What a great conversation, Janey! Great way to start my day. What a great representative Marshall is. Thanks for asking about when we can get PW plants here in California and other states. Happy to hear that they’re working on it. In the meantime, we can still order directly from Proven Winners and now Garden Crossings! You are truly in your element. Your enthusiasm is so infectious. You are a delight to watch 🌻
What a great story! So much love and energy put into this company. I loved Proven Winners before but love it more now. Thank you Janey for this delightful interview!
This was a great video. I glad to know more about Proven Winners. We are very fortunate to live close to Creekside Nursery in Dallas, NC. Year before last, we were short a few of one kind of Proven Winner flowers we bought there, so we ran to a big box store that is closer to us, thought oh, we only need two more. We sure learned the difference in the Proven Winner plants we got from Creekside. The root system was so much healthier. The roots were beautifully white and plump. We have now seen with our on eyes the difference. We look forward to our visits to Creekside!
Very interesting to hear all of the thinking and work behind PW and the caring of the owners and people who work for them! Thanks for sharing this interview with Marshall Dirks!
Great interview! I live in southern Wisconsin and we have access to many Proven Winners plants here and I grow them with great results. We are so thankful for some much needed rain today! Plants and birds are happy too!
What a wonderful interview! Great questions and so interesting to hear From Marshall all about Proven Winners. Great passion from both of you. Thank you for bringing this to us. Wish I lived near by, it would be a great company to work for :)
This was the best video! Enjoyed hearing about Proven Winners! We don’t get many smaller containers In our area of lower Alabama. The big box stores have a few bigger hanging baskets . Interesting!
Wonderful interview he is also so passionate about what he does at two things I live in the Malibu zone we still don’t get PW. But while listening to your interview I couldn’t help but see the guy behind you watering the concrete where I live in California we can still only water three days a week for 10 minutes and your whole interview that guy was watering the concrete i’m sure there was a reason for it still tugged at my heart don’t waste that water.
Janey, you are a natural interviewer! Your curiosity and enthusiasm for gardens will take you far!. I can't believe the trip you have lined up--it would be a dream vacation (even working!) for me! Absorb all that good garden energy and we'll love seeing what you turn it into at your new home! YOU are the best!
I have loved PW for years!! I live in SE Ohio and still do not have access to a lot of PW plants. I visit the local big box stores regularly scouring for PW. Thanks for this awesome interview!!! So informational!❤
I don't know if you have a knack for meeting such funny and engaging people, but I have loved everyone you have interviewed the last couple of months. Marshall is a hoot and I can see why PW wanted him even without a marketing background! lol If they ever need to trial plants in a hot and humid area, my garden in SW GA is available!!
🙋🏻♀️ i need to trial for them in Oklahoma!!! I went down the PW rabbit hole bc of Jenny, Janie amd Laura but so hard to find exactly what i needed. But got started with good amount so far! Loving the salvia and so ready for the new colors next year!
Loved this interview. Also, I am excited that they are trialing plants in South Florida!!! I live in Southeast Florida in zone 10A and we do not see many proven winners plants in our garden centers. I know you can relate, Janey.
It was so interesting to learn about PW and all that takes place to grow the plants and get them to the market. Marshall is a real asset to the company - such a nice person!
YEA propagation for Southern gardens (Alabama can't wait). Even though we are getting some here now - a lot more than we've ever had before! It's really hard to get the plant and soil supplements also.
Glad you included California; and I heard him mention Malibu. However, California has so many ranges - like Malibu, cool sea breezes, which is in So. California. Then there's the Inland Empire, which is also So. California, which is where I live (Ontario). And I'm glad you mentioned "why don't garden centers where I live provide Proven Winners?" There are 3 main garden centers in my area and every so slowly PW's are beginning to appear...very slowly. Please Proven Winners, keep working with major garden centers to provide us with more PW. So far I'm seeing supertunias and some superbenas - not all of the wonderful colors PW's puts out but some. I am the proud mom of several supertunias and they are awesome, even in the Inland Empire - as long as the get watered they are happy. One of them was getting leggy (I missed watering one day) and I got brave and cut the leggy part off. You should see the size of the new leaves and flowers. It's like a different plant - leaves are so large as is the flower. So, don't be afraid to cut them back if they do get a little leggy on you. Yeah, Proven Winners! And, thank you for coordinating with PW and this video!
Such a fun interview Janey. You did a great job asking all the right questions and I learned that I would like to have one of those stand by me clematis. I hope you are having a wonderful trip.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this interview. I live in south central Alabama and I have the hardest time finding a large selection of Proven Winners plants. This has been so valuable.
Hi janey!! I enjoyed this interview. I'm so sold on Proven Winners. You're a perfect ambassador for them. I'm looking forward to this series and also looking forward to seeing your new garden in your new house. Take care. 🌺🌺🌻🌻🌸🌸🌼🌼
Well done Janey... even though he "slid" through the California question. I can only hope that some day we'll see them in maybe Green Acres???? Know you're having a wonderful time!
That’s so thoughtful of you Twila, i am learning alot from her teachings too, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
I’m in Australia, and have numerous plants from PW. I habitually keep the plant tags of whatever I place in the ground for later reference, and it was after I started watching a certain YT channel up in Oregon about four years ago, I was so certain I’d seen those labels before; sure enough they were in my garden. Some I’d bought from Bunnings (a big box store here in Australia), some came from small, independent retailers. They’re out there, and I just found they have an online store though I haven’t used it yet. It looks like their main focus in Australia is primarily low water needs, high heat tolerant perennials plants - think Evolvulus Blue My Mind, Buddleja Buzz series, Day Lilies, but I did notice Heurchera Coral Bells, Cosmos Choca Mocha, Superbells, supertunias Vista Silversbells more, so l look forward to the more extensive availability come Spring! Just search Proven Winners Australia if you’re local!
What a great chat Janey! I couldn’t stop watching the guy water the pavement though! I was so distracted by it…maybe because we just went into strict water restrictions here on Vancouver Island. I’m becoming obsessed with water! 💦Ha, ha. You did an awesome job though and it was a very interesting and informative interview.
Great interview Janey! If Proven Winners is going to get into houseplants, we REALLY need more interesting low light plants. In the Seattle area, it is dark here in the winter, so having houseplants for low light would be awesome and really cheer us up during our gray winter. Also, you can take your used pots back to Lowe's or Home Depot. They both take them back and recycle them!
Very interesting. I live in East Texas and we can find some PW plants, but not a lot of them. Now I know why. There are so many that I would love to try. Hopefully, we'll be able to in the future.
Janey, You could be a Proven Winners employee in California! If I were younger, I’d be gravy on rice to be an employee of Proven Winners. What a pleasant individual Marshall is! I loved the detail, relatable conversation. Can’t wait for the next interview.
I feel like you gave us a sneak peek into the grass roots of PW. This was so interesting. Thank you for sharing this with us. Also, welcome to the east coast. I’m in Virginia and we love PW. Much of my success in my garden I owe to PW. It is true….if you start with a better plant you will have a better garden.😅❤
This was such an interesting interview! I have a much better understanding of the Proven Winners brand now and I am impressed! What a great company. Looking forward to seeing more PW drought and heat tolerant plants for California, zone 9b! 🌻M
I loved this video! I’ll be calling the hotline this morning because I keep killing my Supertunia Vista Bubblegum and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I think overwatering but I’m going to buy more this week and try again. I love Proven Winners even more after this video. 🌼🌺💝
I think Lowes are still doing this but you can return any of your plant pots, plastic tags and the trays to them. They accept this material even if you purchase them at other stores. When Lowes receive new plants they pick up plastic pots etc. Quite often your local nurseries will accept pots back you purchased from them. Helps to recycle.
Really am enjoying this interview Janee! Thanks for sharing this with us. So funny that he describes Southern CA as easy to grow in and Malibu lol. I'm about an hour and a half inland from Malibu in the high desert with temps up to 115F in the summer and down to 15-20F in the winter. I also have clay soil lol. Soooo hard to find proven winners, but I've been testing out the ones I can find in my climate. Currently have: Supertunia Bordeaux, Luscious Lantana Pina Colada, Lemon Coral Sedum and Sparkling Amethyst Superbena. Interested to see how they handle the heat in the next few weeks and how they overwinter. And sooo excited too see Proven Winners plants become more accessible as time passes! :)
I live in Houston, Texas which is zone 9…it is so hard when trying to find Proven Winners. We have both Lowe’s, Home Depot, Tractor Supply and Walmart garden centers…it is impossible to find PW there.
Yes. They must realize they are missing a great opportunity in NoCA. The shipping costs from mail order would equal out the increase in cost at a nursery. I’ll pay extra for a PW. If I can find one!!!
I’m in Southern California and have ordered PW on line and bought a few at the big box stores. I have not been impressed with the performance of any of them. They just don’t live up to the hype. I hope PW will invest the time into developing not only heat tolerant but some drought tolerant plants for us in the west and southern US.
As a Floridian, I agree. I bought a PW salvia and a random brand salvia at my garden center a few months back (it was actually by mistake, I thought both were PW but when I realized, I was already paying and thought oh well!)... Turns out the no name brand has done way better. I believe Janey and everyone else who rave PW so I'm sure our quality is because they haven't had the capacity to grow plants that thrive in our areas. I'm excited that it's in the pipeline because I NEED some of these plants in my garden haha!
Janey, thanks so much for this segment. Iam in awe of what PW has grown into from humble beginnings. Personally, I would like to know if PW is willing to take a look at promoting native plants? Don't get me wrong, I like my "exotics" and my hybrids as much as the next guy, but increasingly, I am getting into a more "multi-dimensional" approach in my garden. I want my garden to also go to work preserving threatened birds and pollinators. I am not the only gardener, who thinks like this. It seems PW could enhance it's brand if it became a leader in native plants as well. Or am I simply being a naive hippie? I believe there really is room in home gardens to raise natives alongside roses and petunias. Inclusivity is a good thing?🙂🙂💚💯
Loved it!!! Thank you! I tried to place a proven winners order online, but it wasn't user-friendly (for me). Should I just call them on the phone? I'm in west TN, zone 7b, and I do need heat-resistant plants. 🌱
Loved this!! Definitely Proven Winners plants do better in my garden then others. Just wish they weren’t so $$. My Supertunias cost $9 each this year. :(. I tried cheaper ones for out-of-the-way spots in my garden but they just didn’t grow as well.
That is expensive. I live in Philly suburbs. I drive an hour away to Lancaster Co. Lots of greenhouses there with fantastic PW selections under $4 each.
OK, I'm sure they are everything he claims, and I love the PW website. I've purchased live plants twice from PW and both shipments arrived in less than pristine condition and died shortly thereafter. It could have well been my brown thumb, but my plants do better when I purchase from a local nursery.
We completely agree - a local nursery or garden center is the best option always! The plants we do put in a box are beautiful, but shipping can definitely be hard on them as much as we keep improving our packing, watering and timing.
I really enjoyed hearing from Marshall, heś a kick - love his enthusiasm! Iḿ happy that PW is concerned about going as green as possible and the philosophy of keeping an open mind with the willingness to learn and change.
Oh, my goodness Janey! This was a fabulous interview! Mr. Dirk is so much fun - so down to earth - and so passionate about people and their plants! It makes me want to go to work for Proven Winners! I am already a customer but being S. CA I rarely find PW plants at my local nurseries or big box stores. I found two small annuals last week and was over the moon! Janey, YOU make these videos so much fun! Thank you for all you do!!!
I wish this was a live show I would have liked to ask if the Chinese spotted lantern fly is the bug effecting the demise of my superbells I’m losing them one by one since these bugs appeared
Hi. I assume you live in the NE. I live in PA next to the county where they were first spotted. I haven’t heard of them affecting any types of flowers.
I've not heard of that either - the biggest culprit is too much water on Superbells. If you're soil is wet, let it dry out completely before watering again.
While living in Ohio years ago I was introduced to Proven Winners through Supertunia Vista Bubble Gum and could buy so many other options. I now live in Georgia and it is so difficult to find anything here. Nurseries as well as big box stores don’t even seem to know about the particular plants I am asking for when I contacted PW about shipping me plants the shipping cost was more than the plant cost just not feasible for me. I desire to be able to purchase huge annual hanging baskets as we are seniors and they are so much easier for us.
Really enjoyed this conversation! What a great and pleasant guy. Really passionate about what he does! That is always great to see and hear.
I love that this company is owned by a family. This is real America. They have a dream and ran with it. Way to go Proven Winners. Great company story
What a great conversation, Janey! Great way to start my day. What a great representative Marshall is. Thanks for asking about when we can get PW plants here in California and other states. Happy to hear that they’re working on it. In the meantime, we can still order directly from Proven Winners and now Garden Crossings! You are truly in your element. Your enthusiasm is so infectious. You are a delight to watch 🌻
Janey, you sound like a real professional interviewer...it was delightful to watch. Thank you.
Marshall has a terrific personality! He’s engaging, knowledgeable and passionate. It’s clear PW saw that in him over 20; years ago
That’s so thoughtful of you, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
What a great story! So much love and energy put into this company. I loved Proven Winners before but love it more now. Thank you Janey for this delightful interview!
Great information! So glad you are part of PW and can bring us much needed info!
Lots of networking is so important with companies growing..😊 love his story. Janie you are a wonderful interviewer you ask the right questions.❤
This was delightful! Good job, Janey!
That’s so thoughtful of you Lissa, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
This was a great video. I glad to know more about Proven Winners. We are very fortunate to live close to Creekside Nursery in Dallas, NC. Year before last, we were short a few of one kind of Proven Winner flowers we bought there, so we ran to a big box store that is closer to us, thought oh, we only need two more. We sure learned the difference in the Proven Winner plants we got from Creekside. The root system was so much healthier. The roots were beautifully white and plump. We have now seen with our on eyes the difference. We look forward to our visits to Creekside!
Thank you for your time! that was awesome
Yay! More plants for Florida 😊
Very interesting to hear all of the thinking and work behind PW and the caring of the owners and people who work for them! Thanks for sharing this interview with Marshall Dirks!
Loved this conversation with Marshall!
Great video and interview with Marshall.👍🇨🇦
That’s so thoughtful of you Joanne, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
Great interview! I live in southern Wisconsin and we have access to many Proven Winners plants here and I grow them with great results. We are so thankful for some much needed rain today! Plants and birds are happy too!
Great interview! Thanks Janey and Marshal!
Hi Janey🌺 .An interesting conversation with Marshall dirks .Have awonderful week .🌺🌻🌺
What a wonderful interview! Great questions and so interesting to hear From Marshall all about Proven Winners. Great passion from both of you. Thank you for bringing this to us. Wish I lived near by, it would be a great company to work for :)
As a South African,so excited to see PW here!
This was the best video! Enjoyed hearing about Proven Winners! We don’t get many smaller containers In our area of lower Alabama. The big box stores have a few bigger hanging baskets . Interesting!
What a nice guy. I love P.W.. Great interview Janey. You are really in your element. Good for you Janey & Great for us.❤
So happy for you Janey!!!
That’s so thoughtful of you RoseMary, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
Wonderful interview he is also so passionate about what he does at two things I live in the Malibu zone we still don’t get PW. But while listening to your interview I couldn’t help but see the guy behind you watering the concrete where I live in California we can still only water three days a week for 10 minutes and your whole interview that guy was watering the concrete i’m sure there was a reason for it still tugged at my heart don’t waste that water.
I had the opportunity to meet Marshall this past spring @ Araujo Farms & Greenhouse. Great guy and very knowledgeable. 👍
Thanks so much! I was with LeeAnne Araujo a couple weeks ago at the Newport Flower Show - the entire family is amazing!!
That man loves his wife. Loved how he got choked up when talking about her.
Janey, you are a natural interviewer! Your curiosity and enthusiasm for gardens will take you far!. I can't believe the trip you have lined up--it would be a dream vacation (even working!) for me! Absorb all that good garden energy and we'll love seeing what you turn it into at your new home! YOU are the best!
That’s so thoughtful of you Anne, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
This guy is great!!
I have loved PW for years!! I live in SE Ohio and still do not have access to a lot of PW plants. I visit the local big box stores regularly scouring for PW. Thanks for this awesome interview!!! So informational!❤
I don't know if you have a knack for meeting such funny and engaging people, but I have loved everyone you have interviewed the last couple of months. Marshall is a hoot and I can see why PW wanted him even without a marketing background! lol If they ever need to trial plants in a hot and humid area, my garden in SW GA is available!!
Enjoyed the interview with Marshal - thank you
getting the inside scope on the new pots
🙋🏻♀️ i need to trial for them in Oklahoma!!! I went down the PW rabbit hole bc of Jenny, Janie amd Laura but so hard to find exactly what i needed. But got started with good amount so far! Loving the salvia and so ready for the new colors next year!
That’s so thoughtful of you Tracy, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
We are so lucky to have quite a bit of proven winner products in Omaha, NE area 💜
Loved this interview. Also, I am excited that they are trialing plants in South Florida!!! I live in Southeast Florida in zone 10A and we do not see many proven winners plants in our garden centers. I know you can relate, Janey.
It was so interesting to learn about PW and all that takes place to grow the plants and get them to the market. Marshall is a real asset to the company - such a nice person!
YEA propagation for Southern gardens (Alabama can't wait). Even though we are getting some here now - a lot more than we've ever had before! It's really hard to get the plant and soil supplements also.
Glad you included California; and I heard him mention Malibu. However, California has so many ranges - like Malibu, cool sea breezes, which is in So. California. Then there's the Inland Empire, which is also So. California, which is where I live (Ontario). And I'm glad you mentioned "why don't garden centers where I live provide Proven Winners?" There are 3 main garden centers in my area and every so slowly PW's are beginning to appear...very slowly. Please Proven Winners, keep working with major garden centers to provide us with more PW. So far I'm seeing supertunias and some superbenas - not all of the wonderful colors PW's puts out but some. I am the proud mom of several supertunias and they are awesome, even in the Inland Empire - as long as the get watered they are happy. One of them was getting leggy (I missed watering one day) and I got brave and cut the leggy part off. You should see the size of the new leaves and flowers. It's like a different plant - leaves are so large as is the flower. So, don't be afraid to cut them back if they do get a little leggy on you. Yeah, Proven Winners! And, thank you for coordinating with PW and this video!
What a interesting, knowledgeable, and personable man Mr Marshall is. Love the content of this video
So interesting! He's great.
Such a fun interview Janey. You did a great job asking all the right questions and I learned that I would like to have one of those stand by me clematis. I hope you are having a wonderful trip.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this interview. I live in south central Alabama and I have the hardest time finding a large selection of Proven Winners plants. This has been so valuable.
That’s so thoughtful of you Sally, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
Such a great conversation! Nice to get to know Dirks.
I’ve now added Amsonia and Stand by Me Clematis to my 2024 list. Now I just have to hope my local nursery brings these plants ! 🤞❤️🇨🇦
Great conversation ; learned a few things which is always nice.🌸
Hi janey!! I enjoyed this interview. I'm so sold on Proven Winners. You're a perfect ambassador for them. I'm looking forward to this series and also looking forward to seeing your new garden in your new house. Take care. 🌺🌺🌻🌻🌸🌸🌼🌼
Well done Janey... even though he "slid" through the California question. I can only hope that some day we'll see them in maybe Green Acres???? Know you're having a wonderful time!
Great interview!
Great conversation !! Love his energy
That’s so thoughtful of you darlene, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
Fabulous interview ! 35 minutes of entertaining positivity 🥰
Thank you Elaine! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Another fantastic and informative interview. Great to take a peek into that side of gardening.
Lovely video Janey 🍃🌸🍃
I learning so much.😊
That’s so thoughtful of you Twila, i am learning alot from her teachings too, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
I’m in Australia, and have numerous plants from PW. I habitually keep the plant tags of whatever I place in the ground for later reference, and it was after I started watching a certain YT channel up in Oregon about four years ago, I was so certain I’d seen those labels before; sure enough they were in my garden. Some I’d bought from Bunnings (a big box store here in Australia), some came from small, independent retailers. They’re out there, and I just found they have an online store though I haven’t used it yet. It looks like their main focus in Australia is primarily low water needs, high heat tolerant perennials plants - think Evolvulus Blue My Mind, Buddleja Buzz series, Day Lilies, but I did notice Heurchera Coral Bells, Cosmos Choca Mocha, Superbells, supertunias Vista Silversbells more, so l look forward to the more extensive availability come Spring! Just search Proven Winners Australia if you’re local!
Thanks for the tip Claudia. I'm in Australia too and just searched for the PW Aust site. I'm loving it!. 🌻
What a great chat Janey! I couldn’t stop watching the guy water the pavement though! I was so distracted by it…maybe because we just went into strict water restrictions here on Vancouver Island. I’m becoming obsessed with water! 💦Ha, ha. You did an awesome job though and it was a very interesting and informative interview.
Great interview Janey! If Proven Winners is going to get into houseplants, we REALLY need more interesting low light plants. In the Seattle area, it is dark here in the winter, so having houseplants for low light would be awesome and really cheer us up during our gray winter. Also, you can take your used pots back to Lowe's or Home Depot. They both take them back and recycle them!
That’s so thoughtful of you Elizabeth, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
What an interesting and fun interview! Thanks Janey!
Very interesting. I live in East Texas and we can find some PW plants, but not a lot of them. Now I know why. There are so many that I would love to try. Hopefully, we'll be able to in the future.
A great, interesting and entertaining video. Thank you.
Janey, You could be a Proven Winners employee in California! If I were younger, I’d be gravy on rice to be an employee of Proven Winners. What a pleasant individual Marshall is! I loved the detail, relatable conversation. Can’t wait for the next interview.
I feel like you gave us a sneak peek into the grass roots of PW. This was so interesting. Thank you for sharing this with us. Also, welcome to the east coast. I’m in Virginia and we love PW. Much of my success in my garden I owe to PW. It is true….if you start with a better plant you will have a better garden.😅❤
Great video! Marshall seems to be as excited about Proven Winners as you are!
This was such an interesting interview! I have a much better understanding of the Proven Winners brand now and I am impressed! What a great company. Looking forward to seeing more PW drought and heat tolerant plants for California, zone 9b! 🌻M
I loved this video! I’ll be calling the hotline this morning because I keep killing my Supertunia Vista Bubblegum and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I think overwatering but I’m going to buy more this week and try again. I love Proven Winners even more after this video. 🌼🌺💝
Janey, check out Petitti Garden Centers, several in Ohio, Canton, Ohio might be close to you .. Have fun!!
It's all about the great plants!
Mr Marshall delivered the Proven Winners story so well! He should be on every garden clubs list.... does he do such speaking?
I think Lowes are still doing this but you can return any of your plant pots, plastic tags and the trays to them. They accept this material even if you purchase them at other stores. When Lowes receive new plants they pick up plastic pots etc. Quite often your local nurseries will accept pots back you purchased from them. Helps to recycle.
Really am enjoying this interview Janee! Thanks for sharing this with us. So funny that he describes Southern CA as easy to grow in and Malibu lol. I'm about an hour and a half inland from Malibu in the high desert with temps up to 115F in the summer and down to 15-20F in the winter. I also have clay soil lol. Soooo hard to find proven winners, but I've been testing out the ones I can find in my climate. Currently have: Supertunia Bordeaux, Luscious Lantana Pina Colada, Lemon Coral Sedum and Sparkling Amethyst Superbena. Interested to see how they handle the heat in the next few weeks and how they overwinter. And sooo excited too see Proven Winners plants become more accessible as time passes! :)
Thank You for this. I never knew what all the hype was with Proven Winners and now I understand ☺
I live in Houston, Texas which is zone 9…it is so hard when trying to find Proven Winners. We have both Lowe’s, Home Depot, Tractor Supply and Walmart garden centers…it is impossible to find PW there.
What a nice interview!
Greetings from Poland:-)
That was great 😍
Wonderful interview, sounds like it's never ending for them to make a better product. Janey, I'd like to know what brought them to you.?
This was the best!
I really enjoyed that conversation. Thank you, Janey. Still wish PW was easier to get. So I’ll be patient. 😂
That’s so thoughtful of you Annette, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
Yes. They must realize they are missing a great opportunity in NoCA. The shipping costs from mail order would equal out the increase in cost at a nursery. I’ll pay extra for a PW. If I can find one!!!
I’m in Southern California and have ordered PW on line and bought a few at the big box stores. I have not been impressed with the performance of any of them. They just don’t live up to the hype. I hope PW will invest the time into developing not only heat tolerant but some drought tolerant plants for us in the west and southern US.
As a Floridian, I agree. I bought a PW salvia and a random brand salvia at my garden center a few months back (it was actually by mistake, I thought both were PW but when I realized, I was already paying and thought oh well!)... Turns out the no name brand has done way better. I believe Janey and everyone else who rave PW so I'm sure our quality is because they haven't had the capacity to grow plants that thrive in our areas. I'm excited that it's in the pipeline because I NEED some of these plants in my garden haha!
Interesting interview
That’s so thoughtful of you Curt, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
Janey, thanks so much for this segment. Iam in awe of what PW has grown into from humble beginnings. Personally, I would like to know if PW is willing to take a look at promoting native plants? Don't get me wrong, I like my "exotics" and my hybrids as much as the next guy, but increasingly, I am getting into a more "multi-dimensional" approach in my garden. I want my garden to also go to work preserving threatened birds and pollinators. I am not the only gardener, who thinks like this. It seems PW could enhance it's brand if it became a leader in native plants as well. Or am I simply being a naive hippie? I believe there really is room in home gardens to raise natives alongside roses and petunias. Inclusivity is a good thing?🙂🙂💚💯
Loved it!!! Thank you! I tried to place a proven winners order online, but it wasn't user-friendly (for me). Should I just call them on the phone? I'm in west TN, zone 7b, and I do need heat-resistant plants. 🌱
Loved this!! Definitely Proven Winners plants do better in my garden then others. Just wish they weren’t so $$. My Supertunias cost $9 each this year. :(. I tried cheaper ones for out-of-the-way spots in my garden but they just didn’t grow as well.
That is expensive. I live in Philly suburbs. I drive an hour away to Lancaster Co. Lots of greenhouses there with fantastic PW selections under $4 each.
@@heatherk2693 Wow! I wish.
OK, I'm sure they are everything he claims, and I love the PW website. I've purchased live plants twice from PW and both shipments arrived in less than pristine condition and died shortly thereafter. It could have well been my brown thumb, but my plants do better when I purchase from a local nursery.
We completely agree - a local nursery or garden center is the best option always! The plants we do put in a box are beautiful, but shipping can definitely be hard on them as much as we keep improving our packing, watering and timing.
great video🎉
Thank you 🤗
Can't wait for them to come to Australia 🇦🇺 😂
This was great Janey! I love my Birkin too! 💚 Houseplants… yay! How can I be a part of a Proven Winners houseplant trial 😉 😂Thanks Marshall!
I love Bubble gum petunia
Haha ill buy from box store in April but they are so bad about watering …its a lost cause in Ok when it gets hot at a lot of stores.
I really enjoyed hearing from Marshall, heś a kick - love his enthusiasm! Iḿ happy that PW is concerned about going as green as possible and the philosophy of keeping an open mind with the willingness to learn and change.
You and me both! I am so incredibly proud to be working with this amazing company. Just the best!
Great interview! Who are the Canadian ones?!? I live in Hamilton, Ontario (about an hour north of Buffalo)!! Love your channel 🇨🇦❤✌🏻🌸🌼🪻
We work with Ed Sobkowich in Grimsby, ONT - they sell only wholesale, but they've got a beautiful garden you can visit if you give them a call.
Please tell them to send more supertunia vistas to Oregon!!! I can’t buy them. I spent $50.92 for three 4-inch vistas from Crossings. Yikes!
That’s so thoughtful of you marilyn, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
Oh, my goodness Janey! This was a fabulous interview! Mr. Dirk is so much fun - so down to earth - and so passionate about people and their plants! It makes me want to go to work for Proven Winners! I am already a customer but being S. CA I rarely find PW plants at my local nurseries or big box stores. I found two small annuals last week and was over the moon! Janey, YOU make these videos so much fun! Thank you for all you do!!!
Janey I hope you will be influential in PW plants being more accessible to gardeners in SW Florida. 😂
How does a person get the country to rezone the area that I live in?
I wish this was a live show I would have liked to ask if the Chinese spotted lantern fly is the bug effecting the demise of my superbells I’m losing them one by one since these bugs appeared
Hi. I assume you live in the NE. I live in PA next to the county where they were first spotted. I haven’t heard of them affecting any types of flowers.
I've not heard of that either - the biggest culprit is too much water on Superbells. If you're soil is wet, let it dry out completely before watering again.
Proven Winners, Europe Austria ?😊
While living in Ohio years ago I was introduced to Proven Winners through Supertunia Vista Bubble Gum and could buy so many other options. I now live in Georgia and it is so difficult to find anything here. Nurseries as well as big box stores don’t even seem to know about the particular plants I am asking for when I contacted PW about shipping me plants the shipping cost was more than the plant cost just not feasible for me. I desire to be able to purchase huge annual hanging baskets as we are seniors and they are so much easier for us.
Great interview!