HortMemo 2006

 

 

December 22, 2006

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM:Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

I offer my sincere thanks to Christi Forsythe who reminds me that it is time for a HortMemo and prepares it and sends it to you. I would also like to thank Agricultural Communications Services, in particular UKRECs representative to that group Freddie Higgins with assistance from Rich Phelps, that keep Christi and I going and keep the web site up and available for posting by Amy Fulcher (Nursery Updates) <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/KHC/NurseryUpdate.html ***FIX LINK***>) and me (HortMemo <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/HortMemo.html ***FIX LINK***> and the whole UK Nursery/landscape site <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/win1.html ***FIX LINK***>).

 

I hope to see you at the Kentucky Landscape Industries Conference, January 2-3, 2007 at the Kentucky Exposition Center South Wing, Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, KY and at the Mid-States Horticultural Expo (KNLA, TNLA, & SNA Trade Show). January 4-5, 2007 at the same site. For more information contact: Betsie Taylor, KNLA Exec. Dir., 350 Village Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601; 502.848.0055 or 800.735.9791; Fax, 502.848.0032; e-mail, knla@mis.net or go to the websites http://www.knla.org or http://www.sna.org/midstates

 

The Kentucky Theodore Klein Plant Award Winners ***FIX LINK*** for 2007 are: 

Acanthus spinosa - spiny bears breeches

Bignonia capreolata - Crossvine - cultivars: 'Atrosanguinea', 'Tangerine Beauty', 'Jekyll'

Magnolia virginiana var. australis - Sweetbay Magnolia - cultivars: Henry Hicks, Northern Bell, Aiken County, Green Bay syn. Green Shadow

Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood

Physocarpus opulifolius Seward 'Summer Wine'

 

The cultivars of Bignonia capreolata and Magnolia virginiana var. australis are recommendations not specifically Theodore Klein Plant Award winners. If you have information on cultivars you feel important to Kentucky plants people please let me know wdunwell@uky.edu and we will add your comments to the on-line description or in the event of a cultivar that has consistently done poorly eliminate it from the on-line description.

 

The Perennial Plant Association 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year is Nepeta Walkers Low. Introduced in 1988 in Europe it is described in BlueStone Perennials as: 30" tall spreading to 3' wide. Named for a garden, not its size, as it grows to 30". Lovely blue violet flowers accent aromatic grey green foliage. Its long season of bloom and carefree habit make it a worthy addition to the Perennial Plant "Hall of Fame". At Greenbeam there is an article on production practices specific to this cultivar <http://www.greenbeam.com/features/plant082806b.stm>.

 

 

November 30, 2006

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

LAST CHANCE is Tuesday, November 28, to register for the Kentucky Certified Nurseryman's Training December 5th, 2006, 0830-1600 at the McCracken County Extension Office, 2705 Olivet Church Road, Paducah, KY. KCN is a state certification program for nursery professionals/horticulturist. 

Register for the training by contacting Dava Hayden at the McCracken County Extension Office, 270.554.9520 or dava.hayden@uky.edu

 

SNA Executive Vice President Danny Summers and his wife Karen, who have served 18 years at SNA, announced their resignations in October. They are going back into the green industry and plan to spend more time with their family. SNA has established the Summers Education Fund as a way of thanking Danny and Karen for their 18 years of faithful service to the association, SNA President Skeetter McCorkle said. We invite anyone who would like to join in this effort to do so by making a contribution. For further information on the Summers Education Fund contact the Southern Nursery Association, Inc., 1827 Powers Ferry Rd. SE, Ste 4-100, Atlanta, GA 30339-8422, Phone: 770.953.3311, Fax: 770.953.4411, e-mail: mail@sna.org

 

The American Hemerocallis Society has prepared a press release: Listing Hemerocallis fulva as an Invasive Species. I first heard about this at a workshop on invasive species at the Eastern Region International Plant Propagator's Society meeting in Grand Rapids, MI and have since read the publication in The Michigan Landscape November 2006 issue and online at http://www.daylilies.org/pressreleases.html To quote directly from the release: "Several state and agency publications and websites list Hemerocallis fulva as an invasive species. Unfortunately there appears to be some confusion in properly identifying the rhizomatous H. fulva species and setting it apart from the non-invasive, clump forming hybrid daylily cultivars. To lessen the confusion, The American Hemerocallis Society encourages use of the following definitions to clarify the difference between H. fulva species and the hybrid daylily cultivars which are excellent garden plants: Invasive Species: Hemerocallis fulva (Common names: Fulva, Tawny Daylily, Common Orange Daylily, Roadside Ditch Lily, and Tiger Lily). H. fulva is an infertile triploid daylily which does not set seed but does spread by rhizomes. If left unattended it can form large colonies over time. Alternatives: Alternatives include any of the thousands of commercially available hybrid daylily cultivars which are clump forming and non-invasive."

 

 

October 31, 2006

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

McCracken County Extension will provide Kentucky Certified Nurseryman's Training December 5th, 2006 starting at 8:30 A.M. and concluding at 4:00 P. M. at the McCracken County Extension Office, 2705 Olivet Church Road, Paducah, KY. KCN is a state certification program for nursery professionals/horticulturist. This local training can help you prepare for the KCN test at the Kentucky Landscape Industries Conference in January. Register for the training by contacting Dava Hayden at the McCracken County Extension Office for more information, 270-554-9520 or dava.hayden@uky.edu

 

Speaking of the Kentucky Landscape Industries Conference; it will be January 2-3, 2007 at the Kentucky Exposition Center South Wing, KY State Fair Grounds, Louisville, KY. The same location as the Mid-States Horticultural Expo (KNLA, TNLA, & SNA Trade Show), January 4-5, 2007. For more information on either of these great Kentucky events please contact: KNLA Exec. Dir. Betsie Taylor, 350 Village Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601; 502.848.0055 or 800.735.9791; Fax, 502.848.0032; e-mail, knla@mis.net ; url, http://www.knla.org or http://www.sna.org/midstates

 

Of interest: on my recent trip to China I was stunned to realize that the weed by the side of the road was a Kentucky native Solidago, Goldenrod and during a nursery visit I was pleasantly surprised to see Liriodendron tulipifera, Tulip Poplar, grown from a Kentucky seed source in large numbers 

in the nursery. It is truly a small world. Also, while in Taian, China I attended the 4th China Taishan International Trade Fair of Flowers and Nursery Stock. It was well attended and had lots of interesting booths with some of the most expensive orchids (small green flowered) I have seen anywhere in the world displayed.

 

Question: Is anyone growing 45 gallon pot-in-pot containers? If so, I would like to talk to you about your experiences with that size and the size of the plants being grown. Also, has anyone had an experience with growing 3 inch trees in 25 gallon pot-in-pot? I would like to talk to you as well.

 

 

August 31, 2006

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements

 

The WKNLA Summer Meeting was held August 29, 2006 from 6:00 to 8:00P at the McCracken County Extension Office. It was a good meeting where Ross Hunter, Extension Associate for Nursery Crops and Terri Gater, Nursery inspector for west Kentucky were introduced to those present and all participated in the sun damage to the face evaluation. The Purchase Area Master Gardeners prepared a wonderful meal of heavy hor de oeuvres. Dava Hayden is planning training sessions for those that would like to take the PLANET Certified Landscape Technician exam next year this would equally benefit those taking the KNLA Kentucky Certified Nurseryman exam in January. You can contact Dava at the McCracken County Extension Office by phone 270.554.9520 or email: dava.hayden@uky.edu

 

The KNLA/KDA Bus Tour, July 31-August 2, 2006 to nurseries in Ohio was a great educational and sharing experience. Some of the more interesting things were the green manure cover crops used in field nurseries. We saw corn at several nurseries; let it tassle, mow it, then plow it down. Buckwheat and composted leaves were highly recommended at two nurseries and there was the normally encountered Sudex and soybeans. We learned a great deal about handling and growing perennials at Millcreek a very well-run nursery with happy employees. As stated previously any tour with Bob McNiel is worthy. The response from those that did attend was let us do this again next year! Bob is already planning the 2007 KNLA tour to be more diverse by adding upscale garden centers to this years mostly production tour so we can learn more about the retail end of the nursery/landscape industry. The rumor is that the 2007 tour may go to Indiana and Michigan but I guess we will just have to wait for Bob and Betsie to share the itinerary.

 

The 7th Annual KNLA Summer Outing is just days away. It will be at Yew Dell Gardens, on Friday, September 22, 2006 . A few days ago I got to visit Yew Dell and the newly renovated Gheens Bank Barn and new Peyton Samuel Head Trust Pavilion is a great facility for Ozzie Johnson of It-Saul Plants, Atlanta, Ga. to give his presentation entitled: The Truth About How Those Great Plants Got Here. For more information contact Betsie A. Taylor, 1.800.735.9791 or e-mail KNLA@mis.net

 

 

 

July 31, 2006

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

It is with great sadness I must acknowledge the recent loss of the Kentucky nursery industry's dear friend and avid supporter, Bill Young. I have worked with Bill Young ever since I came to Kentucky. For a number of years I was a Trade Show Chairman; thanks to Bill's persistent recommendations each year the trade show improved. I always looked forward to seeing him at the Louisville Nursery Association meetings where he worked so hard to ensure the continuing success of the monthly LNA meetings and ultimately would work equally hard for The Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Association. Thankfully, I enjoyed conversing with Bill at the May LNA meeting at Maple Crossing Nursery and corresponded with him very recently; he wanted my old LNA directories so he could copy them and have them in his historical files. He will be missed! Bill's obituary is in the Louisvile Courier Journals Obits Archives of July 01, 2006. http://php.courier-journal.com/obits/

 

The new Nursery Inspector Ms. Terri Gater will be housed in the UKREC Entomology Laboratory the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY. Terri will serve as a Nursery Inspector for the western half of the state, and is supervised by Dr. John Obrycki, Chair of the Entomology Department. The other Nursery inspectors are Joe Collins and Carl Harper in the Entomology Department in Lexington. Terri comes to us from a similar position in Florida. She will be a valuable asset for the Kentucky nursery industry.

 

The ANLA Landscape Operators Tour is in Lexington and Louisville this August 16-20, 2006. The Host hotel is the Marriott East, 1903 Embassy Square Boulevard, Louisville. The ANLA has a list of 11 tour sites; their text brief says Stops on the tour will include businesses such as Wilson Nurseries, Valley Crest Landscape Maintenance and Korfhage Landscape & Associates, as well as a visit to the oldest, continuously operated racetrack in the U.S. Churchill Downs! For more information contact: Colleen at ANLA, 202.789.2900 x 3026 or meetings@anla.org the url while long is and may wrap requiring cut and pasting to the address window of your web explorer software http://www.anla.org/applications/Documents/Docs/Lndscp_Op_Tour-06_-_website_version.pdf

 

Bob Schutzki announced the Second Northern Plant Symposium. I attended the first one and it was very informative this one promises the same and hopes to continue in the alternate year to the southern plant conference so people can attend both in the future. This years is September 13-14, 2006 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI. For more information contact: Amy Frankmann, Executive Director, 2149 Commons Parkway, Okemos, MI 48864, Telephone: (800) 879-6652, Fax: (517) 381-0638, E-mail: amyf@mnla.org; url, http:// www.mnla.org

 

 

June 30, 2006

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

A very special thanks to all those who have helped support our educational programs over the years. So far for 2006 appreciation goes to Patrick Carey, General Manager, Riverfarm Nursery for allowing people to wander through his nursery and Brent Wearren, Waterford Valley Nursery, for sharing his knowledge and letting 65 people hack on his trees in order to learn pruning (Greg made any needed repairs). I learn something new at every event. Extension Associate Amy Fulcher has done a great job organizing these programs.

 

The UK Turfgrass Research Field Day will be July 13, 2006 at the UK Turf Research Center, Spindletop Farm, Lexington, KY. For more information contact: A. J. Powell, 859.257.5606; e-mail, ajpowell@uky.edu; or David Williams, 859.257.2715; e-mail, dwilliam@uky.edu; url, http://www.uky.edu/Ag/ukturf/

Announcements from the Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Association (KNLA):

 

PLANET CLT Exam - August 3, 2006 - Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. Attention candidates, please call Beverly Burrus at EKU Continuing Education and Outreach Department, 859-622-8367 or beverly.burrus@eku.edu to register for exam!

 

KNLA/KDA Bus Tour - July 31-August 2, 2006 - The Nurseries of Ohio. Registration is $200.00 and limited to the first 50 registrants. It includes a 3-day bus trip, 3 lunches, 2 dinners, snacks & beverages on bus. A $100.00 reimbursement/rebate from KNLA through KDA's Agriculture Market Development Grant will be available for all registrants! Any tour with Bob McNiel is worthy, see you there.

 

KNLA's Seventh Annual Summer Outing - Friday, September 22, 2006 - Yew Dell Gardens, Crestwood, Ky. Featured speaker, Ozzie Johnson, It-Saul Plants, Atlanta, Ga. and his presentation entitled "The Truth About How Those Great Plants Got Here". Also featuring: tours of Yew Dell Gardens, Exhibits, Barbecue Luncheon, & a day with industry colleagues!

 

See you at the Southern Nursery Associations Researcher's Conference and SNA Trade Show, August 9-12, 2006 in Atlanta.

 

 

 

June 8, 2006

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

The Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Association and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture are sponsoring Come With KNLA and KDA and Tour The Nurseries of Ohio. The First Annual Bus Tour will be three days from July 31, 2006 to August 2, 2006. The Nurseries to be visited include Natorp's, Scarff's Nursery, Willoway Nurseries, MacKenzie Nursery Supply, Klyn Nurseries, Sunleaf Nursery, Decker's Nursery and Millcreek Gardens. There is a charge for this tour but KDA is offering a rebate of half the registration cost for those that participate. Flyer should be out this month but for more information you can call Betsie Taylor at KNLA Headquarters 800.735.0055 or e-mail KNLA@mis.net

 

PLANET Certified Landscape Technician Exam will be August 3, 2006 at Eastern Kentucky University. This will be the first CLT Exam at EKU's new facilities specifically designed to provide a site for the exam. KNLA and Planet have worked for a couple of years to institute this great program for the Kentucky industry and horticulture and turf students. Contact Beverly Burris for more information at EKU, 859.622.8367; e-mail, beverly.burrus@eku.edu

 

An article in the Winter 2005-2006 edition of the North American Regions Plant Propagator States 2006 finds a new player in the world of licensing and enforcement of plant patents. COPF, a highly successful and effective plant management program running for the last forty years in Canada has incorporated a non-profit organization in the U.S. A. called Plant Watch. You can visit their web site at http://www.plantwatch.org/pages/1/index.htm

 

At the second June Pruning Training by Brent Wearren and crew of Waterford Valley Nursery those in attendance were once again at a true educational experience. Ornamental tree pruning was a optional afternoon session that was brief but equal to the morning in knowledge gained by those attending. In addition to pruning, pest management methods were shared and discussed. All spoke highly of Amy Fulcher's, Extension Associate for Nursery Crops, diligent efforts to provide educational opportunities for the industry through her Nursery Updates and workshops.

 

 

 

April 30 , 2006

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements. 

 

Dr. John Hartman is sending out Updates via Amy Fulcher's Nursery Update e-mail list making it even more useful. As she has been quoted before "Our goal is to quickly alert growers to pest and other problems emerging in the industry". The nursery update is just that a timely update for the nursery industry if you would like to be added to the e-mail list please e-mail Christi Forsythe cforsyth@uky.edu with your e-mail address. Three Cheers for Amy for making this special IPM for Nurseries effort.

 

Ross Hunter, only here a couple of weeks is getting out his first research project coordinated with Amy Fulcher and Dava Hayden on slow release fertilizers in pot-in-pot and above ground fabric containers. He will be using a "tea bag" method of controlling prill loss described by Dr. Donna Fare.

 

2006 is the 100th anniversary of Longwood Gardens, http://www.longwoodgardens.org/, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. With the anniversary come several books of interest to those who would like to know more about Longwood Gardens. The first is a book that I read many years ago after my first visit to Longwood; A Man and His Garden: A History of Longwood Gardens: The story of Pierre S. du Pont's development of Longwood Gardens by George E. 

Thompson, Sr., 1976, published by Longwood Gardens. With the anniversary year there are two books that highlight the greatness of Longwood and it's plant exploration program. The first is Longwood Gardens: 100 Years of Garden Splendor: 1906-2006 by Colvin Randall, with photographers Gottlieb Hampfler, Richard Kenn, Larry Albee and Rondel Peirson published by Longwood Gardens. It is a picture/text book of the history of Longwood Gardens and it includes a DVD that is a presentation with narrative of the contents of the book. The second new book and the one that interested me the most is Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens by Tomasz Anisko published in 2006 by Timber Press, Portland, OR. It is fitting that this book has been published as Longwood Gardens is celebrating its 100th year anniversary of the gardens and its 50th anniversary of Longwood's plant exploration programs. Seeing the greats: John Creech, Dick Lightly, and so many others in photos and the descriptions of their explorations makes this an entertaining and enjoyable read; knowing some of the plant explorers makes it all the more rewarding to see their legacy honored. That the book honors those that have gone before and those plant explorers of today makes it "worthy".

 

 

 

March 31, 2006

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

Ross Hunter has accepted the position of Extension Associate for Nursery Crops for west Kentucky. He would appreciate any input from the nursery/landscape industry regarding areas requiring immediate attention or research/demonstration effort. Currently, he only has his phone 270.365.7541 x 279 but e-mail and cell number will be announced in the next newsletter.

 

Amy Fulcher's new brief as-needed e-mail format for her Nursery Crop Producer Update covering cultural-related disorders and the status of pest populations in Kentucky and their control has been very well received. In addition to reports from nursery scout, Shauna Switzer, and phone calls, representing nurseries across Kentucky and beyond Extension agents and others are feeding her information from sites in Kentucky so the Nursery Update will help reduce pest damage and through Best Management Practices increase quality in Kentucky nurseries across the state. Amy states, "Our goal is to quickly alert growers to pest and other problems emerging in the industry"; if you have comments or information to share contact Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273, afulcher@uky.edu

Brent Wearren and his crew are once again hosting the Pruning Workshop and Waterford Valley Nursery. This years event will be Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at Waterford Valley Nursery. Amy Fulcher has organized this event and can be contacted by phone 859.257.1273, or e-mail afulcher@uky.edu for more information.

 

Here in west Kentucky spring has sprung and as always there are not enough hours in the day and even if there where more we would all be too tired to keep going. Johnnie Stockdale of Stockdale Nurseries and Landscape, Hazel, Ky reminded me that these long days can take their toll on our efficiency and we all have to keep safety at the forefront.

 

 

 

February 28, 2006

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

Speaking of plants in the Agricultural Research magazine for December 2005 there was an interesting article "Introducing Lycoris to U.S. Flower Lovers". I have Lycoris squamigera and L. radiata at the UKREC Botanic Garden, the first from my own yard and L. radiata from Brent Heath and we love them. But the article talks of rare species collected by Mark Roh of the USDA-ARS Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit. These species were collected in Japan, Korea, and China. L. incarnata, L. chejuensis, and L. flavescens have been added to the collections at the National Arboretum and are being tested for hardiness. If the picture of L. aurea and L. houdyshellii are any indication of these collected species, life will be better in the garden.

 

The KNLA West Kentucky Chapter meeting program and meeting was very informative. In addition to all the activities related to Kentucky and US legislation there were discussions related to PLANET and ANLA. The speaker for the evening was Sergeant David Caldwell, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement: Region One. Sgt. Caldwell gave a great program on commercial and farm vehicle requirements, limitations, and vehicle enforcement. His presentation was factual, serious, and humorous thanks to the many questions generated by the audience. Most of the information in his PowerPoint presentation can be found at http://transportation.ky.gov with a lot of the information from http://transportation.ky.gov/dmc/licenses_authorities.htm

 

We have enjoyed some great speakers in Kentucky with the Nursery Winter Workshop hosting UK, UT, and TSU talent: Bonnie Seagraves, Dan Potter, and Jason Oliver on the invasive insects and Mark Halcomb's great presentation on Nursery Weed Control and Sprayer Calibration. Awesome! Thank you Amy Fulcher. Then there was the Best Management Practices Workshops organized by Dava Hayden and Donna Michael in Princeton and Louisville; once again great programs, amazing the 7th program. All told I took 24 pages of notes

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The 8.5 x 11 inch 2006 Theodore Klein Plant Award Poster is on-line at http://dib.uky.edu/hort/sites/www.uky.edu.hort/files/documents/TKPA06.pdf

 

Amy Fulcher has announced the date (May 24, 2006) of the Scouting Nursery Crops with Paula Shrewsbury, Univ. of MD & Amy Fulcher, Univ. of KY presenting at the Oldham County Extension Office & Riverfarm Nursery for more info see the entry in Upcoming Meetings below and at http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/HMMeetings.html ***FIX LINK***

 

 

 

January 31, 2006

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

We are advertising for a Department of Horticulture Extension Associate in Nursery Crops to be housed at the UK Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY. Please pass the word or if interested see the job description and apply on-line (deadline 02/17/06) at http:www.uky.edu/UKjobs/ ***FIX LINK*** at that page click on On-line Employment for Job Seekers then click on Search Postings; go to job category click on the right scroll arrow and click on Cooperative Extension once at the job list scroll down to Extension Associate - Nursery Crops / Princeton click on view and follow instruction to apply. For a printable job description go to http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/ ***FIX LINK*** and click on Extension Associate in Nursery Crops. Dava Hayden, Extension Associate for Nursery Crops has accepted the position as McCracken County Extension Agent for Horticulture. 

I will be celebrating my birthday February 8, 2006 at The Winter Nursery Workshop at the Fayette County Extension Office. Topics are "Invasive Insects" and "Weed Management". Pesticide Training CEUS: 3 - general hours and 3 - specific hours category 3&10. Contact: Amy Fulcher, Extension Associate for Nursery Crops, 859.257.1273; Fax, 859.257.2859; E-mail: afulcher@uky.edu; url, http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/NurseryWinterPgm06.html ***FIX LINK***

 

Allan M. Armitage - Armitage's Native Plants for American Gardens. This book is great. Thank you Allan. Allan's books always have an interesting introduction worth not passing over before skimming the book for that special plant. I was surprised to find the "propagation is slow and difficult" comment tied to Spigelia marilandica. It is an accurate assessment of seed propagation, the typical propagation for perennials and natives, but with Dr. Sherry Kitto's (University of Delaware) work on cutting and tissue culture propagation being applied commercially Spigelia is now readily available

(4 trays - 288 plants from AgriStarts III have grown very well and Spigelia has moved from specialty nurseries like Margie Jenkins, LA to Carolina Nurseries, SC that has it available in 8 inch pots in significant numbers). I harp on Spigelia because it is such a great Kentucky Native that makes a rounded plant about 24" tall with numerous uniquely beautiful yellow- throated red flowers in late Spring-mid summer. For more on Spigelia propagation see http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/Spigeliaprop.html ***FIX LINK*** All in all, the Spigelia thing is petty, the book covers some of the "best of the best" natives currently available for landscape use. A "worthy" book in my assessment. (Timber Press, 2006)

 

 

 

January 18, 2006

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

The reason for this early issue is that I accidently put in the wrong date for the The Winter Nursery Workshop. It will be Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at the Fayette County Extension Office will include talks on "Invasive Insects" and "Weed Management". Contact: Amy Fulcher, Extension Associate for Nursery Crops, 859.257.1273; Fax, 859.257.2859; E-mail: afulcher@uky.edu; url, http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/NurseryWinterPgm06.html ***FIX LINK***

Pesticide Training CEUS for the Nursery Winter Workshop described above: 3 general hours and 3 specific hours category 3&10 have been approved.

 

A reminder----The 7th Annual Best Management Practices Workshop for Garden Centers, Landscape Contractors, Nurseries and Arborists will focus on “Pesticide Use in the Landscape”. With special guest Dr. Casey Sclar from Longwood Gardens. The program will held in Princeton on February 13, 2006 and repeated in Louisville on February 14th. To attend the Princeton workshop: contact Dava Hayden, dava.hayden@uky.edu or phone 270.554.9520, for the Louisville workshop contact: Donna Michael, dmichael@uky.edu or phone 502-569-2344.

 

Garden Gurus 2006 was a success with Holly Shimizu and Michael Weishan. Garden Gurus IX speakers will be author Judy Glattstein; Bulbs for Garden Habitats (Timber Press 2005) and Consider the Leaf (TP, 2003) and author and garden designer Gordon Hayward: The Intimate Garden (W.W. Norton, 2006), Your House, Your Garden: A Foolproof Approach to Good Garden Design (W.W. Norton, 2003) and the reason for his last Kentucky visit Stone in the Garden: Inspiring Designs and Practical Projects (2001, WW Norton) to name just a few of their books. Both are noted speakers.

 

Kentucky's 2006 Theodore Klein Plant Awards Winners ***FIX LINK*** are:

Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes' - Wolf Eyes Dogwood

Nyssa sylvatica - Blackgum

Viburnum 'Mohawk' - 'Mohawk' viburnum

Baptista australis - blue false indigo

Rohdea japonica - scared lily