By Tom Ford Penn State University Now that growers are firing up their irrigation across the east – it’s time to remember that water quality is critically important to plant health. See the full Article here: http://www.e-gro.org/pdf/2016_524.pdf
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Take a visit to the University of Georgia website today and see some wonderful coverage of Wednesday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Mimsie Lanier Center for Native Plant Studies. http://www.uga.edu/about_uga/profile/for-the-love-of-native-plants/
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Congratulations to the following researchers on their successful grant proposals in 2016. Research projects focus on agricultural engineering, environment and plant microclimate monitoring, entomology, plant pathology, soil science, horticulture, plant breeding and evaluation, new product evaluation, propagation, and water managemen. There are 5 funded projects for the year 2012 directed by…
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The aim of HighLights newsletter is to keep nursery and landscape professionals, Extension and research personnel, Master Gardeners, horticultural suppliers, and home gardeners up-to-date on news from the Trial Gardens and horticultural research at the South Mississippi Branch Experiment Station in Poplarville. Highlights 3-1
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The aim of HighLights newsletter is to keep nursery and landscape professionals, Extension and research personnel, Master Gardeners, horticultural suppliers, and home gardeners up-to-date on news from the Trial Gardens and horticultural research at the South Mississippi Branch Experiment Station in Poplarville. HighLights 2015-07-27
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Wilsonville, Oregon (July 9, 2015) – The International Trials Conference, held this year in Portland, Oregon, has announced its schedule of stops for this year’s conference tour of area sites playing vital roles in plant research, testing, and production. The day long excursion takes place on the next to last day of…
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Successes and Challenges for Georgia’s Native Plant Industry: Wholesale Changes Required Today’s modern nursery grower won’t get excited by selling a few 4” pots of goldenrod to a native plant enthusiast. And today’s requirements for habitat restoration cannot be satisfied by getting a few dozen native plants from a specialty…
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International Plant Propagators’ Society Brochure here!!! Exciting program and 2 days of tours!
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Allen D. Owings, Regina P. Bracy and Roger Rosendale The LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station evaluates approximately 300-350 cool-season bedding plants in landscape settings each year from October through May. Of the annual flowers for the cool season of the year, most people are familiar with pansies, snapdragons, petunias, garden…
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This year, the 2012 Coastal Green will be held at the Coastal Gardens & Bamboo Farm in Savannah, Georgia on September 28, 2012. Registration is $50 per person until September 19 and $65 per person after September 19; registration includes breakfast, snacks, and lunch. To register, please visit this website. The agenda…
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Over the last three decades, the Trial Gardens at the University of Georgia have introduced home gardeners and landscape designers to thousands of new plant varieties. Every year at the Trial Gardens’ open house, visitors have the chance to get an up-close look at a new class of vetted ornamentals…
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New England Wild Flower Society has a new website for identification and learning about 1,200 of the more common New England plants. Please let everyone know about www.newenglandwild.org/gobotany. There is a great tutorial on video at http://www.newenglandwild.org/learn/go-botany/tutorial-for-go-botany.html/ If you or friends happen to be in the Boston, MA area this…
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Join us Saturday morning, February 18, to learn about, see and celebrate magnolias! Members of the Magnolia Family are prized worldwide for their flowers and have become some of the most widely planted trees. Since 2000, Environmental Horticulture Professor Gary Knox has planted more than 120 species and cultivars of…
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The North American Plant Collections Consortium (NAPCC) is a network of botanical gardens and arboreta working to coordinate a continent-wide approach to plant germplasm preservation. NAPCC was organized by the American Public Gardens Association and the USDA Agricultural Research Service to identify national collections of plant species. In addition to displaying…
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