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Botanist Yin Kaipu and modern-day plant hunter Dan Hinkley stumble upon a roadside garden and find a treasure trove of famous flowers in their native birthplace.

To see NOVA's story about the origin of flowering plants, watch "First Flower" on PBS on April 17 at 8 p.m.

Video podcast narrated by Melissa Salpietra. "First Flower" excerpt was produced by Doug Hamilton. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.

To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/flower

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  • Wow that guy was like a kid in a candy store

  • I got to watch Dan's love for plants grow starting from 1990. It's been such a wonderful thing. He helped to create the wonder of it all in me, in his classes at Edmonds Community College and then working with him at Heronswood. I sit here with a bad knee and other crippling things going on and have tears in my eyes, being so glad I have Dan out there,making it possible to see things through his eyes. I'm so grateful for Dan's little boy wonder and the happiness it gives me.

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  • i wish i could know this much about anything. this is love.

  • how can I watch the full one? I went to the website and still cant watch it. I need it for my project

  • this show is so funny

  • At the hardware store, or nursery. Mine came in a small jug, and you mix it with water and put it on the leaves. It will improve all your veggies and fruit trees, but read the label to make sure you can use it on that type.

  • Where can I get calciums?

  • Make sure your tomatoes have plenty of calcium. My soil is clay heavy and the plants can't get enough usable calcium unless i spray it on their leaves. If you dont have enough, you will get the black bottoms on your tomatoes..........icky.

  • I wish i knew of a nursery or catalog that sold the original species from China. I once had a species camillia that I purchased as a baby from a nursery in Bolinas, CA, but it was so tiny and didn't survive.....or at least it was 20 years ago, and I'm a much better gardener now. Anyone know of such a company?

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