HortMemo 2005

 

 

December 23, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

See you at the Kentucky Landscape Industries Winter Educational Conference, January 3-4, 2006 at the Executive Inn East, Louisville, KY. 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 ; url, http://www.knla.org

 

The Winter Nursery Workshop, Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at the Fayette County Extension Office will include talks on "Invasive Insects"; Dr. Jason Oliver, University of Tennessee will arm your nursery against ambrosia beetles! He'll show how to recognize their damage, their lifecycle, the simplest, most effective trapping systems, and pesticide selection. Dr. Oliver will also discuss how to meet Japanese beetle quarantine regulations when shipping nursery stock. Dr. Dan Potter, University of Kentucky will discuss the dangers of calico scale infestations, how to identify adults and immatures, and current control options AND "Weed Management"; Mr. Halcomb will cover nursery weed management from A to Z! Understanding preemergence herbicides to obtain better weed control, Application timing, Banding vs broadcast, Rigging to band spray, Preemergence herbicide product overview, Selective postemergent herbicides, Using the Enviromist to safely apply Roundup, and Calibration steps. Contact: Amy Fulcher, Extension Associate for Nursery Crops, 859.257.1273; Fax, 859.257.2859; E-mail: afulcher@uky.edu

 

The 7th Annual Best Management Practices Workshop for Garden Centers, Landscape Contractors, Nurseries and Arborists will focus on “Pesticide Use in the Landscape”. Speakers will include Dr. Winston Dunwell, Dr. John Hartman, Dr. Doug Johnson, and Dr. Joe Masabni, University of Kentucky Extension Specialists, Chris Miller and Jack Custer from Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Donna Michael, Jefferson County Extension Agent for Horticulture, and 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. Registration is required. 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 502.563.2344.

 

 

November 30, 2005

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

The West Kentucky Chapter of the Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Association is hosting Steve Bailey of the Garden Center Group at it's Tuesday, December 6, 2005 meeting. The meeting will be at the Lone Oak Church of Christ Community Center, 2960 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42003. There will be a catered meal, business meeting and Steve Bailey's presentation "Tracking Profitability". Contact: Dusty Kornbacher, 270.527.1884; e-mail, kyflrfmr@vci.net for a dinner reservation.

 

Amy Fulcher's Nursery Update #36 contains a summary of the research presented on root depth at the Getting the Roots Right Conference at the Morton Arboretum, held November 10, 2005.

 

The 2006 Theodore Klein Plant Awards Winners are:

Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes' - Wolf Eyes Dogwood

Nyssa sylvatica - Blackgum Viburnum 'Mohawk' - 'Mohawk' viburnum

Baptista australis - blue false indigo

Rohdea japonica - sacred lily

 

Reserve January 3-4, 2006 for the Kentucky Landscape Industries (KLI) Winter Conference/ Educational Program which will be held at the Executive Inn East. Numerous sessions with provide the participant with Pesticide CEU Credit. This year's nursery production Best Management Practices will focus on propagation. There will also be Pesticide Management Initial Training, Garden Center/Landscape Maintenance Employee Training, Installation and Maintenance, Plants/Design, and Pesticide CEU Updates. While all the speakers are great, invited speakers include Bailey Nursery's exciting Rose Breeder Ping Lim, Harlan Hamernik of Bluebird Nursery, Chuck Hubbuch- Buddy's son and noted tropical plant (primarily palms) expert will present a Kentuckian in Paradise: Plant Collecting in the Tropics, Dr. Charlie Hall on Economic Impact of the Green Industry in the US, and Dr. Fred Whitford - Pesticide trainer, Purdue University, Dr. Alan Windham TN Plant Pathologist and Joel Korte on developing human assets. All in all a great educational opportunity. See you there.

 

 

 

October 31, 2005

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements. 

The west Kentucky Chapter of the Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Association is hosting Stephen "Steve" Bailey of the Garden Center Group <http://www.thegardencentergroup.com/bailey.htm> as their guest speaker on December 6, 2005, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Lone Oak Christ of Christ Community Center, 2960 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42003. For more information contact: Dusty Kornbacher 270.527.1884 <kyflrfmr@vci.net> or Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541 x 279 or dhayden@uky.edu

 

Who was Dr. Don Egolf? At the2005 Southern Plant Conference in Louisville, KY there was a discussion between Dr. Margaret Pooler of the National Arboretum and Dr. Mike Dirr of the University of Georgia about Dr. Don Egolf that lead to Mike saying the late Dr. Egolf was the greatest plant breeder of all time. I found this on page 540 in Dr. Mike Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants 5th Edition; "Dr. Don Egolf was one of the greatest woody plant breeders that history will ever recognize. He was a scientist, breeder, horticulturist, plantsman, and gardener traits that allowed him to introduce only the best. His plants will withstand the test of time. Like masterpieces of great artists, writers, and musicians, Dr. Egolf's plants stand out from those of mere mortals. As a young assistant professor at Illinois, I met and shook his hand, was able to attend several lectures, and voraciously read his cultivar releases in Baileya and HortScience. All young scientists and aspiring plantsmen should read his detailed descriptions of the new introductions. They leapt from the page into the reader's garden. Don Shadow told me that Dr. Egolf was endowed with the [sic] great eye for quality plants. With Hibiscus, Lagerstroemia, Malus, Pyracantha, and Viburnum “ Dr. Egolf produced magic. Our gardens are richer due to one man's vision and persistence. His woody plant legacy is without parallel." When someone of Dr. Mike Dirr's stature and reputation describes a person like that the words are an understatement. Mike, thanks for reminding us in print, I hope I get to read this statement in the 6th edition. (14Dec2011 - It is in the 6th ed. in the bottom paragraph on page 613; Mike, thanks for maintaining this wonderfully written tribute).

 

Nursery Update #34 and #35 have been posted to the web since the last HortMemo. #34 Topics include unsightly eriophyid mites on burning bush, organic and traditional preemergence weed control for container crops, UK Horticulture Club study tour to Oregon, California, Washington, Canada, and Alaska, and the scouting report. http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/KHC/NurseryUpdate34_2005.html ***FIX LINK*** #35 Topics include: avoiding overwintering damage, excess compost creating saturated container conditions, measuring irrigation emitter output, applying the correct amount of irrigation, and the IPM program survey drawing winner. 

 

 

 

September 30, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

Two Upcoming meetings of note:

1.) Kentucky Turfgrass Conference. October 24-27, 2005. Sloan Convention Center, Bowling Green, KY. Contact: Dr.

David Williams, 105 Plant Science Building Lexington, KY 40546-0312; 859.257.2715; e-mail, dwilliam@uky.edu

and the opportunity to attend a national

2.) Holly Society of America, Inc. 2005 Conference. November 3-5, 2005. Executive West, Louisville, KY.

Contact: Bob Hopkins, Great Rivers Chapter; e-mail, bob@tnz.us

 

I recently read the Paul Cappiello and Don Shadow book Dogwoods and thanks to the Southern Plant Conference have both signatures in my copy. There is little debate that one of the most beautiful flowering trees in the world is Dogwood.

This book contains a large number of images of Cornus species and cultivars. The descriptions and information on cultivars is incredible but one of my favorites is that "Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess' was selected by W. C. Higden of Mayfield, KY and introduced in 1959 by Ike Hawkersmith as 'Sno-white'. In 1963 it was registered as 'Cherokee Princess'". Cool! A Kentucky connection. The book is divided into six chapters: 1.) The Family Cornaceae; 2.) The Cornus canadensis Group; 3.) The Cornus alba Group; 4.) The Cornus alternifolia Group; 5.) The Cornus florida Group and 6.) The Cornus mas Group. I was born and raised on eastern Long Island so I enjoyed reading about Jim Cross and Bair Lustgarten, but the book is full of fun trivia; such as Mike Dirr preferring Snicker's Bars to the fruit of Cornus kousa var. chinensis this discussion lead to numerous taste tests on the Cave Hill Cemetery tour of the 2005 Southern Plant Conference in Louisville. My favorite quote from Mike Dirr on edible fruit of ornamental species is on Cornus mas "although edible, one must be hungry". I started out reading this book in a precursory fashion to write a review, ie. not reading all; then I found myself reading large sections, addicted to the mention of the greats Ernest Wilson, Mike Dirr, Jim Cross, J. C. Raulston, Polly Hill, Gary Handy, Barry Yinger, Kentucky's Higden, Gary Lanham, the now-Illinois Resident John Wachter, as well as, the late Theodore Klein. The book is a hardcover of 224 pages with 261 color photos, 3 black and white illustrations and the USDA Hardiness Zone Map. It fits more to the hand for reading than most of this day and age at 7.38 x 10.38 inches. Timber Press, 2005. For addition book reviews see: http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/oehbooks.html **FIX LINK***

 

The educational program for the Kentucky Landscape Industries Winter Conference (KLI), January 3-4, 2006.

Executive Inn East, Louisville, KY. is coming together. Look for info in your mailbox from Betsie Taylor, KNLA Exec.

Dir., 800.735.9791; e-mail, knla@mis.net ; url, http://www.knla.org

 

 

August 31, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

Commercial Nursery Crop Production Field Day for general public. September 19, 2005 from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Location: Green’s Silo House Nursery, 7435 New Hope Church Road, Paducah, KY. Featuring Shade and Ornamental Tree Production with High CaliperTM Smart Growing System- Smart PotTM. For more information contact: Dava Hayden, UK Extension Associate for Nursery Crops, 270.365.7541 x 279 or dava.hayden@uky.edu

 

and Supplemental Liquid Fertigation. For more information contact: Dava Hayden, UK Extension Associate for Nursery Crops, 270.365.7541 x 279 or dava.hayden@uky.edu or Todd Powell, UK Calloway County Extension Agent for Agriculture/Natural Resources: 270.753.1452 or todd.powell@uky.edu

 

There are still openings for the Risk Management and Financial Analysis Workshop for Nursery/Greenhouse Growers (A USDA-RMA Risk Management and Crop Insurance Education Commodity Partnership Program) being offered, Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at the UKREC in Princeton, KY and repeated Thursday, September 1, 2005 in Bardstown, KY. For more information contact Dr. Bob McNiel, 859.257.8903; Fax, 859.257.2859; e-mail, rmcniel@uky.edu For a workshop agenda see http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/RiskMgtFincAnlysagenda05.html ***FIX LINK*** for a registration form see http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/RiskmgtFincAnlys05.html ***FIX LINK***

 

The 9th Biennial Southern Plant Conference will be held in Louisville, KY, Thursday, September 8 - Friday, September 10, 2005 with the Seelbach Hilton, 500 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, KY 40202-2518; 502.585.3200 as the host hotel. The Home Page for the Southern Plant Conference is http://www.sna.org/conferences/spc.shtml Page down to get the other important SPC 2005 information: 1.) Southern Plant Conference Schedule at http://www.sna.org/conferences/spcschedule.shtml ; 2.) Southern Plant Conference Pre-Registration Form at http://www.sna.org/conferences/SPC2005PreReg.pdf

3.) Southern Plant Conference Hotel Reservation Information at http://www.sna.org/conferences/spchotel.shtml 4.) Southern Plant Conference Tour Descriptions at http://www.sna.org/conferences/spctours.shtml If your organization would like to be a sponsor of the Southern Plant Conference see http://www.sna.org/conferences/SPC2005Sponsor.pdf or contact KNLA, 800-735-9791 or SNA, 770.953.3311

 

 

 

July 31, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 is The Nursery Management Workshop "Plan for Success" Owners and Managers of the Garden Center, Lawn & Landscape and Nursery Industry is University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, 1205 Hopkinsville Street, Princeton, Contact: Dava Hayden at 270/365-7541 ext. 279, Dava.Hayden@uky.edu; url, http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/NurseryMgt05.html ***FIX LINK*** and for a registration form see http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/NurseryManageRegist.html ***FIX LINK***

 

A Risk Management and Financial Analysis Workshop for Nursery/Greenhouse Growers (A USDA-RMA Risk Management and Crop Insurance Education Commodity Partnership Program) will be offered, Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at the UKREC in Princeton, KY and repeated Thursday, September 1, 2005 in Bardstown, KY. The workshop is limited to 15 participants per site, register early, please. Some topics to be covered are: types of risks facing nursery & greenhouse firms; methods for evaluating risk; strategies for reducing risk’s harmful effects; financial risks facing firms (internal and external); financial management and financial benchmark analysis; financial strategies for improving business performance; current crop insurance programs for specialty crops; new insurance programs coming online for nursery crops; benefits of risk management and determination of losses; requirements for program participation; overview of the internet-based system for financial analysis; hands-on computer exercises using the on-line system; data entry, data analysis, generating reports, interpreting results; follow-up use of the computer-based system. For more information contact Dr. Bob McNiel, 859.257.8903; Fax, 859.257.2859; e-mail, rmcniel@uky.edu For a workshop agenda see http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/RiskMgtFincAnlysagenda05.html ***FIX LINK*** for a registration form see http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/RiskmgtFincAnlys05.html ***FIX LINK***

 

The 9th Biennial Southern Plant Conference will be held in Louisville, KY, Thursday, September 8 - Friday, September 10, 2005 with the Seelbach Hilton, 500 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, KY 40202-2518; 502.585.3200 as the host hotel. Hotel registration can be done online or by phone. This biennial conference, produced by the Southern Nursery Association in cooperation with the Kentucky Nursery & Landscape Association, is designed to increase communications of new plant varieties and decrease the average time needed to bring them to market. The Home Page for the Southern Plant Conference is http://www.sna.org/conferences/spc.shtml Page down to get the other important SPC 2005 information: 1.) Southern Plant Conference Schedule at http://www.sna.org/conferences/spcschedule.shtml ; 2.) Southern Plant Conference Pre-Registration Form at http://www.sna.org/conferences/SPC2005PreReg.pdf 3.) Southern Plant Conference Hotel Reservation Information at http://www.sna.org/conferences/spchotel.shtml 4.) Southern Plant Conference Tour Descriptions at http://www.sna.org/conferences/spctours.shtml If your organization would like to be a sponsor of the Southern Plant Conference see http://www.sna.org/conferences/SPC2005Sponsor.pdf or contact KNLA, 800-735-9791 or SNA, 770.953.3311

 

I received the following. “We are in need of a new tree to serve as the Commonwealth Holiday Tree hereon the Capitol grounds in Franfort. The Norway spruce that we have used in years past was struck by lightning and the top is no longer attached to the trunk! We would like to find a Colorado, Engelman, or Oriental spruce of approximately 25'. We believe that we have a contractor with a 90" tree spade to transport this tree but we have, as yet, been unsuccessful in finding a viable candidate. Would you happen to know of a tree that would be a good candidate for this lofty position? We are targeting Oct 1st as a planting date for this tree. Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated, Garth L. Vinson, Landscape Branch Manager, Division of Building Services, 502-564-4400 x 461, Cell 502-330-1421

 

Amy Fulcher’s Nursery Update #33 has been uploaded. Topics include: tips on controlling mites, tidbits on miticides, visual comparison of drought stress on plants fertilized at high vs. medium rates, nursery management workshop "Plan for Success", and the scouting report. http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/KHC/NurseryUpdate33_2005.html ***FIX LINK***

 

 

July 8, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

I left out a couple of upcoming events from the text portion of HortMemo 6. They are:

The July 13, 2005 Nursery Pesticide Use and Summer Safety program was developed for nursery employees, full-time, temporary and migrant, and owners. It is offered in Spanish and English. Topics/Speakers: “Sun Protection and Skin Cancer” Vivian Lasley-Bibbs - U.K. HEEL Program; “Pesticide Use and Safety – Worker Protection Safety and Handler Protection Safety” Dr. Fred Whitford – Purdue University and Santiago Tijerina - Transition Resources; “Tractor and Bushhog Safety” Dale Dobson – Kentucky Department of Agriculture; and “Tips for Staying Hydrated and Heat Safety” Kim Henken - U.K. Extension Associate for Environmental Issues. Date: July 13, 2005 Location: Nelson County Extension Office and Valley Hill Nursery Pesticide Ceus: 2 general, Registration Fee: $10. For the program see: http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/PesticideSafety05.htm ***FIX LINK***

 

Dava Hayden has organized “Plan for Success”, an excellent, August 2, 2005, nursery management program co-sponsored by the University of Kentucky and the West Kentucky Chapter of KNLA at the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY. In addition to speakers Drs. Charlie Hall (UT) and Steve Isaacs (UK), the round table discussion will include the opportunity to talk with others in your area of marketing with the facilitators being recognized Kentucky business people. The theme "Plan for Success" includes the following topics: Business Management, Setting Goals, Time Management, Employee Development, Marketing Using a Market Plan - Setting Sales Goals, Avenues for Marketing Industry Trends, and Round Table Discussions on: Retail Garden Center, Wholesale Nursery, Landscape/ Lawn Maintenance. For more information see: http://www.knla.org/wknla.htm to get a registration form see: http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/NurseryManageRegist.html ***FIX LINKS***

 

AND from Danny Summers SNA 2005 is quickly approaching. If you haven't already pre-registered, we urge you to take the time right now. SNA 2005 Trade Show Badges are FREE if you register by July 8, 2005. After July 8, Trade Show Badges will cost $30. To preregister go to http://www.sna.org/ The SNA Researchers Conference is Wednesday and Thursday, August 10 & 11, 2005. The student competition is always worthy and is Wednesday, August 10th. The program is on line at http://www.sna.org/research/researchconfsched.shtml

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

Nursery Update #32 has been posted to the website below. Topics include More on Asian Ambrosia Beetle, Welcome to Bill Holleran, Tips for Managing Substrate pH, and the Scouting Report. http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/KHC/NurseryUpdate32_2005.html ***FIX LINK***

 

The pruning workshop by Brent Wearren and company was an amazing educational opportunity. Every one of the 60 that attended were handsomely rewarded for their effort to get to Wearren’s rural nursery with hands-on pruning of nursery trees and information on a variety of nursery production related issues. Brent shared his process for getting quality liners to start with that make training the young trees easier and more efficient (more bucks to the grower) . Dividing those attending into groups of 12 and providing an English-Spanish speaking Wearren Nursery employee to train the Spanish speaking in attendance helped each attendee receive direct instruction in pruning techniques. Special thanks to Amy Fulcher, Extension Associate for Nursery Crops for organizing the event and to Brent Wearren for the effort to make it a true learning experience that will lead to quality nursery stock being shipped to landscapers and retailers resulting in more income to those producers that take advantage of what they learned and ultimately a positive impact on their employees and Kentucky’s economy. To Brent the Gene Ryan Award for taking time to share information that benefits the nursery/landscape industry as a whole (the late Gene Ryan readily shared with one and all and assisted me when I first came to the state as a “specialist”).

 

Kentucky Native Plant Evaluation report: For the first time we have observed a significant population of Spigelia marilandica, Indian Pink, seedlings in one of the UKREC flower beds that have Spigelia. We are pretty excited. The explosive dehiscence manner of seed dispersal had me anticipating we would have lots of seedlings but after almost 10 years these are the first in-the-bed seedlings we have noticed (we may have tilled them out with the winter weeds in the past). It continues to be one of my special favorites of the native plants we are evaluating and more Spigelia plants is always better. On the other hand the spreading nature of Monarda fistulosa, Bergamot, and Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides, Hoary Mountain-Mint, is starting to cause some concern and certainly more work on controlling their spread. Monarda fistulosa’s susceptibility to powdery mildew and it’s aggressive spreading nature would have resulted in it being eliminated from evaluation and the display bed it is trying to take over if not for it’s wonderful ability to attract butterflies, honey bees, and bumble bees in large numbers. I have moved Cunila origanoides, Dittany, from the full sun field evaluation bed to the full sun display bed this year, it continues to impress me with it’s small rounded habit and long-lasting blue flowers. Our newest planting of Cunila origanoides is in partial shade and is leggy and not as dense as those in full sun.

 

At the KNLA West Kentucky Chapter meeting we talked about Sudden Oak Death, Emerald Ash Borer, Boring insects in general, Calico scale and pests on the horizon. In the May NMPro e-mail Todd Davis, NMPro editor reported this: New York’s Cornell Univ. identified a single specimen of Sirex noctilio, an Old World woodwasp, in a trap in Fulton, N.Y. This species has devastated up to 80% of pine forests in New Zealand, Australia, South America and South Africa. Federal and state agencies are setting traps trying to find evidence of establishment, according to Cornell. A beneficial nematode has been an effective biocontrol in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

 

 

May 31, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

The will be a UK Cut Stem Field Day, June 15, 2005 from 1500-1800 at the UK Horticulture Farm, 4320 Emmert Farm Lane, Lexington, KY. For more information contact Dr. Robert McNiel: 859.257.803; e-mail, rmcniel@uky.edu or Sharon Bale: 859.257.8605; e-mail sbale@uky.edu

 

Nursery Summer Pruning at Brent Wearren’s, Taylorsville, KY will be June 16, 2005 see the program <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/summerpruning05.htm ***FIX LINK***> or call Christi at 270.365.7541 x 221

The Pot-in-Pot Management Workshop will be June 21, 2005 at the UKREC, Princeton see

Program <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/PnPManagement.html ***FIX LINK***> or call Christi 270.365.7541 x 221

Registration form <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/p-n-pworkshopRegistrationform.html ***FIX LINK***>

 

Amy Fulcher’s Kentucky Nursery Update #31 has been posted to the address below. http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/KHC/NurseryUpdate31_2005.html ***FIX LINK*** Topics include Asian ambrosia beetle, KY IPM Nursery Scout report, and information on the Putting Integrated Pest Management to Work in the Nursery workshop.

 

For those planning to visit the UKREC All-Commodity Field Day, July 28, 2005 a list of lodging sites https://dib.uky.edu/hort/sites/www.uky.edu.hort/files/documents/Hotel-Motel Contact List.pdf and driving directions http://dib.uky.edu/hort/sites/www.uky.edu.hort/files/documents/Driving%20Directions to UKREC.pdf

 

xSinocalycalycanthus raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine'. common name Raulston's Allspice is a JC Raulston Arboretum Selection™. I have placed a comparison picture of a Raulston’s Allspice bloom with a bloom of the male parent Calycanthus floridus, our native sweetshrub or Carolina allspice at http://ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/HartWine.html ***FIX LINK*** For more info on Hartlage Wine Sweetshrub see http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/publications/newsletters/16-vol-6-no-1/horticulture/16-vol-6-no-1-horticulture.html

 

The Southern Plant Conference Pre-tours will visit and tour Gainesway Horse Farm and Arboretum/Gardens. Then to the University of Kentucy & Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Arboretum http://www.uky.edu/Arboretum/ and to the beautiful Springhouse Gardens garden center of Landscape Architect “Plant Geek” Richard Weber. For more information about: the Southern Plant Conference see http://www.sna.org/conferences/spc.shtml for the Lexington area see http://www.visitlex.com/

 

May 19, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

 

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Meetings of Interest.

 

For 6 pesticides Ceus consider attending The Putting Integrated Pest Management to Work in the Nursery <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/Scouting05.htm ***FIX LINK***> "Scouting Field and Container Nurseries", "Alien Invaders", “Maple Miseries – The Latest on Combating Leafhoppers, Flatheaded Appletree Borer, and Shoot Boring Caterpillars”, and "Using Technology to Out-Smart Pests: pheromone traps, tissue and leachate analysis, and soil sampling" with speakers: Craig Adkins, Commercial Horticulture Agent - NCSU, Joe Boggs, OSU Extension Educator and Horticulture Specialist, Bonny Miller, U.K. Entomology M.S. student, and Amy Fulcher, U.K. Extension Associate - Nursery Crops is May 25, 2005 at the Boone County Extension Office, 6028 Camp Ernst Rd <http://ces.ca.uky.edu/boone/> and Ammon Wholesale Nursery, Inc., Burlington, KY. Pesticide Ceus: 5 general, 1 category specific 3, 10, 12, 18, 19, or 20 There is a registration fee of $20. A registration form <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/ScoutingReg05.html ***FIX LINK***> is on-line but pre-registration is not required to attend.

 

Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District Juried Low-Maintenance Landscaping Design Competition <http://www.apcd.org/lawncare/design_contest/> sounds like an interesting competition. They are giving $1000 first prize, $500 second prize and $1500 to four designs to assist in the design installation to demonstrate the use of plants to improve air-quality in the Kentuckiana area. The deadline is June 30, 2005. Good luck! For more information contact: Phyllis Fitzgerald, Technical Coordinator, Air Pollution Control District, 850 Barret Avenue, Louisville, KY 40204; 502.574.5322; Fax, 502.574.5306; e-mail, phyllis.fitzgerald@loukymetro.org

 

I have started posting the draft of the upcoming HortMemo to the HortMemo web site <http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/HortMemo.html ***FIX LINK***> in order to be more timely with some announcements that because of their short time line limit their inclusion in a monthly newsletter.

 

 

 

April 30, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

A Pot-in-pot Management Workshop with University of Georgia Nursery Crops Researcher Dr. John Ruter and UK Entomologist Dr. Dan Potter will be June 21, 2005 at the UKREC, Hwy 91S, Princeton, KY. For more information contact: Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541 x 279, Dava.Hayden@uky.edu; url, http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/pnpmanagement.html ***FIX LINK***

 

Please find below the website for the Kentucky Nursery Update #30. Topics include surfactants, herbicide drift, promotion of "Putting Integrated Pest Management to Work in the Nursery" and a phenology and chemical control report for shoot boring caterpillar. http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/KHC/NurseryUpdate30_2005.html ***FIX LINK***

 

The IPM 2005 Nursery Workshop Series continues with great programs specifically taylored to nursery owners/operators and their employees. See http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/IPM05.html ***FIX LINK*** for more information or contact Amy Fulcher, 859.257.1273 afulcher@uky.edu or Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541 x 279 Dava.Hayden@uky.edu for more information. The highlights: Nursery IPM at Ammon Nursery, Burlington, KY on May 25, 2005; Summer Pruning at Wearren and Son Nursery, Washington, KY on June 17, 2005; and Nursery Pesticide Use and Summer Safety at Spring Valley Nursery, Springfield, KY on July 13, 2005.

 

I went looking for maps of TVA’s Lake Barkley, Kentucky Lake and Land Between the Lakes (LBL) and found the “Native Plant Selector: More than 140 plants native to the Tennessee Valley are featured on this site. It includes photographs and details about height, light preference, bloom time, and more. This list will expand as more native plants become available through commercial markets.” The “guide to plants suitable for landscaping in the Tennessee Valley Region” is there for shoreline owners wanting to plant a native plant landscape as riparian restoration. http://www.tva.gov/river/landandshore/stabilization/plantsearch.htm

 

Our wildflower garden is small but continues to show that Polemonium reptans, Jacob’s Ladder and Trillium recurvatum, recurved trillium, are great Spring flowering plants with long flowering seasons. We are beginning to find that Phlox divaricata, Blue Phlox, is also a good garden flower. Our wildflower garden is in shade with a moist severely compacted clay soil that is slowly being modified by mixing the hardwood mulch in to the soil.

 

 

 

March 31, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

Dava Hayden checked the pine fines media we are using for a research project and found it to have a pH of 4.2; much below the optimum range of 5.5 - 6.2 we find best for nutrient availability. To correct the low pH Dava plans to add dolomitic limestone. In the process of investigating the pH range needed for most woody plants and how to manage media that have an acid pH Dava compiled information that can be found at http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/SoillessSubstratemgt.html

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John Hartman included a nice article on Lichens Infesting Tree Trunks and Branches in the Kentucky Pest News #1048, March 7, 2005. It can viewed at http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/kpn/kpnhome.htm In this issue is another article of importance to the nursery indusry: Phytophthora ramorum (sudden oak death, ramorum blight/die-back) - An Emerging Plant Pathogen.

 

It seems the Theodore Klein Plant Committee knew what they were doing when they named Quecus bicolor, Swamp White Oak as a Theodore Klein Plant Award winner for 2005 . Apparently even President Bush was impressed and signed a bill naming oak as the official U.S. national tree.

 

Amy Fulcher’s Kentucky Nursery Update 29 has been posted to http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/KHC/NurseryUpdate29_2005.html ***FIX LINK*** Topics are: Asian Ambrosia Beetles - trapping, controls, and post-infestation controls, Interactive Pot-in-Pot Budgets, Nitrogen Fertilizer and Controlled Release Fertilizers for Field Production and Tips on Handling and Planting Liners.

 

The Summer Pruning Workshop featuring veteran nurseryman Brent Wearren has been rescheduled to Friday, June 17, 2005. The location - Wearren and Son Nursery, Taylorsville, KY and the time - 9am to noon have not changed. Please call Amy Fulcher at 859.257.1273 or e-mail afulcher@uky.edu for more information.

 

I was visiting Bernheim Arboretum and noticed the Magnolia virginiana ‘Henry Hicks’ has brown edges approximately ½ inch on the leaf margins while the Magnolia viginiana var australis looks clean and green. See images at http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/Magvirg.html ***FIX LINK***

 

Thanks to Wallitsch Garden Center and Nursery, 2608 Hikes Lane, Louisville, KY 40218 and Plant Kingdom, 101 Westport Road, Louisville, KY 40207 we now have a good collection of Magnolias including several of the yellows. Keeping in mind they were just planted after overwintering in a greenhouse; ‘Gold Finch’ looks great and is a lemony yellow. We’ll keep an eye on them as they open, see how they perform here in west Kentucky and keep you apprised of our evaluations on-line.

 

 

February 28, 2005

TO: Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT: Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

The Perennial Plant Association named Helloborus x hybridus 2005 perennial plant of the year see http://www.perennialplant.org/ppy/39068%20PPA.pdf. A significant validation of one of the Theodore Klein Plant Award Winners for 2004! See http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/Hlbhbrds04.html ***FIX LINK***

 

The Theodore Klein Plant Award winners for 2005 are Abies normanniana, Nordmann Fir; Cercis canadensis ‘Appalachian Red’; Quercus bicolor, Swamp White Oak; and Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’, Golden Japanese Forest Grass. Theodore Klein felt Nordman Fir was the best fir for Kentucky. For a pdf color 8.5 x 11 see http://dib.uky.edu/hort/sites/www.uky.edu.hort/files/documents/TKPA05.pdf

 

The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society’s Gold Medal Plant Award (Styer Award) named Abie koreana, Calycanthus floridus ‘Michael Lindsay’, Gelsemium sempervirens ‘Margarita’ and Ilex verticillata ‘Winter Gold’ as winners for 2005. http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/garden/goldhome.html The PHS GMPA Committee ask that if you have a plant to nominate you e-mail Joe Ziccardi, Jr. At jziccardi@pennhort.org

 

The 2005 Southern Plant Conference Committee met in February to continue to work towards hosting the finest Plant Conference ever. The program is almost done. In addition to the great tours of Gainesway, UK Arboretum, Springhouse Gardens (that is just the Lexington pre-tour), Cave Hill Cemetery, Yew Dell Gardens, Bernheim Arboretum, White Hall, and Seneca Gardens, there will be presentations by prominent plants people to excite one and all. See http://www.sna.org/conferences/spc.shtml or http://www.knla.org/spconference.htm

 

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend the UKREC All-Commodity Field Day at Princeton, KY to be held on Thursday, July 28, 2005. See http://dib.uky.edu/hort/sites/www.uky.edu.hort/files/documents/TKPA05.pdf for a copy of the Field Day Flyer. There will be displays, demonstrations and tours. For nursery producers there will be plant evaluation, pot-in-pot demonstrations, nursery orientated research and other horticulture tours of research plots on small fruit, wine grapes, large fruit, and vegetable crops. For gardeners and plant people there will be tours of the UKREC Botanic Garden and Butterfly Garden. Other agricultural commodities will have displays and tours.

 

 

 

January 31, 2005

TO:Horticulturists interested in Ornamental Horticulture

FROM: Win Dunwell, Extension Horticulturist

SUBJECT:Miscellaneous Information and Announcements.

 

Dava Hayden, Nursery Crops Specialist, is hosting a short course on Getting Started in the Nursery Business. It will be March 1,2005 at the UKREC, approximately 2 miles south of Princeton on Highway 91S (1205 Hopkinsville Street), Princeton, KY. Topics include: Market Opportunities for KY Growers, Selecting a Production Style, Production Requirements, Budget Analysis and How to Get Started. For more information on this 0830-1200 course contact Dava Hayden, 270.365.7541 x 279 or dhayden@uky.edu

 

At the Kentucky Landscape Industries meeting Dr. Hannah Mathers gave some great presentations related to herbicides and nursery industry trends she also pointed out that much of the information she presents is available on her web site for Nursery and Landscape Production and Management. If you have not checked it out it is "worthy". In the near future it will be completely bilingual. It currently includes: a Spanish OSU Nursery Newsletter and the Basic Green Website at <http://hcs.osu.edu/basicgreen>

 

2005 IPM meetings for the nursery industry to be provided in Kentucky by the Nursery Landscape Group can be found at http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/IPM05.html ***FIX LINK*** Amy Fulcher and Dava Hayden are organizing these events funded by Kentucky's IPM Program.

 

At the web site http://www.sna.org/midstates/ You will find this announcing: The New Mid-States Horticultural Expo! A partnership of KNLA, TNLA and SNA. January 5-6, 2006 Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, South Wing, Louisville, KY The Kentucky Nursery & Landscape Association (KNLA), the Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA) and the Southern Nursery Association (SNA) have joined together to form a new regional winter trade show which will open January 5-6, 2006 in Louisville, KY. This new event, Mid-States Horticultural Expo (MSHE), is the result of combining the KNLA winter trade show and the TNLA summer trade show to form a regional event for the Mid-South.