00:16:53,166
place it through the glad

558
00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:55,400
blossom.

559
00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:57,233
Then we make a smaller hairpin

560
00:16:53,166 --> 00:16:57,233
and send it through the blossom

561
00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,233
in opposite direction.

562
00:17:01,733 --> 00:17:06,366
Gathering up the wires, we tape

563
00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:07,100
those together.

564
00:17:04,533 --> 00:17:08,866
We use this process for all the

565
00:17:06,366 --> 00:17:10,200
blossoms.

566
00:17:07,100 --> 00:17:12,433
However, some blossoms we'll

567
00:17:08,866 --> 00:17:13,666
divide in half.

568
00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:15,233
We use the larger blossoms on

569
00:17:12,433 --> 00:17:18,766
the outside and the

570
00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:20,766
half-blossoms towards the

571
00:17:15,233 --> 00:17:23,100
inside.

572
00:17:18,766 --> 00:17:24,766
Once we've got all the petals

573
00:17:20,766 --> 00:17:26,900
wired and taped, we can start to

574
00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:29,533
fabricate the flower.

575
00:17:24,766 --> 00:17:31,633
We'll use the smaller petals

576
00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:33,766
towards the center, overlapping

577
00:17:29,533 --> 00:17:36,600
them so that we cover the wire.

578
00:17:31,633 --> 00:17:36,600
As we gather the petals around,

579
00:17:33,766 --> 00:17:36,600
we'll tape them to our stem.

580
00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:44,866
After all the petals are in

581
00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:46,466
place, we'll cut away the fat.

582
00:17:43,033 --> 00:17:48,833
That's what my grandpa used to

583
00:17:44,866 --> 00:17:50,966
call it when we'd cut away

584
00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:54,566
additional wires before we taped

585
00:17:48,833 --> 00:17:56,533
it so we got a nice, perfect

586
00:17:50,966 --> 00:17:58,566
tapered stem.

587
00:17:54,566 --> 00:18:00,366
You can use foliage or ribbon to

588
00:17:56,533 --> 00:18:01,333
support the back of the blossom.

589
00:17:58,566 --> 00:18:02,933
Today, we're gonna use this

590
00:18:00,366 --> 00:18:04,833
beautiful lace.

591
00:18:01,333 --> 00:18:08,266
We place that on the back to

592
00:18:02,933 --> 00:18:08,266
help support the petals and tape

593
00:18:04,833 --> 00:18:08,266
it to the stem.

594
00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:13,033
So, that's my version of a

595
00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:13,033
wired-and-taped glamelia.

596
00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:25,466
Okay, so, I wanted to show you a

597
00:18:21,966 --> 00:18:26,966
fun way that we could make a

598
00:18:24,466 --> 00:18:31,000
simple arrangement.

599
00:18:25,466 --> 00:18:32,233
Typically, when I have something

600
00:18:26,966 --> 00:18:33,633
like this, obviously...

601
00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,933
this is not going to work.

602
00:18:32,233 --> 00:18:38,133
>> Right, right, right, right.

603
00:18:33,633 --> 00:18:39,800
>> Right? We can't do that.

604
00:18:34,933 --> 00:18:42,400
So what we're going to is, we're

605
00:18:38,133 --> 00:18:45,566
going to take some of these

606
00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:50,366
rocks.

607
00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:51,633
And we'll put them in there at

608
00:18:45,566 --> 00:18:58,800
one end.

609
00:18:50,366 --> 00:18:58,800
Okay.

610
00:18:51,633 --> 00:18:58,800
So, now what I can do is...

611
00:19:01,166 --> 00:19:04,566
>> Mm-hmm.

612
00:19:03,466 --> 00:19:05,766
>> Right?

613
00:19:03,933 --> 00:19:06,700
>> Nice. Yeah.

614
00:19:04,566 --> 00:19:08,200
>> And so then you can just lay

615
00:19:05,766 --> 00:19:09,700
them across there.

616
00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:11,066
You know, every show, we have a

617
00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,900
flower cocktail -- right? -- for

618
00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:15,433
"Flower Cocktail Hour."

619
00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:17,466
But what I love is the fact that

620
00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:18,666
when a friend comes and if they

621
00:19:15,433 --> 00:19:20,033
want to make flowers, I can open

622
00:19:17,466 --> 00:19:21,966
a bottle of wine.

623
00:19:18,666 --> 00:19:25,966
>> That sounds good.

624
00:19:20,033 --> 00:19:26,366
>> Right, right, right, right?

625
00:19:21,966 --> 00:19:27,033
♪

626
00:19:25,966 --> 00:19:28,400
Here.

627
00:19:26,366 --> 00:19:29,466
>> Thank you.

628
00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:30,166
>> And, you know, now, look at

629
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,466
how fun that is, right?

630
00:19:29,466 --> 00:19:33,600
>> I love it.

631
00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:34,333
>> I mean, it's just a really

632
00:19:31,466 --> 00:19:36,133
simple way for us to do it,

633
00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,833
right?

634
00:19:34,333 --> 00:19:38,500
>> And those kind of pull it all

635
00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:39,733
together.

636
00:19:36,833 --> 00:19:42,266
>> The weight of that texture

637
00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:43,600
down there is great.

638
00:19:39,733 --> 00:19:46,033
You know that we have a

639
00:19:42,266 --> 00:19:47,733
tradition.

640
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:49,266
>> [ Laughing ] I can't wait.

641
00:19:46,033 --> 00:19:50,966
>> So, I have to tell you this.

642
00:19:47,733 --> 00:19:51,866
I had no idea what you were

643
00:19:49,266 --> 00:19:52,866
wearing today.

644
00:19:50,966 --> 00:19:53,633
Okay?

645
00:19:51,866 --> 00:19:54,666
>> Okay.

646
00:19:52,866 --> 00:19:56,666
>> But...

647
00:19:53,633 --> 00:19:57,366
>> I love it!

648
00:19:54,666 --> 00:19:59,066
>> ...I have a flower crown for

649
00:19:56,666 --> 00:20:00,600
you.

650
00:19:57,366 --> 00:20:01,000
I used gladiolas.

651
00:19:59,066 --> 00:20:01,966
Similar technique to what you

652
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,633
did.

653
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,200
>> Right, right.

654
00:20:01,966 --> 00:20:06,600
>> Right? So I cut them shorter,

655
00:20:03,633 --> 00:20:07,100
in pieces, and then I was able

656
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,700
to make them into a flower

657
00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,433
crown.

658
00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:12,100
And in the pilot episode that

659
00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:13,266
you are in, we talk about how to

660
00:20:10,433 --> 00:20:14,266
make a flower crown, so I used

661
00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:16,033
that same technique.

662
00:20:13,266 --> 00:20:16,766
>> I love those.

663
00:20:14,266 --> 00:20:17,400
>> Okay? So, I got to shape it a

664
00:20:16,033 --> 00:20:18,866
little bit.

665
00:20:16,766 --> 00:20:19,666
>> Okay.

666
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,500
>> I think I remember how big

667
00:20:18,866 --> 00:20:21,600
your head is.

668
00:20:19,666 --> 00:20:22,900
>> [ Laughs ]

669
00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:23,600
It's pretty little.

670
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,300
>> It is pretty little.

671
00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:25,733
It's awesome!

672
00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,933
>> I love it.

673
00:20:24,300 --> 00:20:27,766
>> Hey, thank you for everything

674
00:20:25,733 --> 00:20:29,200
that you have done for me.

675
00:20:26,933 --> 00:20:30,600
>> Oh, thank you.

676
00:20:27,766 --> 00:20:32,000
>> When we decided we were going

677
00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,733
to make this show, I called you

678
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,900
and I said, "We're gonna make a

679
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,366
pilot for PBS.

680
00:20:32,733 --> 00:20:35,433
Would you come be on it?"

681
00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:35,933
>> Yes.

682
00:20:34,366 --> 00:20:36,700
>> And you did, and that was

683
00:20:35,433 --> 00:20:38,000
wonderful.

684
00:20:35,933 --> 00:20:38,666
>> Yes. It was fun.

685
00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,000
>> And then, when we said, "We

686
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,000
got the show.

687
00:20:38,666 --> 00:20:42,233
We need to have some voice-over

688
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,500
work at the beginning.

689
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,200
Would you come on the show?"

690
00:20:42,233 --> 00:20:45,633
And you said, "Yes, I would."

691
00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:46,900
>> Yes, yes.

692
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:48,166
>> And anytime I have a crazy

693
00:20:45,633 --> 00:20:49,433
idea and I call you about

694
00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:51,000
something, whether it's a

695
00:20:48,166 --> 00:20:52,466
Flower Power Challenge or

696
00:20:49,433 --> 00:20:53,900
whether it's giving flowers away

697
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,333
on the street or -- I've always

698
00:20:52,466 --> 00:20:55,800
got crazy ideas to talk to you

699
00:20:53,900 --> 00:20:56,600
about.

700
00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:57,333
>> And I love your crazy ideas.

701
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,166
>> That's awesome.

702
00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,333
>> I love you, J.

703
00:20:57,333 --> 00:21:01,966
>> I love you, too.

704
00:20:58,166 --> 00:21:02,566
Well, cheers, Kim, to great

705
00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:03,933
friends and a lifetime full of

706
00:21:01,966 --> 00:21:05,833
flowers.

707
00:21:02,566 --> 00:21:05,833
>> Happiness and health.

708
00:21:03,933 --> 00:21:05,833
♪

709
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:26,666
>> So, here's another fun way to

710
00:21:22,566 --> 00:21:28,633
include gladiolas in your home.

711
00:21:24,633 --> 00:21:30,366
We have a vase, and I've bound

712
00:21:26,666 --> 00:21:33,200
this piece of manzanita to it

713
00:21:28,633 --> 00:21:35,333
with craft-covered wire.

714
00:21:30,366 --> 00:21:36,166
So, it's bound on the back.

715
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:37,933
And it hangs over the front of

716
00:21:35,333 --> 00:21:40,166
the vase.

717
00:21:36,166 --> 00:21:42,366
Many times, I talk about

718
00:21:37,933 --> 00:21:45,700
structure and how we can create

719
00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:48,333
a structure inside a vase with

720
00:21:42,366 --> 00:21:50,400
foliage or sticks or wire that

721
00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:52,466
aid us in arranging the flowers.

722
00:21:48,333 --> 00:21:53,733
So, this is another take on that

723
00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:55,666
structure, but our structure is

724
00:21:52,466 --> 00:21:57,966
above the vase.

725
00:21:53,733 --> 00:21:58,833
And the manzanita branches

726
00:21:55,666 --> 00:22:01,100
themselves will hold the flowers

727
00:21:57,966 --> 00:22:01,800
in place.

728
00:21:58,833 --> 00:22:03,533
This is a great way to arrange

729
00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:05,466
flowers.

730
00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:07,500
It's great for gladiolas but

731
00:22:03,533 --> 00:22:09,533
could also work with lilies or

732
00:22:05,466 --> 00:22:11,633
other types of flowers, too.

733
00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:12,700
So, let me show you how this

734
00:22:09,533 --> 00:22:14,600
structure can aid in arranging

735
00:22:11,633 --> 00:22:14,600
your flowers.

736
00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:14,600
♪

737
00:22:17,766 --> 00:22:24,533
I cut my glads with my bypass

738
00:22:19,433 --> 00:22:26,133
pruner and then simply place the

739
00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:28,200
flowers into the vase through

740
00:22:24,533 --> 00:22:28,200
the structure on top.

741
00:22:26,133 --> 00:22:28,200
♪

742
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,566
I want to make sure I tip my

743
00:23:22,533 --> 00:23:27,766
glads so that they open all the

744
00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:29,033
way to the top.

745
00:23:25,566 --> 00:23:30,933
I can do that by hand or I can

746
00:23:27,766 --> 00:23:30,933
use my pruners.

747
00:23:29,033 --> 00:23:30,933
♪

748
00:23:41,333 --> 00:23:45,666
Because this arrangement makes

749
00:23:42,733 --> 00:23:48,033
such a statement, I want to make

750
00:23:44,266 --> 00:23:49,933
a statement with the foliage,

751
00:23:45,666 --> 00:23:51,833
too, so I'll use two Monstera

752
00:23:48,033 --> 00:23:51,833
leaves on one side.

753
00:23:49,933 --> 00:23:51,833
♪

754
00:24:06,266 --> 00:24:10,666
Now all that's left is to sit

755
00:24:08,166 --> 00:24:10,666
back and enjoy the glads.

756
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,866
I've always loved gladiolas, so

757
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:24,400
it's been a treat for me to show

758
00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:27,000
off these beautiful blooms in

759
00:24:22,866 --> 00:24:28,366
news ways to be arranged and

760
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:30,033
enjoyed.

761
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,033
For "Life in Bloom," I'm

762
00:24:28,366 --> 00:24:30,033
J Schwanke.

763
00:24:34,166 --> 00:24:35,500
How's your arrangement coming

764
00:24:35,066 --> 00:24:36,500
over there?

765
00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:37,433
>> Good. Should I do some more?

766
00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:38,100
>> Sure. I think you should.

767
00:24:37,433 --> 00:24:40,000
>> Okay.

768
00:24:38,100 --> 00:24:41,600
>> So, okay, you know, 'cause I

769
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000
spent some time in Atlanta

770
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,700
before I came here...

771
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,333
>> Yeah.

772
00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:47,066
>> ...and more is always better.

773
00:24:46,333 --> 00:24:47,933
[ Both laugh ]

774
00:24:47,066 --> 00:24:49,000
>> Yeah, no doubt.

775
00:24:47,933 --> 00:24:49,800
>> Right, right, right?

776
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,100
>> Right, right.

777
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,000
>> It's just like, "Oh, we're

778
00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:53,233
not done with that.

779
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,600
We need to add some more to

780
00:24:53,233 --> 00:24:54,733
that.

781
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,333
That would be great."

782
00:24:54,733 --> 00:24:58,966
>> It's like that in Texas, too.

783
00:24:56,333 --> 00:24:59,900
>> Correct.

784
00:24:58,966 --> 00:25:01,233
Kim, it's beautiful!

785
00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:01,666
>> I decided to stick this in

786
00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:02,966
there.

787
00:25:01,666 --> 00:25:03,366
I wasn't -- I was gonna cut it

788
00:25:02,966 --> 00:25:03,833
in half.

789
00:25:03,366 --> 00:25:04,966
>> Uh-huh.

790
00:25:03,833 --> 00:25:06,366
>> And then I thought, "No, it's

791
00:25:04,966 --> 00:25:07,666
gonna add, like, a little more

792
00:25:06,366 --> 00:25:08,333
height and dimension," like

793
00:25:07,666 --> 00:25:08,833
this, right?

794
00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:09,733
>> Right.

795
00:25:08,833 --> 00:25:10,500
>> I'm learning, J.

796
00:25:09,733 --> 00:25:11,400
I'm telling you.

797
00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:12,166
>> You're so right.

798
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,566
You're so right.

799
00:25:12,166 --> 00:25:14,966
It's perfect.

800
00:25:13,566 --> 00:25:16,100
"J Schwanke's Life in Bloom"

801
00:25:14,966 --> 00:25:16,900
is filmed in Grand Rapids,

802
00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:16,900
Michigan.

803
00:25:17,133 --> 00:25:21,866
>> Visit J's website,

804
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:24,133
ubloom.com, for flower projects

805
00:25:21,866 --> 00:25:25,833
and crafts, complete recipes,

806
00:25:24,133 --> 00:25:28,433
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807
00:25:25,833 --> 00:25:29,466
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808
00:25:28,433 --> 00:25:33,466
and more.

809
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810
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811
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812
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813
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814
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815
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816
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824
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825
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827
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828
00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:17,033
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829
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830
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831
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832
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833
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♪