Gifting living flowers for Valentine's Day

Valley View Farms: Gifting potted plants to green-thumbed sweethearts for Valentine’s Day

IT’S TIME FOR SUNDAY. GARDENER CARRIE ENGEL FROM VALLEY VIEW FARMS, JOINING US LIVE IN STUDIO TO ANSWER ALL OF MY PERSONAL QUESTIONS. IT WORKS. I ALWAYS HAVE SO MANY. FOR YOU. IS THE BEST THING EVER. SO YOU BROUGHT US ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. YEAH, JUST SOME OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT NOW. YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO GET ROSES. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW? AND BUT THESE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS. AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING TO GRANDMA, OR YOU WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING TO YOUR SIXTH GRADE TEACHER OR WHATEVER. SO THESE ARE SOME OTHER OPTIONS. THERE YOU GO. ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE THIS IDEA. INSTEAD OF LIKE, BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE LIKE, THE ROSES ARE GREAT, BUT WE KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO DIE IN, LIKE, A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND YOU’RE GOING TO GET A FEW MONTHS BLOOM OUT OF MOST OF THESE, AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND BLOOM AGAIN. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT LIKE REPOTTING AND EVERYTHING. SO YOU DO HAVE TO DO THAT OCCASIONALLY. AND THERE ARE SOME SMALLER ONES FOR SMALLER SPACES. AFRICAN VIOLETS AN ALL TIME FAVORITE, BUT THEY REALLY WORK. THEY’RE JUST A NICE PLANT THAT BLOOMS MOST OF THE YEAR. I LOVE THE PINKS AND EVERYTHING IN SOME OF THE NEW CHINESE EVERGREENS. THESE ARE GOING TO TURN THIS AROUND SO THEY CAN SEE. LOOK AT ALL THAT PINK IN THOSE LEAVES. AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE EVEN MORE RED THAN THAT. BUT THIS WAS A NICE LOOKING PLANT AT THE STORE TODAY. YEAH, IT’S REALLY PRETTY. AND WHAT’S THIS PINK ONE OVER HERE? THAT’S A PRIMROSE. THEY’RE REALLY AN OUTDOOR PLANT. LIKE A PERENNIAL. THEY COME BACK EVERY YEAR. OKAY. BUT WE FORCED THEM THIS TIME OF YEAR JUST TO GET US KIND OF THINKING SPRING. BECAUSE A LOT OF US KIND OF HAD IT WITH THE SNOW A LITTLE BIT. SO COMING IN THE GREENHOUSE AND SEEING ALL THE FLOWERS AND YOU NOTICE THIS ONE, THE SCENT AND THE LET ME TELL YOU, WE HAVEN’T FIGURED OUT SMELL-O-VISION YET, BUT THIS ONE SMELLS SO GOOD. AND I WAS ASKING BECAUSE I LOVE LILIES. THEY’RE ONE OF MY FAVORITES. BUT ONE THING I DON’T LIKE ABOUT LILIES IS THE POLLEN. THEY DROP STAINS. EVERYTHING THEY DO AND HIBISCUS DO THE SAME THING. I DO LIKE THESE. THEY DON’T HAVE THAT. SOMETIMES THESE LITTLE FLOWERS FALL OFF LIKE I LOST A COUPLE IN THE COLD TODAY. BUT THEY DO. THEY’RE USED A LOT IN WEDDING BOUQUETS BECAUSE OF THAT FRAGRANCE. AND JUST JUST A BEAUTIFUL, LIKE, BRIGHT WHITE FLOWER. AND THEN THIS IS GORGEOUS. ISN’T THAT NEAT? YES, I LOVE THIS. THEY COME A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIZES. SO THAT’S ANTHURIUM. THE ORIGINALS IN HAWAII ARE LIKE HUGE. LOOK AT HOW SHINY HEAD SIZE BLOOMS. BUT LIKE A WAXY KIND OF SHINE ON IT. AND I’VE HAD ONE. IN A WARDIAN CASE, IT’S KIND OF LIKE A TRILLIUM, BUT IT’S NOT. AND IT’S BEEN IN BLOOM FOR PROBABLY FOUR YEARS. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THESE IN THE HOUSE. NOW, THIS WAS MY QUESTION TO CARRIE, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE THE SAME ONE, RIGHT? I LOVE THESE ORCHIDS, BUT THESE LITTLE ROOT THINGS, I KEEP FREAKING OUT. THEY’RE COMING OUT OF THE DIRT. I’M LIKE, OH MY GOD, WE HAVE TO REPLY TO, AM I KILLING MY PLANT BY NOT HAVING THESE UNDER THE DIRT? NOT AT ALL. THESE ARE PHALAENOPSIS. THEY’RE CALLED EPIPHYTIC PLANTS. SO IN NATURE THEY’RE NOT IN SOIL. THEY’RE UP IN THE TREES KIND OF HANGING ON THE BRANCHES AND THINGS. SO THEY’RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THINGS IN POTS IF YOU GET TOO MANY OF THEM THOUGH. AND MAYBE IT’S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE YOU’VE REPOTTED IT, IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO REPOT. YOU’LL NOTICE THIS DOESN’T GO IN SOIL. IT GOES IN LIKE A BARK MEDIUM. YES, I HAVE THAT. YEAH. SO YOU WANT TO GET SPECIAL ORCHID BARK WHEN YOU DO REPOT THEM? OKAY. AND YOU CAN GET THEM SPECIFIC TO THE TYPE OF ORCHID TOO. SO I CAN STOP PANICKING. YEAH. NOW WHICH OF THESE NEEDS HIGHLIGHT WHICH ONES NEED LOW LIGHT MOST? THESE TWO ARE GOING TO HANDLE MODERATE TO LOW LIGHT OKAY. THE REST OF THEM WOULD REALLY LIKE BRIGHT LIGHT OKAY. FOR THE MOST PART KEEP THEM NEAR A WINDOW. EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT I LOVE THIS. THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS. YEAH. THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GIVE THEM TO SOMEBODY, AND THEN IT’S A PLANT THAT YOU LOVE, BUT YOU COULD LOVE IT BACK AND KEEP IT GOING. YOU CAN KEEP IT GOING. ALWAYS LOVE WHEN YOU COME HERE. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK, YOU CAN GET THEM ANSWERED BY EMAILING OUR SUNDAY GARDENER TEAM. JUST EMAIL PLANT QUESTIONS AT

Valley View Farms: Gifting potted plants to green-thumbed sweethearts for Valentine’s Day

Updated: 4:13 PM EST Feb 1, 2026

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Does your Valentine love to garden? Carrie Engel from Valley View Farms shares the most beautiful potted plants to gift your sweetheart: