tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217688672024-03-18T11:10:54.544-07:00The Plant HunterTim Wood is a professional plant hunter. He travels the world looking for new plants to introduce into North America under the Proven Winners brand. Join Tim as he looks for new plants, shares his knowledge of new plants and tells you a bit about the local food and cultures. Pick up tips for a better garden!Tim Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841228763204634681noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21768867.post-10509253853222856362024-02-22T13:01:00.000-08:002024-02-22T13:17:17.704-08:00PUFFER FISH® Hydrangea is a Winner<p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Make your landscape designs fun. PUFFER FISH® Hydrangea paniculata is like a BOBO® Hydrangea, but on steroids. Like Bobo, every inch of the plant is covered in billowy white blooms, but the plant is larger and the flower heads are much larger. It's so lovable, you will be compelled to hug it. Even as the white flowers age to green, new flowers continue emerge at the tip. A bit like a fish statue spitting water into a fountain. Never floppy, the strong stems hold up the big blooms in the container and in the garden.</span></span></p><span style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><div><span style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxpLuufH4xWmuPun25LDWKXgoN_maaBxVeqT85A8ZucajafkYbbr2mb4rpmvVSVhyphenhyphen5Q_JpHRaSYR8yI9E2-Am0kOkEpj7EeSAmoi-h5dumjtKy479HNrv4F7qlNpdea0M4Y-S1fU-MBnO2Ecct9pgU2p6EfzjUpz_DDISxz-7gdbBIXH4ZQvIuQ/s640/0%20IMG_2823.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxpLuufH4xWmuPun25LDWKXgoN_maaBxVeqT85A8ZucajafkYbbr2mb4rpmvVSVhyphenhyphen5Q_JpHRaSYR8yI9E2-Am0kOkEpj7EeSAmoi-h5dumjtKy479HNrv4F7qlNpdea0M4Y-S1fU-MBnO2Ecct9pgU2p6EfzjUpz_DDISxz-7gdbBIXH4ZQvIuQ/s16000/0%20IMG_2823.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three gallon container of Puffer Fish hydrangea</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9mSz-W43lGVnmtDXzqiFQq2HSQiXxYGvZVVEvRD5o2rCEhhRLGENSYkudueNp0frNmMMdT47hYTd4dNTrJwSOljwaRkpxno1IUcYJej4vh84V7rfgGnHuEOt2TxlBYWF1L1jVF2C7HlWFGz-y2joqI6t4A8UV7ICRyjBrzVmYqL8-FUAaDRkww/s1920/IMG_9099%20LR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9mSz-W43lGVnmtDXzqiFQq2HSQiXxYGvZVVEvRD5o2rCEhhRLGENSYkudueNp0frNmMMdT47hYTd4dNTrJwSOljwaRkpxno1IUcYJej4vh84V7rfgGnHuEOt2TxlBYWF1L1jVF2C7HlWFGz-y2joqI6t4A8UV7ICRyjBrzVmYqL8-FUAaDRkww/w640-h360/IMG_9099%20LR.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In our Trial Garden</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Trq_hZEJNrnsOEvs5BMsllL49D7iowJWm0R5ussuMXNZN92Z9c6nRWlqC0JdC12A8ZqKsjP75GXhchA_fUAJPMN4lvoreNGNJb-8T88ifYEER9AUJwBLqcZAe_YsKM9RK49dSgckgIlorK3eRSXARIkZWr4IcNfYb09tBYfxJjND3N_Ocyv0Ag/s1920/Hydrangea%20paniculata%20Puffer%20Fish%20P1207316%20LR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Trq_hZEJNrnsOEvs5BMsllL49D7iowJWm0R5ussuMXNZN92Z9c6nRWlqC0JdC12A8ZqKsjP75GXhchA_fUAJPMN4lvoreNGNJb-8T88ifYEER9AUJwBLqcZAe_YsKM9RK49dSgckgIlorK3eRSXARIkZWr4IcNfYb09tBYfxJjND3N_Ocyv0Ag/w640-h360/Hydrangea%20paniculata%20Puffer%20Fish%20P1207316%20LR.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the size of the blooms</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8DqxDEJHNjJiShLrKnGwmIB99Yl92CZ7cQHd0QJC_yEJfKGgjGPXDqQkyT-XPFgPp-x4aDHTb_coeiG91d9Fs_2x4UYHCFemVGHHxRwLct0X73AYMgD2Hq5w5oT_nX93dP-_zRMYjb0ZUYwVWOP0XmN3qOgrkxooe86ifheCIEqMEney9T0s-Q/s1920/Hydrangea%20paniculata%20Puffer%20Fish%20DSC03217%20TV%20LR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8DqxDEJHNjJiShLrKnGwmIB99Yl92CZ7cQHd0QJC_yEJfKGgjGPXDqQkyT-XPFgPp-x4aDHTb_coeiG91d9Fs_2x4UYHCFemVGHHxRwLct0X73AYMgD2Hq5w5oT_nX93dP-_zRMYjb0ZUYwVWOP0XmN3qOgrkxooe86ifheCIEqMEney9T0s-Q/w640-h360/Hydrangea%20paniculata%20Puffer%20Fish%20DSC03217%20TV%20LR.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the Hydrangea paniculata you want if you're looking for white </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhoWoJvOUk3RJsoBxYQP-glPHX23uQ2A4XprnL9qx3vh2qZhUUQThLy9TcPawXUfvzDNLqRBz_euH6coGwja50pYE1Ml9ljHCrOd6CZcPvYLMSwOWE-2wP9rzrIbQwRlJ2IOjxYLZDBnmOnHAgNUDPuRGhpbh2mjbvowwnGmT3W-saMZ8a8jSFA/s1920/Hydrangea%20paniculata%20Puffer%20Fish%20DSC02483%20LR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhoWoJvOUk3RJsoBxYQP-glPHX23uQ2A4XprnL9qx3vh2qZhUUQThLy9TcPawXUfvzDNLqRBz_euH6coGwja50pYE1Ml9ljHCrOd6CZcPvYLMSwOWE-2wP9rzrIbQwRlJ2IOjxYLZDBnmOnHAgNUDPuRGhpbh2mjbvowwnGmT3W-saMZ8a8jSFA/w640-h360/Hydrangea%20paniculata%20Puffer%20Fish%20DSC02483%20LR.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note how the flowers keep emerging at the apex of the panicle</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheup3QfQ7gHGLdLqiwzwF6Hzu-MCdNv0w1OBrDZCTqTKbzblnEkTwcAuTD_V2j5azfYtl2SBTxYkJuWOADBGImduidl7N9kUYS9u9p72jzlgULgN1yx4wOzFD6nuEaQpu0ivrvgKF6dabtB-2zu56r5VtXs-KzDrYkEhWQvQBHBIvF_uVqUYWPkg/s1920/puffer%20fish%20IMG_0182%20LR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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Of course everyone thinks of burning bush as the quintessential fall color shrub, but there has to be more. What else is there to use? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With a bit of thought I came up with a list of six outstanding shrubs that can add fantastic fall color to your landscape. They're in no particular order, but they're all excellent plants that are worthy of a place in your yard, nursery or landscape design. Each has its own unique hue of fall foliage color from blends of bright orange to bold purplish-reds. And unlike <i>Euonymus alatus</i>, they're all North American natives. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1. LEGEND OF THE FALL</b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> <i>Fothergilla</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72oug8E_t2Gl0K4rd1jIfjPPKx6xh3EGo2a8hj7pD5y-M9Q81py7O3JrLOKATEYNLGp108X2aPLoG1k7tUODALvsrc0E50mEdQSO7zAhK4Wk7tHBWWCbKIFHI8sWkaINJsmXFWLFhUfYAVyRIw7YZMF5kTtmU6AuwLc9T-2IT8gIsjWOSxJQ/s960/Legend%20of%20the%20Fall%2027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72oug8E_t2Gl0K4rd1jIfjPPKx6xh3EGo2a8hj7pD5y-M9Q81py7O3JrLOKATEYNLGp108X2aPLoG1k7tUODALvsrc0E50mEdQSO7zAhK4Wk7tHBWWCbKIFHI8sWkaINJsmXFWLFhUfYAVyRIw7YZMF5kTtmU6AuwLc9T-2IT8gIsjWOSxJQ/w640-h640/Legend%20of%20the%20Fall%2027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">Fothergilla has always been appreciated for its spectacular autumn color, but Legend of the Fall® <i>fothergilla</i> sets a new standard for the species with brilliant, glowing hues of orange, yellow, and red. Spring brings a crop of fragrant white flowers. This plant was also selected for its improved production performance, a boon since this plant will surely be in high demand by landscapers and garden designers. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">USDA Zone 5 - 9 (-20°F/-28.9°C)</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Exposure: Full sun, part sun</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Height: 4 - 5'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Width: 4 - 5'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Bloom Time: </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Spring</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Flower Color: White</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>2. LOW SCAPE MOUND</b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">®</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <i>Aronia melanocarpa</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EDYcmgcCEzoJU8SoZSPUiIZseBumgv_D_mR6LNSJ4q3eyCjsDr5FqPIa84mYrmRLqBpeaVdBNY1C7_TvgsQbAqZxux_QLv25ET1pdwzP_mf2ibHtldpKrymz2QVJ28vmFRUogdJYVbzor_FXyHc4eV77ToDU3FWT-O-SV9qZ2DyzUQNK4z4/s1366/Aronia%20Low%20Scape%20Mound%20Tim%20Wood.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EDYcmgcCEzoJU8SoZSPUiIZseBumgv_D_mR6LNSJ4q3eyCjsDr5FqPIa84mYrmRLqBpeaVdBNY1C7_TvgsQbAqZxux_QLv25ET1pdwzP_mf2ibHtldpKrymz2QVJ28vmFRUogdJYVbzor_FXyHc4eV77ToDU3FWT-O-SV9qZ2DyzUQNK4z4/w640-h360/Aronia%20Low%20Scape%20Mound%20Tim%20Wood.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div>As cute as a button yet tough as nails, Low Scape Mound® aronia is an innovative dwarf selection that may be the closest thing yet to a perfect landscape plant. Adaptable to most any soil, this versatile little black chokeberry offers dark glossy foliage, loads of white flowers in spring, black summer fruit, and intense red foliage in autumn. Ideal for low maintenance mass plantings; think of it as Rhus 'Gro Lo' with multi-season appeal. Developed by Dr. Mark Brand of the University of Connecticut. Low Scape Mound aronia is the 2019 Landscape Shrub of the Year. Winner of the Boskoop Royal Horticultural Society Silver Medal</div><div><br /></div><div>USDA Zone 3 - 9 (-40°F/-40°C)</div><div><br /></div><div>Exposure: Full sun, Part sun</div><div>Height: 1 - 2'</div><div>Width: 2'</div><div>Bloom Time: Spring</div><div>Flower Color: White</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3. KODIAK</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> ORANGE</span></b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">® </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Diervilla</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JzAO9wO4VrvhGrJFk3_9qv4qf52rFdJdnWPoVQQ355gRA2eReGVa7U07kOexXSnXXlvaIzvy6GAeMxJr931N373icumzL5RBvV2RYqe0HhqMy27XU7JrCcJZfqtZ67fXOlr182GjoG2scFnbKac-ldPaHlagN4Nycd3Xqly60bvkrT9sQZA/s4160/Diervilla%20Kodiak%20Orange%20Crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JzAO9wO4VrvhGrJFk3_9qv4qf52rFdJdnWPoVQQ355gRA2eReGVa7U07kOexXSnXXlvaIzvy6GAeMxJr931N373icumzL5RBvV2RYqe0HhqMy27XU7JrCcJZfqtZ67fXOlr182GjoG2scFnbKac-ldPaHlagN4Nycd3Xqly60bvkrT9sQZA/w640-h480/Diervilla%20Kodiak%20Orange%20Crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Another eco-friendly alternative to burning bush, Kodiak<span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> Orange diervilla pushes fall color to the limits with its transformation to fire embers orange. In the spring and summer new growth emerges a showy russet-orange which is accompanied by bright yellow flowers in summer. But late summer and fall are the real show when the entire shrub turns bright citrus orange. This easy growing, vigorous North American native is unbothered by pests or diseases. Diervilla is one of the most adaptable landscape plants you can grow. You" find it growing in dry shade on the shores of Lake Superior, south on the red clay soils of Georgia. Sometimes known as bush honeysuckle, which is just pain stupid as well as a misnomer, so just call it diervilla as the common name. Developed by Garden Genetics, Kodiak Orange won </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">the Boskoop Royal Horticultural Society Silver Medal. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">USDA Zone 4 - 7 (-30°F/-34°C)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Exposure: Full sun, Part sun, Shade</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Height: 3 - 4'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Width: 3 - 4'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bloom Time: Summer</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Flower Color: Yellow</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Foliage Color: Orange</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>4. SCENTLANDIA</b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">®</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <i>Itea virginica </i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYpCi-536qFat3u6VE17OS_qP3Yp-swzbmWsCo7t1iSMObnf_7NMQxwIKfcyuvWLgzplLXzyYaqfpQ0_r5MtF6BY2ggY3llAuMKtrSZvPt7dsj6u_v7HQDKxbC9RvNM9DjQeXZh5tcXr1uDq3mYToBfBt8q9ydP3D3YZjnvYpGgV6KDsOTZ0/s3264/Itea%20Scentlandia%20IMG_3858.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYpCi-536qFat3u6VE17OS_qP3Yp-swzbmWsCo7t1iSMObnf_7NMQxwIKfcyuvWLgzplLXzyYaqfpQ0_r5MtF6BY2ggY3llAuMKtrSZvPt7dsj6u_v7HQDKxbC9RvNM9DjQeXZh5tcXr1uDq3mYToBfBt8q9ydP3D3YZjnvYpGgV6KDsOTZ0/w640-h480/Itea%20Scentlandia%20IMG_3858.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Fabulously fragrant. Sweetspire is beloved for so many reasons: it’s native, shade tolerant, deer resistant, has handsome foliage, amazing fall color, very showy flowers, and of course, delicious fragrance. So how could Scentlandia® sweetspire improve on the classic? Better hardiness, and better fragrance. It has the best fragrance of any Itea I've ever encountered. Year after year you'll get great fall color, along with a compact, refined habit. Winner of the </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Boskoop Royal Horticultural Society Silver Medal. I named it in honor of one of my favorite TV shows. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">USDA Zone 5 - 9 (-20°F/-28.9°C)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Exposure: Full sun, Part sun, Shade</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Height: 2 - 3'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Width: 2 - 3'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bloom Time: Early summer</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Flower Color: White</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Foliage Color: Green</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>5. SKY DEW GOLD</b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">® </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Vaccinium corymbosum</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtskO9FZ0mbv4WzbQPoPjz8SfCxG_G6LHzEar2Mv4xQVY6q_U6VoDJdAWBHhv1HBS6y2mJhshO2KZqmwUv300qkn2MoSHH3uiMYhkafC8kZT0pR5qD-Cp_WWnTtxyS8JPfNSfMuIpZiVhaf7oqbvVp9z1qQLCOMSX3kMdy5yMZZYHq9EGRtI/s1366/Sky%20Dew%20Gold%20Blueberry%20tim%20wood.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtskO9FZ0mbv4WzbQPoPjz8SfCxG_G6LHzEar2Mv4xQVY6q_U6VoDJdAWBHhv1HBS6y2mJhshO2KZqmwUv300qkn2MoSHH3uiMYhkafC8kZT0pR5qD-Cp_WWnTtxyS8JPfNSfMuIpZiVhaf7oqbvVp9z1qQLCOMSX3kMdy5yMZZYHq9EGRtI/w640-h360/Sky%20Dew%20Gold%20Blueberry%20tim%20wood.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bright yellow foliage is the back drop for tasty summer blueberries. Things get even more interesting as the summer nights start to cool and the golden foliage start taking on rich hues of orange and red. The transformation is simply thrilling; seeing something so colorful and cheerful puts a smile on my face. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">USDA Zone 4 - 8 (-30°F/-34.4°C)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Exposure: Full sun</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Height: 2 - 4'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Width; 3 - 4'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bloom Time: Late spring</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Flower Color: </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">White</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Foliage Color </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Chartreuse</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">, Orange</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>6. GATSBY PINK</b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">® </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Hydrangea quercifolia</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvCRBUrboCQlvdm230tw1NwF2v0DLo6_SuFl7n-fIVpSgu8CZV-ou_X8AWHy0oETBF7kYF9jsn5t-KGEm8g0jK9klVNYKo2BpqWl8XjBL0bHi-QHpqYg1sJmM45fW2AfQgToiwUUY7ExfLMS_7Ft7h4kd-HataoOGOMvqtp80Nr6P2d0Rvbo/s3620/Hydrangea%20quercifolia%20Gatsby%20Pink%20IMG_3020_129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="3620" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvCRBUrboCQlvdm230tw1NwF2v0DLo6_SuFl7n-fIVpSgu8CZV-ou_X8AWHy0oETBF7kYF9jsn5t-KGEm8g0jK9klVNYKo2BpqWl8XjBL0bHi-QHpqYg1sJmM45fW2AfQgToiwUUY7ExfLMS_7Ft7h4kd-HataoOGOMvqtp80Nr6P2d0Rvbo/w640-h418/Hydrangea%20quercifolia%20Gatsby%20Pink%20IMG_3020_129.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Just as The Great Gatsby is a classic of American literature, H. quercifolia is a classic North American native hydrangea. Long prized by savvy gardeners for it’s flowers and fall color, this sophisticated shrub deserves a wider market. Gatsby Pink is a</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> remarkable oakleaf selection from </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Powell Gardens of Kingsville, MO. It </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">boasts big showy lacecap blooms that quickly transform from pure white to a delightful pink.The dark green foliage turns mahogany-red in autumn. It also reblooms a bit as well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">USDA Zone 5 - 9 (-20°F/-28.9°C)</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Exposure: Full sun, Part sun</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Height: 6 - 8'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Width: 6 - 8'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bloom Time: Summer</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Flower Color: </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">White, Pink</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Foliage: Color Green, burgundy </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>7. STAGHORN SUMAC</b> <i>Rhus typhyna </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgF8DG39tmkOZMxsVE5rpNtESlReMtx4KLj0J7AhmnDJOpwLoo_gS-x7yKA8u1-_hCJDaEolU9ttj8mgdMqWi6XYISWLVZseCujBFH4TljmIjOdhBshr_iLLMzE9UaJZq8MBbPo73MgrWyAYstBFVOqPNplIcKlt4RO5T2-LUFsUxqYcJVBmk/s4368/IMG_4517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="4368" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgF8DG39tmkOZMxsVE5rpNtESlReMtx4KLj0J7AhmnDJOpwLoo_gS-x7yKA8u1-_hCJDaEolU9ttj8mgdMqWi6XYISWLVZseCujBFH4TljmIjOdhBshr_iLLMzE9UaJZq8MBbPo73MgrWyAYstBFVOqPNplIcKlt4RO5T2-LUFsUxqYcJVBmk/w640-h426/IMG_4517.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ok so I cheated and added a seventh shrub, but it is so worth it. </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Rhus typhina,</i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> the Staghorn sumac, is one of my favorite native shrubs because it is one of the first to change color. The plant has fuzzy stems (like a stag’s horn), great orange to deep red fall color and attractive red seed heads. I learned this plant as a young boy when my dad taught me how to make staghorn lemonade with its fruit - look it up. It’s commonly found along highways forming dense clumps. At 70 mph, it's easy to see that each clump differs genetically in size, fall color, and fruit. Unfortunately, as it is a suckering plant that moves around a bit, most gardeners don’t have the room for a clump in their garden. Still it does deserve greater use. There are several excellent cultivars that are garden worthy; ‘Disecta’ aka ‘Laciniata’ is grown for its attractive lacy cut leaves. Tiger Eyes or ‘Bailtiger’, is a yellow leafed selection of ‘Disecta’. This plant has all the wonderful attributes of the species but with bright yellow leaves that gives summer-long interest.</span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewGardenPlants" title="Subscribe to my feed, New Garden Plants" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></p></div>Tim Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841228763204634681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21768867.post-76192283954164957272022-01-31T13:49:00.009-08:002023-05-18T12:05:25.087-07:00Plants that Impress<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's the last day of January and there is over a foot of snow on the ground here in Michigan, but spring is almost here. I say this because we turned on the heat in our greenhouses today. We are waking up our plants, so we can start propagating. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last year, I didn't post all that much and I'm going to blame it on Covid. The pandemic had such a strong impact on the nursery business and we've been incredibly busy trying to keep up with the demand for plants. My Delta account is full of cancelled tickets, because I did not go to Italy, Germany, Korea or the Netherlands as I had planned. On the positive side I did spend more time in our trial garden, R&D greenhouse and breeding fields evaluating plants. Today I want share with you some of the plants that impressed me the most. Hopefully you'll see something you like, and the spring and summer photos will warm you up until spring arrives for real. Enjoy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Let's Dance Sky View</b>™ reblooming hydrangea</span></p><p>With each passing year the genetics on our reblooming <i>Hydrangea macrophylla</i> keep getting better and better. <a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/lets-dance-sky-view" target="_blank">Let's Dance Sky View hydrangea </a>is one of the best yet. When we trial reblooming hydrangeas we cut our plants back hard in that fall and once again in the spring. We do this to simulate untimely frosts. We also trial them multiple years outdoors to make sure they'll bloom reliably in our harsh Michigan climate. If they bloom here, the should bloom anywhere. As you can see from the photographs below, Let's Dance Sky View excelled in both our trials, blooming nicely after being cut back as a container or having been frozen back in our field. When treated with aluminum sulfate or grown in acid garden soil, the flowers are an attractive sky blue color. </p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHkEYy44OXrrFqEFW9ecoxZcQ0LkBLW1RVmjKPxgG6Ge4fa2rbwKBl5HIoBGsHaO9mHx_SoGvlijDVcDVDfpbcSfWLfT83C9F4W0CpiFblt-ZZMCFzzqUK-bW0TQe4arRiN2ouYjaw70gC4UAaA-fY7TgPQpQR2o5sn-yorJ82i0oquzr9_Do=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHkEYy44OXrrFqEFW9ecoxZcQ0LkBLW1RVmjKPxgG6Ge4fa2rbwKBl5HIoBGsHaO9mHx_SoGvlijDVcDVDfpbcSfWLfT83C9F4W0CpiFblt-ZZMCFzzqUK-bW0TQe4arRiN2ouYjaw70gC4UAaA-fY7TgPQpQR2o5sn-yorJ82i0oquzr9_Do=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plants on the left were cut in fall and the plants on the right were cut back again in spring<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYO9moZsZZ_0u3n_NOJ4IL2FNDawt4oZ7HMYuAIWXOxETFT7X2vvAcQF2zwQTiGRZyKVEc9xla2bjSHc4oyRAr7pjN10FnC2aOfRTAvra8DYCCPDqG9443zqbImu4h0ris0mUfhWMxOlKHNy_12bxvhEE2DSUsdl9qqO9wNZPcviygF69Cj14=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYO9moZsZZ_0u3n_NOJ4IL2FNDawt4oZ7HMYuAIWXOxETFT7X2vvAcQF2zwQTiGRZyKVEc9xla2bjSHc4oyRAr7pjN10FnC2aOfRTAvra8DYCCPDqG9443zqbImu4h0ris0mUfhWMxOlKHNy_12bxvhEE2DSUsdl9qqO9wNZPcviygF69Cj14=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's Dance Sky View hydrangeas flowered well after freezing back to the ground in 2020 and 2021.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvHNL9zFq98RgqAh-Vy0VSFZX0z_3WGMeiISx09QpOE72jSLpPyDiZF1tFZ22KvwFfi-tyqdhQkeJ3Lujj21q1QE0EN1x0oLxm23HP-tFC5fCIzhTVdr72srgPQ6gn6FBoX1D87yI1tHpn0PqJ-nZo6CiJexyIHo2qMd7BlwdWCFFRRV3WIQ/s4032/IMG_0478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvHNL9zFq98RgqAh-Vy0VSFZX0z_3WGMeiISx09QpOE72jSLpPyDiZF1tFZ22KvwFfi-tyqdhQkeJ3Lujj21q1QE0EN1x0oLxm23HP-tFC5fCIzhTVdr72srgPQ6gn6FBoX1D87yI1tHpn0PqJ-nZo6CiJexyIHo2qMd7BlwdWCFFRRV3WIQ/w640-h480/IMG_0478.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/viva-polonia-clematis/" target="_blank"><b>'Viva Polonia'</b> </a>and <a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/happy-jack-purple-clematis/" target="_blank"><b>Happy Jack</b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> Purple</a> <i>Clematis</i> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">So many consumers are disappointed by clematis and it's not their fault. We set out to change that. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You many not know it, but most clematis varieties on the market are selected for their flower size and how they perform for the grower, while </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">we select ours based on garden performance. '</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Viva Polonia' and Happy Jack Purple offer the very best in terms of garden performance. Here you can see how they looked in our trial garden last summer. Simply amazing! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvsoc06NtbKoOIHdor6thyXqefNtn9USaaLvA-WaeOueMbIOSw7_bTEWlxKSilRaGSnl4Ah-DVaxH1ms1InqxPwHXiGNkn8fsPgv6uBkuNSXO_Z63YDagHfieFHocJRszi2m10nFzkCsK7cSuOIGODZdMFnkn_1JCFFfmRglHF_CPbakFnf2E=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvsoc06NtbKoOIHdor6thyXqefNtn9USaaLvA-WaeOueMbIOSw7_bTEWlxKSilRaGSnl4Ah-DVaxH1ms1InqxPwHXiGNkn8fsPgv6uBkuNSXO_Z63YDagHfieFHocJRszi2m10nFzkCsK7cSuOIGODZdMFnkn_1JCFFfmRglHF_CPbakFnf2E=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Viva Polonia' clematis in our test garden <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_LQF5GhMYJLl5R_05L_xs4DjsPvQP1CL3Gzu-1U2QJrrBrUuEumSpiZEuZy5rdD3azJPv-Q38z7Kc4UacOOmswibvPRg750kw0ETL9hHy7Fwk0ufzp44Zaqa-Q-KyOveMCRYVYTEeVqlKCgUAGZ82lL8N8D_Co7qMMXXOJ7odq13Aqy4GLGk=s7952" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5304" data-original-width="7952" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_LQF5GhMYJLl5R_05L_xs4DjsPvQP1CL3Gzu-1U2QJrrBrUuEumSpiZEuZy5rdD3azJPv-Q38z7Kc4UacOOmswibvPRg750kw0ETL9hHy7Fwk0ufzp44Zaqa-Q-KyOveMCRYVYTEeVqlKCgUAGZ82lL8N8D_Co7qMMXXOJ7odq13Aqy4GLGk=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unique reddish-pink, star-like flowers on 'Viva Polonia' clematis<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuUaZa5B7uyERI2rygKRlf7Bqv_-k4A9VgECKQWeiJTshID7BmrugZupmeS5qxfiBjfwlaJvAwiY--5SYDN7wqvI_d3ki0WcjUDKmvoaP7ycys6it2ck3Zy1Mkb2xFlRkzqG8ZYeYJyDaL-4T48QKFAQ5XzcbdvxQg4TnT6YbY-ts6zrUxBgw=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuUaZa5B7uyERI2rygKRlf7Bqv_-k4A9VgECKQWeiJTshID7BmrugZupmeS5qxfiBjfwlaJvAwiY--5SYDN7wqvI_d3ki0WcjUDKmvoaP7ycys6it2ck3Zy1Mkb2xFlRkzqG8ZYeYJyDaL-4T48QKFAQ5XzcbdvxQg4TnT6YbY-ts6zrUxBgw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Jack Purple is always looking happy and healthy<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgri79-FeogEnv1dpYqwdbhUA3CnGWPS2HtseWWaqVEqmk5nSY7R_ZDz371VT2Q5M5P01EAC9_xWy4jMeSEt9dTdYWl1CB_OEPZtshCXL5CktaYsRVAK-T3_o0rBZ2YqqL9Np86rkopPyJm5OZ5EeIBrZlwWrZgZKKKWTXdqgyH_IGHtWeSm_c=s4368" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2458" data-original-width="4368" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgri79-FeogEnv1dpYqwdbhUA3CnGWPS2HtseWWaqVEqmk5nSY7R_ZDz371VT2Q5M5P01EAC9_xWy4jMeSEt9dTdYWl1CB_OEPZtshCXL5CktaYsRVAK-T3_o0rBZ2YqqL9Np86rkopPyJm5OZ5EeIBrZlwWrZgZKKKWTXdqgyH_IGHtWeSm_c=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Jack Purple climbing on a Quick Fire hydrangea </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Puffer Fish</b>™ <i>Hydrangea paniculata</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/puffer-fish-41860" target="_blank">Puffer Fish™ hydrangea</a> is a new selection developed at North Carolina State University that will be at retail in a year or so. Think of it as a super-sized Bobo hydrangea. Just like Bobo, it has full, lacy blooms from top to bottom, but the blooms are much bigger. The flowers open pure white and remain white until they transition in fall to a light green. It's also quite distinct in that new flowers continue to produce at the tip of the panicle, making it looks as if the puffer fish flowers are spitting a bit of water. Puffer Fish has been a standout in all our trials. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGYXWqMAFWizyyJaXpGBLbfU73nZ9QBo6ZTHXCBmCcs10ER9lnAxNneI2lmw1xL_IFrwK6rO3Gk1aIG2AO87IScqrBrgEDKhYovwDiUpwOlPA8W8yn4HrQjLO-cuofsQes1UHUBqpuFCklumFv-tSc4C3AnQYZcnyalSsy_OgqdrhtV2ZvJlQ=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGYXWqMAFWizyyJaXpGBLbfU73nZ9QBo6ZTHXCBmCcs10ER9lnAxNneI2lmw1xL_IFrwK6rO3Gk1aIG2AO87IScqrBrgEDKhYovwDiUpwOlPA8W8yn4HrQjLO-cuofsQes1UHUBqpuFCklumFv-tSc4C3AnQYZcnyalSsy_OgqdrhtV2ZvJlQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puffer Fish hydrangea in our trail garden<br />\</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaOSetqZFSxXeXn3ThAu0PzLkXleRFyhXrJs93Rjc2l9GJUk4ZpYhE1WaNRd2wDyRqt7T0P2y4JKpT2XATUPcblxrqE99GfpZQrPtSZpIHLfo9L5r-oGo3mP55-L-X5PAfH2EEQzRTZ4hB202D1T2qpBtp-WrC4RerA3dU8VMQqfggRMf-F90=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaOSetqZFSxXeXn3ThAu0PzLkXleRFyhXrJs93Rjc2l9GJUk4ZpYhE1WaNRd2wDyRqt7T0P2y4JKpT2XATUPcblxrqE99GfpZQrPtSZpIHLfo9L5r-oGo3mP55-L-X5PAfH2EEQzRTZ4hB202D1T2qpBtp-WrC4RerA3dU8VMQqfggRMf-F90=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At full bloom it's hard to see the foliage on Puffer Fish<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnYwRfE0-x2hEBpW2g9wDAIwRrqCBkpy_jpUrv1pl_3cqTLEX2I53_wYwHiRUlffGuximrnIbwypqSnhnxLmMD6mHMydfZ15g_Js_E0mJwdhGGNFVZdxNot-Kt4d9GhjQmuArdYposhmTt02TtecqL0MZBIe5g3fbnLgVzvl_Jyl9h0obFtaA=s3840" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="3840" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnYwRfE0-x2hEBpW2g9wDAIwRrqCBkpy_jpUrv1pl_3cqTLEX2I53_wYwHiRUlffGuximrnIbwypqSnhnxLmMD6mHMydfZ15g_Js_E0mJwdhGGNFVZdxNot-Kt4d9GhjQmuArdYposhmTt02TtecqL0MZBIe5g3fbnLgVzvl_Jyl9h0obFtaA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An easy to identify bloom, Puffer Fish blooms spit a bit of water</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: georgia;">Wine & Spirits</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">™ </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Weigela</i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We evaluate a lot of <i>Weigela </i>breeding each year and one of plants that shinned was <a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/wine-spirits-95130" target="_blank">Wine & Spirits™ weigela</a>, a new variety developed by Megan Mathey. What I love about this selection is its fresh greenish-white flowers. I've never seen this color before and it just makes the flowers almost glow against the backdrop of its dark foliage. Growers and retailers will appreciate how well it looks in a container in the spring, and gardeners and landscapers will love how it looks in the landscape. Its unique flower color and overall flower power made it a standout in all of our trials. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIYk8JovBo9o8Z3iFPQU27nuGf6l-NU__71dJpWIUuguFLsXCbiVs7iGxZwnKanJZupvdxQbx30BwHbv3I4gxRi3H6a_l9rdUuNY3qOzmdt3zD9vAH5Xrj63wMtZvZ-jjDHia3D8XizCPqVTCuNdHBe7_0Q3re5ZoUZIzvZxSep1XoEpsxsPU=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIYk8JovBo9o8Z3iFPQU27nuGf6l-NU__71dJpWIUuguFLsXCbiVs7iGxZwnKanJZupvdxQbx30BwHbv3I4gxRi3H6a_l9rdUuNY3qOzmdt3zD9vAH5Xrj63wMtZvZ-jjDHia3D8XizCPqVTCuNdHBe7_0Q3re5ZoUZIzvZxSep1XoEpsxsPU=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The greenish-white flowers of Wine & Spirits weigela appear to glow <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZgftHyGabqzY_keA87wDxwOk6PG3LW5RjyarVqJY1Xr69rJqhMavBRKZaLtuxdjPB5gXuZ6HMdMEOpDEfBdht4u29L4EI0gC5WhohxjYZ5MJdqHX_R86-ConCa5oyqKGD62YZjt6a9BuIs9fOmBlNh8ITsb7idrnZtx2UBagf2lUcmKDQ5dc=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZgftHyGabqzY_keA87wDxwOk6PG3LW5RjyarVqJY1Xr69rJqhMavBRKZaLtuxdjPB5gXuZ6HMdMEOpDEfBdht4u29L4EI0gC5WhohxjYZ5MJdqHX_R86-ConCa5oyqKGD62YZjt6a9BuIs9fOmBlNh8ITsb7idrnZtx2UBagf2lUcmKDQ5dc=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCT9g6QlMoN3y9thC2tifHKxPKrvWX_CZRAO_rHxmYup6xIuyHgU0IQEjmFpn1VUCSTT9KEl5J_RUgtaZNwzHU-311C8RYGj_SkJFUCQOhxJPhJWZQjrDcWKyZAH1p97WNnf5ybDAsDj6IT9GqerK28XtlnVDbxp1BaRf3s-ZN3n8bmRwxcXs=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A standout <i>Weigela </i>in our container trials<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDzzFg9iN93pdFH4I1Py0bvLqLny8w8pU7Q6RCyc-9zSXZuOhv0vTrYqNfoEfUfwJwLkXZDy0mxpus7SRbxyk_qrn9QAmJwlgeLcodDKXvCaLJjoEIoVuGGQC7vM7Wk_XzHI5PL8IvGku-odcmO6DwD88JvMUdPums-OP1gQrM1S1wx8laqOw=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDzzFg9iN93pdFH4I1Py0bvLqLny8w8pU7Q6RCyc-9zSXZuOhv0vTrYqNfoEfUfwJwLkXZDy0mxpus7SRbxyk_qrn9QAmJwlgeLcodDKXvCaLJjoEIoVuGGQC7vM7Wk_XzHI5PL8IvGku-odcmO6DwD88JvMUdPums-OP1gQrM1S1wx8laqOw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With lots of flower power, it lights up a garden even more than Wine & Roses.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Mr. Mustard</b>™ <i>Sorbaria</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">When we trial a new variety, we compare it to similar plants on the market, and if it's not better we pass on the plant. <a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/mr-mustard-false-spiraea/">Mr. Mustard™ <i>Sorbaria sorbifolia</i> </a>was clearly brighter and more compact than 'Sem' and the others. The plant is at its best in spring when it is flushing, showing off its feathered hues of red and yellow. While other selections burn or get ragged by mid-summer, Mr. Mustard <i>Sorbaria </i>passes inspection with its clean green foliage and cherry-red fruit. Be aware this species </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">sends out runners in loamy soils and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">should only be planted in areas where it is contained. Plant in a isolated bed, or keep it contained by growing it in a decorative container. I</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">t's plenty hardy and will overwinter just fine. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Its white, conical, summer blooms look a bit like Astilbe and are wonderful for attracting pollinators. This is a tough, hardy plant that performs wonderfully when in the right location.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJYjN47HTPG3LcQETHbazu8mXUvteMcEqmG5CZcat5e1nRRI0oyeaORKBEEqYQXlywbrhk6TWUpxRf7Bv4htaBfEa-QAL86BaD5fozNfjtdjKFzTD7kL1XNDCWoLuSLYq45y9zuUQOH8Y5W2y7qruZrnySKG_2_RCbkcwe0AKvJGoHy8oBiQQ=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJYjN47HTPG3LcQETHbazu8mXUvteMcEqmG5CZcat5e1nRRI0oyeaORKBEEqYQXlywbrhk6TWUpxRf7Bv4htaBfEa-QAL86BaD5fozNfjtdjKFzTD7kL1XNDCWoLuSLYq45y9zuUQOH8Y5W2y7qruZrnySKG_2_RCbkcwe0AKvJGoHy8oBiQQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Mustard is a colorful container plant <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZRdAe9KX5_kut7tOtBS9ZjnmW-47ZHsrvO4xnTSXEwzdnxHwDK6KS892U6tnR5N8jr5FGkX4rf2wnA8dq0SIy7s_kzeGLUX-Ju54XOpjQeLA5Jn8EVqPJ5dxGjcJjXhq2JCme8c2tm6nkfKOFAzRA9rxus1fB19Tc1uspC-rN6TGUAUQB6eg=s1900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1900" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZRdAe9KX5_kut7tOtBS9ZjnmW-47ZHsrvO4xnTSXEwzdnxHwDK6KS892U6tnR5N8jr5FGkX4rf2wnA8dq0SIy7s_kzeGLUX-Ju54XOpjQeLA5Jn8EVqPJ5dxGjcJjXhq2JCme8c2tm6nkfKOFAzRA9rxus1fB19Tc1uspC-rN6TGUAUQB6eg=w640-h304" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At its best in spring, Mr. Mustard is colorful and compact<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijBIEKzl0T0MVuQTumgzPCfngQOnKA6hDUhC0jD5aTOiAQIOhNFJNw2eZvnO1gGo_dN1gwX-7mPHUVvsSALh-cJ-w2fgbo5dUVV5yA-CHxGpFQ4LzGWy6KzmqH6e60TxxRC0rnimK-zjjYkopR28yIxgmIrzvLwfK2oc-uwMJUmfUTTKACFOU=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijBIEKzl0T0MVuQTumgzPCfngQOnKA6hDUhC0jD5aTOiAQIOhNFJNw2eZvnO1gGo_dN1gwX-7mPHUVvsSALh-cJ-w2fgbo5dUVV5yA-CHxGpFQ4LzGWy6KzmqH6e60TxxRC0rnimK-zjjYkopR28yIxgmIrzvLwfK2oc-uwMJUmfUTTKACFOU=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the summer the foliage turns to green, as opposed to brown like 'Sem'</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Sting</b>™ <i>Thuja occidentalis </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am partial to columnar plants, so it is no wonder that <a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/sting-84140" target="_blank">Sting arborvitae </a>captured my heart and imagination. This seedling selection of 'DeGroot Spire' that I sowed out some 15-18 years ago has remained exceedingly slim and attractive. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hardy and heat tolerant, u</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">se it as an exclamation point, or go all in and plant it in rows down each side of a road, like the Italians do with their narrow Mediterranean</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> cypress, </span><i style="font-family: georgia;">Cupressus sempervirens</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">. Sting <i>Thuja </i>is a fun tree that is only limited by your imagination. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj5g9eDXGwH3AG6sbjD2CKnm-vFNvr2BULNIJs4uqhZastHDphnR90475eJCcrJpKTdFj0rQqwP0RhlScXijWQyerkMafcmCFtv4LLgAOYVsiXjhu41Ls6VwkDOsXY-3sf2W0WWNCSQuwYBG-iUtGGfhbcedbCbfHiE8Q78gsEfOqOKBrIU2A=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj5g9eDXGwH3AG6sbjD2CKnm-vFNvr2BULNIJs4uqhZastHDphnR90475eJCcrJpKTdFj0rQqwP0RhlScXijWQyerkMafcmCFtv4LLgAOYVsiXjhu41Ls6VwkDOsXY-3sf2W0WWNCSQuwYBG-iUtGGfhbcedbCbfHiE8Q78gsEfOqOKBrIU2A=w640-h400" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make a statement with Sting arborvitae, the super narrow <i>Thuja occidentalis</i> <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji61AZWcdAOopUSQh14A0r_WHYSLm-Gi1DQyFo4IrFQIeLhTmLUqxr6s4oc_OPRoQIPMXzjDuxJUPmMzDP8z-eHAeoZDr71veQPFSdkTkyFIF4IEmx3mjIlUwsSvRwUYlU9dZ_zySALAHtP76_yZj3e4LKMARe2cAnNigl-sGqDR7Po68kAoQ=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji61AZWcdAOopUSQh14A0r_WHYSLm-Gi1DQyFo4IrFQIeLhTmLUqxr6s4oc_OPRoQIPMXzjDuxJUPmMzDP8z-eHAeoZDr71veQPFSdkTkyFIF4IEmx3mjIlUwsSvRwUYlU9dZ_zySALAHtP76_yZj3e4LKMARe2cAnNigl-sGqDR7Po68kAoQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sting arborvitae in our test garden</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">That's all for now. Join me soon when we'll take a look at some new and exciting plants <a href="http://bit.ly/SMNfortheSouth22" target="_blank">specifically for the South</a>. Until then, stay warm.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewGardenPlants" title="Subscribe to my feed, New Garden Plants" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></p></div>Tim Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841228763204634681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21768867.post-29492815884326174982022-01-12T07:58:00.007-08:002022-01-12T08:17:27.972-08:00Double Play Spirea: More Than Just Pretty Flowers <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As a general rule, <i>Spiraea</i> is known as a hardy, adaptable and attractive ornamental shrub. And of the 90 different <i>Spiraea</i> species, few are as colorful and useful as <i>Spiraea japonica</i>. The species is very hardy, adaptable and offers a wide range of flower and foliage colors. Add to this the ability to cross with other species and you have an array of breeding opportunities. With <i>Spiraea</i>, as well as other species, observation and imagination are the first steps in plant breeding, so looking for and noticing things that others may miss, brings new opportunities.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguevQwVMXUsQrsX7G46cw0A-JqPb6q_AlCDOy_gqZdyPoHZg5Wv5lKBC0TMz9smWbOwaI57nQa2XSQJdxC-mPKXI3NgpnxPQtbUh9O-rdbFIas0mDLTWRSPj9L2NoVsPfxanl_kmlBwA_kCJUnIn12MST7aGT2sp0rm9M-raxmw65AgCge_1Y=s4368" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="4368" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguevQwVMXUsQrsX7G46cw0A-JqPb6q_AlCDOy_gqZdyPoHZg5Wv5lKBC0TMz9smWbOwaI57nQa2XSQJdxC-mPKXI3NgpnxPQtbUh9O-rdbFIas0mDLTWRSPj9L2NoVsPfxanl_kmlBwA_kCJUnIn12MST7aGT2sp0rm9M-raxmw65AgCge_1Y=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of our early discoveries was a rich, pink flowered <i>Spiraea fritschiana</i> that we named Pink
Parasols<span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> (‘Wilma’). Known for its excellent hardiness and attractive autumn
foliage, <i>Spiraea fritschiana</i> is a low
mounded, Korean native, with large, attractive blooms that are normally pure
white. By pure luck I found this pink flowered anomaly in a batch of seedlings
at a local university. The seed source of this plant originated in Korea and I
suspect it might have been an accidental hybrid with Spiraea japonica. Pink
Parasols is a low mounded plant that is much wider than it is tall, making it
an excellent commercial landscape plant. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Another observation we made early on was that most spirea
are sold in the spring, well before the flowers appear. This means that the
color, texture and health of the foliage is how most consumers judge the plants
they are buying. Further observation revealed that some seedlings had especially
good, colorful foliage when leafing out in the spring. Such was the case when we
crossed Pink Parasols <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spiraea
fritschiana</i> with a yellow leafed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spiraea
japonica</i> variety and came up with a number of unique, colorful hybrids.
After evaluating the top selections, we introduced one and named it Double Play
Big Bang<span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spiraea</i> x ‘Tracy’). The
spring flush of foliage is a vibrant orange. As the foliage matures it turns
bright yellow with contrasting red new growth. The pink flowers are
extra-large, getting this trait from <i>Spiraea fritschiana</i>. The plant cultivar
was named in honor of my wife Tracy, and has proven itself to be first class
garden and landscape plant. Thank goodness for that, because you don’t want to
name a bad plant after your wife!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJwrzVn_MrNl0y5N1Bn2eSeuORBLtEM79Uzd05IyM-YbLRR_333z8XlP_UDnrZRHTWxcknnAcsxbSNSLoA-NhASXK-8jOexw4Khfndo7izLlUntDqrPmOimQC5Ah68yOQe0eP8YsHN9EAHxDhqRB6pSKygOqPmxGRpmBhWJUvZTZCpeupqkuw=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJwrzVn_MrNl0y5N1Bn2eSeuORBLtEM79Uzd05IyM-YbLRR_333z8XlP_UDnrZRHTWxcknnAcsxbSNSLoA-NhASXK-8jOexw4Khfndo7izLlUntDqrPmOimQC5Ah68yOQe0eP8YsHN9EAHxDhqRB6pSKygOqPmxGRpmBhWJUvZTZCpeupqkuw=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Double Play Big Bang</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is amazing to note the difference in flowering between
cultivars as well as seedlings. Some plants only flower in top while others
flower from top to bottom. The corymb (bloom) diameter varies greatly between
plants. The green-leafed varieties, Double Play Pink (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spiraea j.</i> ‘SMNSJMFP’) and Double Play Artisan<span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spiraea j.</i> ‘Galen’) were all selected
for large corymbs and bloom density from top to bottom having pink and purple
flowers respectively. Both cultivars are especially attractive in early spring
as the new foliage emerges burgundy-red. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjleis0rXnTE3HI-J-MSDVMHjtQZS6eWdmVXzSrDpuEFfRjh8F5SuovpQmZGQ8xqmEIlbXVwbAcDRZd2m0cIrc0jYOH1zQOyyhB8uTcEzu9q70Wntu_SZNcvA6bXF11jpXe7EOQ_ncxUrlAeAUZ_XOJfb2y0IkK-Ii7VcIgn7gABHG6J9Onju8=s468" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="468" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjleis0rXnTE3HI-J-MSDVMHjtQZS6eWdmVXzSrDpuEFfRjh8F5SuovpQmZGQ8xqmEIlbXVwbAcDRZd2m0cIrc0jYOH1zQOyyhB8uTcEzu9q70Wntu_SZNcvA6bXF11jpXe7EOQ_ncxUrlAeAUZ_XOJfb2y0IkK-Ii7VcIgn7gABHG6J9Onju8=w640-h394" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Trialing is one of the most important parts of plant breeding. Double Play Artisan stands out from the crowd</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Double Play Red<span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spiraea
j.</i> ‘SMNSJMFR’) has beautiful cherry-red spring foliage, but is was
primarily selected for its uniquely colored, sangria-red flowers. It is the
truest red I have ever seen in a Spirea; better than ‘Dart’s Red’, and far
better than ‘Anthony Waterer’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
flowers age, the dark red hues do transition to pink, so there are times when
the flowers will look more pink than red. Regardless, it is a truly unique and
beautiful plant. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnsa4TsT0Kuz50_0fFPobJkCZMqyDGVRDDNeLbFbqXxDkA9mQGeEPSOxZ8LOT-QlUQ48D0td0bLnNX4sdA_TiAKQHLi-CtaUWzG8i--VjXaZBtPEDcM4dA3rVJEakn0m0ZWwQ8hGK7fWBMA4s35_jbi2-Nc1NZISE5VpSvkrwi3NO8fsNcKSw=s1800" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnsa4TsT0Kuz50_0fFPobJkCZMqyDGVRDDNeLbFbqXxDkA9mQGeEPSOxZ8LOT-QlUQ48D0td0bLnNX4sdA_TiAKQHLi-CtaUWzG8i--VjXaZBtPEDcM4dA3rVJEakn0m0ZWwQ8hGK7fWBMA4s35_jbi2-Nc1NZISE5VpSvkrwi3NO8fsNcKSw=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Double Play Red (on the right) is the first true red spirea</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Many gold-leaved cultivars being grown in the nursery trade are <a href="https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/nurspest/powdery-mildew/powdery-mildew-spirea-spiraea-japonica" target="_blank">susceptible</a> to powdery mildew (<i>Podosphaera
spiraeae</i>). Double Play<span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> Gold was introduced as a solution to this problem. Double Play Gold (<i>Spiraea j.</i> ‘Yan’) is a compact, dwarf, gold foliaged plant adorned with bright, bubblegum pink flowers. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1000" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyEO0U9-zhteITZ_dixhQEro7FfDAC-hTZiZXackbB320IZ6c5xF6r0B9jVI3irFL4XjTMMESu1_ZRw1sQQ-N7qFXjdNIG1xmm6QPY8d8faCq62RnDFqj50sdVDKTfIscHq35BeoTNRZhimT1mlbeTY26GED3fawRFrO1n73vpLwKE8fSRL7w=w640-h352" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Double Play Gold</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyEO0U9-zhteITZ_dixhQEro7FfDAC-hTZiZXackbB320IZ6c5xF6r0B9jVI3irFL4XjTMMESu1_ZRw1sQQ-N7qFXjdNIG1xmm6QPY8d8faCq62RnDFqj50sdVDKTfIscHq35BeoTNRZhimT1mlbeTY26GED3fawRFrO1n73vpLwKE8fSRL7w=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">While most of the plants in the Double Play series were developed
by <a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/" target="_blank">Spring Meadow</a> in our internal breeding program, two varieties were developed
by North Carolina State University. A number of years ago, we had funded Dr.
Thomas Ranney’s plant breeding team to develop sterile cultivars of potentially
invasive plants. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of the common methods for sterile varieties is to create a
triploid (3x) plant which has three sets of chromosomes instead of the normal
two, a diploid (2x). This was the technique used to create seedless watermelons.
The process starts by treating young seedlings with colchicine or oryzalin,
which doubles the chromosomes, thus creating a tetraploid (4x) plant. The
tetraploid plant is then crossed back with a normal diploid plant. The
resulting triploid seedlings are often seedless. Double Play Doozie<span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> (<i>Spiraea japonica</i> ‘NCSX2’) is a seedless
triploid, as well as a wide cross containing genes of more than one species.
One of the added benefits of seedless plants is that they put their energy into
flowering instead of setting seed. With Double Play Doozie <i>Spiraea</i>, this
results in a spirea that flowers all summer long. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihRcTb_M8bLQeFIlufTgFrORrOVeeTg2pX6SzZBO_Ugo_Fs_xtIHihmH1m3bxUdOuKg3G6P8rYuYMsf0p2pK2POHV0znL6LNyAMqYD1HDtgUqPuxPcBkFbJvs7nwLvVCIM2S9R1_r5ihEBHaec0oPKq6oaonKPhpIXg7uxX7lCRYijeNr_dBs=s2400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihRcTb_M8bLQeFIlufTgFrORrOVeeTg2pX6SzZBO_Ugo_Fs_xtIHihmH1m3bxUdOuKg3G6P8rYuYMsf0p2pK2POHV0znL6LNyAMqYD1HDtgUqPuxPcBkFbJvs7nwLvVCIM2S9R1_r5ihEBHaec0oPKq6oaonKPhpIXg7uxX7lCRYijeNr_dBs=w640-h400" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Double Play Doozie spring foliage</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJsAYJgJdGWLVft95HnbWRiv7h9R2u_RXkDgAu8kRYe_Ml967ZOr0guXJIHbkNkQQuUgTiMWhSUsy1Lw3PiQ_qS_noxdaQWEJLLr_6g57kHDCp5w3Iyvsq8D-IsKPK2Vh0OgiY5y5UMkugph21tSFNNS6W9hcsd8yJRMFn7BCbco3P6MWe8CM=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJsAYJgJdGWLVft95HnbWRiv7h9R2u_RXkDgAu8kRYe_Ml967ZOr0guXJIHbkNkQQuUgTiMWhSUsy1Lw3PiQ_qS_noxdaQWEJLLr_6g57kHDCp5w3Iyvsq8D-IsKPK2Vh0OgiY5y5UMkugph21tSFNNS6W9hcsd8yJRMFn7BCbco3P6MWe8CM=w640-h360" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Double Play Doozie the first ever continuous blooming spirea</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This plant is a game changer
in the landscape market because it is so easy to grow and because it looks just
as good in flower in August as it does in June when it first flowers. There is
no need to shear it to get it to rebloom. The new growth continues to produce
flower buds and flowers that cover and hid the older flower heads. The flowers
are a vivid dark pink making it the perfect plant to replace ‘Anthony Waterer’
a variety that should have been discontinued year ago because it is a virus
infected cultivar. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Double Play Candy Corn<span style="font-size: xx-small;">®</span> (<i>Spiraea japonica</i> ‘NCSX1’), is
another Tom Ranney triploid hybrid, but it is not noted for being a rebloomer.
This plant variety was selected for its unique colorful foliage. In the spring
the first flush of foliage emerges a fiery orange-red. As spring progresses,
the foliage color changes to a bright yellow and then eventually to a butter
yellow, while constantly being accentuated with bright reddish-orange hues in
the new growth. The color combination is quite unique and pleasing. The name
Candy Corn, pays tribute to a sickeningly sweet, American, Halloween candy
noted for its bright orange and yellow colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIUruItA63pHLQyPO5vXuHTXtVT6uGdbtQK70stFe0u5Eywe6RGtN3xWTv3jgFY8Ze0xp-IdKJztT6FelGe81e6azJCe3msjOx1M63_oM0-CrcjgIS2dPDse_WQ7LLFuSuWyIknI3n2sIivXEe23Vq4VVAh2yrp-6uGdSFmjOyN7k27sqXzXA=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="900" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIUruItA63pHLQyPO5vXuHTXtVT6uGdbtQK70stFe0u5Eywe6RGtN3xWTv3jgFY8Ze0xp-IdKJztT6FelGe81e6azJCe3msjOx1M63_oM0-CrcjgIS2dPDse_WQ7LLFuSuWyIknI3n2sIivXEe23Vq4VVAh2yrp-6uGdSFmjOyN7k27sqXzXA=w640-h356" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">The foliage transition of Double Play Candy Corn </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There is one more spirea in the Double Play series that is
not a <i>Spiraea japonica</i>, but rather a
selection of <i>Spiraea media,</i> a species
that is native to Eastern Europe. A number of years back we use to grow and
sell a Darthauzer nurseries variety named Snowstorm™ (<i>Spiraea media</i> 'Darsnorm'). After three or four generations of
inbreeding and selection we singled out a dwarf plant with notable blue foliage.
We introduced it with the name Double Play Blue Kazoo (<i>Spiraea media</i> ‘SMSMBK’) a silly, but memorable name based on the
silly children’s musical instrument. I love plants with colorful foliage and
especially blue foliage and I believe this is a special plant. It is a low
mounded, beauty with waxy, blue-green foliage that is randomly air-brushed with
a cast of purple hues. The large, white, spring blooms contrast wonderfully
with the richly colored foliage. Like all spirea, it looks best when planted en
masse.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibTpBAUNPx9i-qjmYxwzbnYWrGPzJk4Z0MQWvD9mZZcGkCUW9hOJJyUOC1__E9FPq6JwwLtKQw4EySTJhMgXuYQecXO65peY2XGvBJKO99_Au2rP0VS6NBqOjhkfbdwesnSI3BznP7-XYknQgi6ysuzE_aTd_vTl5HhXdWGvHqS0D-vNc5ZwA=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibTpBAUNPx9i-qjmYxwzbnYWrGPzJk4Z0MQWvD9mZZcGkCUW9hOJJyUOC1__E9FPq6JwwLtKQw4EySTJhMgXuYQecXO65peY2XGvBJKO99_Au2rP0VS6NBqOjhkfbdwesnSI3BznP7-XYknQgi6ysuzE_aTd_vTl5HhXdWGvHqS0D-vNc5ZwA=w640-h384" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Double Play Blue Kazoo foliage</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBVw4_RkE2GeXB6auq60RlZPVmk7ho2MkdudFY8oiUv-weXDZKhiv9PqRe9H3YLNuX8uDEHAdYiwfjUCjR0JgN1txfJAPasbo_p4b6EEV00HgV8XaeUIWz-G5Q9pP0aWZOKJUHjWQJc9_wf3-xFUkxjSumb5HnmAJgqvRvVyQTgkCB56dqLlA=s4368" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="4368" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBVw4_RkE2GeXB6auq60RlZPVmk7ho2MkdudFY8oiUv-weXDZKhiv9PqRe9H3YLNuX8uDEHAdYiwfjUCjR0JgN1txfJAPasbo_p4b6EEV00HgV8XaeUIWz-G5Q9pP0aWZOKJUHjWQJc9_wf3-xFUkxjSumb5HnmAJgqvRvVyQTgkCB56dqLlA=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Blue Kazoo planting in bloom</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is a bit humorous looking back, because so many people
told us we were wasting our time breeding Spiraea. They said, “Who needs
another spirea?” But like all plant breeding, there is always room for new plants,
if they are improvements. Growers continue to look for plants that finish
faster and that have fewer production inputs. Retailers, with a limited number
of salespeople, are looking for plants with greater impulse appeal, which will
sell themselves. Consumers want shrubs that offer more than just two weeks of
flowers. They are looking for reliable plants that earn their keep all season
long and these new spirea do just that.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/all-plants/?jsf=epro-products:sheight&tax=product_cat:256" target="_blank">Get more information on each of the Double Play varieties here </a> </b><b> </b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewGardenPlants" title="Subscribe to my feed, New Garden Plants" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></p></div>Tim Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841228763204634681noreply@blogger.comGrand Haven, MI, USA43.0630734 -86.22838639999999114.752839563821155 -121.38463639999999 71.373307236178846 -51.072136399999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21768867.post-60881105174605131932021-06-01T05:34:00.000-07:002022-02-02T05:34:59.122-08:00Taming Invasive Species<div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">It is welcome news that lawmakers and the public now recognize the threat of certain exotic species which can displace our native species and alter our native ecosystems. Gardeners, nurserymen, landscaper architects and other land stewards need to act responsively to preserve our native habitats. No one wants to be responsible for the next purple loosestrife, kudzu, or multiflora rose, all well known examples of problematic species. The proverbial Pandora’s box has been opened, and now the question is how to close it.</span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">Lawmakers have been scrambling to solve the problem of invasive plants. </span><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Banning plants “deemed invasive” has been the main tool utilized thus far. </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">For example, the Ohio Department of Agriculture has just <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180107/38-species-of-invasive-plants-now-illegal-to-sell-in-ohio" target="_blank">banned 38 plant species of plants</a>. Banning these weedy, seedy plants should please environmentalists and gardeners alike because </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">most have no commercial or ornamental value. But how do we address address plants that do have horticultural value? </span></div>
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have been breeding and selecting cultivars since the dawn of agriculture.
Historically, cultivars have been developed to produce greater crop yields, larger fruit and bigger, more colorful flowers. But they have also developed breeding techniques to create seedless plants. W</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">e're all familiar seedless oranges, <a href="https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/newsletters/hortupdate/hortupdate_archives/2000/may00/h5may00.html#:~:text=When%20the%20tetraploid%20plant%20is,General%20Climatic%20Requirements.">seedless watermelons</a> and seedless bananas. So why not create seedless ornamental plants to solve the invasive plant problems? Researcher are! </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"> </span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">North Carolina State University researcher have been at the forefront of taming invasive species. Dr. Dennis Werner developed the <a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/lo-blue-chip-butterfly-bush/" target="_blank">Lo & Behold® series of butterfly bush (<i>Buddleia</i>)</a> which was granted an exemption in Oregon where <i>Buddleia</i> has been banned because of its evasiveness in the Pacific Northwest. </span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Dr. Thomas Ranney, another plant researcher at NSCU, has developed two seedless cultivars of </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">Japanese barberry (</span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Berberis thunbergii</i><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">). One of the cultivars, Sunjoy® Mini Maroon produces fruit, but just like navel oranges the fruit contains no seed. Sunjoy® Toto, another dwarf, dark leafed selection does not produce any fruit at all. Both </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">Sunjoy® Mini Maroon and Sunjoy® Toto perfect replacements for the </span><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236024608_Fecundity_of_Japanese_Barberry_Berberis_thunbergii_Cultivars_and_Their_Ability_to_Invade_a_Deciduous_Woodland" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">purple cultivars of barberry that have been shown to be invasive</a><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"> in the Northeastern United States.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Sunjoy® Mini Maroon - the environmentally friendly barberry. <br /><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Comparison of female fertility
traits among cultivars of <i>Berberis</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Seedlings/<br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Relative <br />
fertility<sup>Z</sup> (%)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/sunjoy-mini-maroon-barberry/" target="_blank"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Sunjoy Mini Maroon<o:p></o:p></span>‘</a> <span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">NCBT1’ </span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.3 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">0.10 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.0 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.0 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.0 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/sunjoy-todo-barberry/" target="_blank">Sunjoy Toto</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">‘NCBX1’</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.0 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">0.00 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.0 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.0 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.0 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">‘Golden Devine’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 33.8 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">1.15 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 38.3 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.16 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 71.3 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><a href="https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/berberis-emerald-carousel">‘Emerald Carousel’</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 42.7 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">1.26 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 41.1 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.22 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 100.0 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/sunjoy-mini-maroon-barberry/">‘NCBT1’ Sunjoy Mini Maroon</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">37.4 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.09 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">23.3 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">0.003 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 1.2 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><a href="https://plantlust.com/plants/42462/berberis-thunbergii-golden-devine/" target="_blank">‘Golden Devine’</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 66.0 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 1.30 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 30.3 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.284 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 100.0 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><a href="https://shop.baileynurseries.com/Product/Detail/0438?availabilityDate=2019-06-29&returnUrl=%2FProduct%2FInventory%3Fhotpicks%3Dtrue">‘Emerald Carousel’</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 33.5 B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 1.13 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 56.4 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 0.220 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"> 77.6 A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><sup>Z</sup>Relative fertility =
seedlings/flower of that cultivar divided by seedlings/flower for the highest
cultivar measured that year x 100. Means followed by the same letter,
within a column, for a given year, are not significantly different, P<0 .05="" a="" anova="" based="" font="" means="" on="" separation.="" waller-duncan=""> <o:p></o:p></0></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 105%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><0 .05="" a="" anova="" based="" font="" means="" on="" separation.="" waller-duncan=""><br /></0></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Cultivars such as these have the potential to, in part, solve the
invasive plant problem, but in some cases states are banning them along with the
culprit species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">It’s frustrating because plant
breeders are addressing this issue and their work is going
to waste because people are simply uneducated. Legislators are throwing the
baby out with the bathwater. </span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">At the moment few people seem to care about the cultivar issue
because they don’t know that environmentally safe, seedless cultivars exist. Gardeners, like
environmentalists, are proud of our natural heritage and want to preserve
native habitats. They want to do what is morally right, but they also want to
create beautiful gardens in our man made habitats. Cities and suburbs present
challenging growing environments and some plants perform better than our native plants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are content to keep quiet because they’re not gardeners and they don’t want to
complicate the invasive plant issue. Their goal is to keep the process moving. And
the process is moving fast. The question is “will gardening public wake
up and smell the roses?” Perhaps, but it may be too late to make a difference, as states continue to ban environmentally friendly cultivars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: black;">Gardeners and growers are not the
bad guys and they need not be the losers. Non-invasive, seedless cultivars are the answer and not the
problem in the complex issue of invasive species.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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year 1823 was a significant year in annals of horticulture. A young,
adventurous, German physician set foot on the man-made island of Dejima, a
trading post for the Dutch East India Company, just off the coast of Nagasaki,
Japan. Fresh out of medical school at age twenty-seven, Phillip Franz von Siebold,
was looking for a bit of adventure and the Dutch East Indian Company offered
him that opportunity as resident physician and scientist in Japan. He was to be
the successor to Engelbert Kaempfer and Carl Peter Thunberg, two former
resident physicians at Dejima, both also famous plantsman you may recognized
from the specific epitaphs on a number Japanese plant species including <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Larix kaempferi </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Berberis thunbergii. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><font size="4"><o:p></o:p></font></i></span></div>
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closed to all other Western scientists, Siebold excelled as a physician and
botanist, while in Japan. His unique abilities as a cataract surgeon (along
with his knowledge of and supply of belladonna used for dilating the pupil) gave
him a freedom of travel afforded to few foreigners in this isolated country.
Between his personal acquisitions and the gifts paid to him in kind for his
doctoring and teaching, Siebold amassed over 1000 native Japanese plants in his
back yard garden. In amongst these plants was </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Hydrangea paniculata</i><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"> (wild type) and </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Hydrangea paniculata</i><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"> ‘Grandiflora’ (aka PEE GEE hydrangea), both of
which he sent Europe and are still today common landscape plants.</span></div>
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my twenty-some years as a plant hunter, I’ve had some pretty unique
opportunities. One of these was visiting the late Jelena DeBelder in the summer
of 1996. We met at Hemelrijk, her family estate near Antwerp, Belgium. As she
shuttled us about the grounds in her beat up VW Rabbit, filled with pots,
shovels and plants, I soon realized I was in the presence of someone special.
Her every word was filled with passion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With the pride of a mother she introduced us to her hydrangeas: ‘Pink
Diamond’, ‘Unique’, The Swan, ‘Burgundy Lace’, ‘White Moth’ and her personal
favorite ‘Little Lamb’. “This is a very special plant,” she told us, “Little
lambs dancing about in joy. Very special.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="line-height: 150%;">Soon
after I met the renowned plantsman Pieter Zwijnenburg. At the time, Pieter and
his wife Anja had a small nursery in Boskoop area of the Netherlands. The
“Heronswood of Europe” his nursery offered over 2500 different varieties of
trees and shrubs. In his career Pieter has introduced over 50 different new
plants. On this particular day he showed us his newest development, a new <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hydrangea</i> that would soon be named
‘Limelight’. And just down the road a few miles, on another day, Rein and Mark
Bulk showed me their new, early flowering hydrangea that had volunteered in his
nursery. In a few years, we’d introduce this one as Quick Fire® Hydrangea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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later and to the south, we and the world came to know Dr. Johan Van
Huylenbroeck of the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture. Johan’s
outstanding </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Hydrangea paniculata</i><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"> breeding
would give us Mega Mindy®, Pinky Winky® and </span><a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/bobo-39160" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Bobo</a><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">®. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"> </span></div>
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breeding </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Hydrangea paniculata</i><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"> which
would yield Vanilla Fraise®, aka Vanilla Strawberry™. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"> </span></div>
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back home in Grand Haven, Michigan, while standing on the shoulders of all these
giants, I had a hand in the development and introduction of a few good </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">hydrangea paniculata</i><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"> plants as well: Little Lime®, Little Quick Fire®,
Pillow Talk®, Fire Light® and Zinfin Doll®.</span></div>
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year we'll introduce three, exciting new selections. <a href="https://www.firelighttidbithydrangea.com/" target="_blank"><b>Fire Light Tidbit</b>™</a> is
front of the border, dwarf, 2-2.5’ mounded selection with creamy white flowers
that take on strawberry pink hues as the summer progresses towards fall.</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></div>
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flowers emerge green, transition to white and then start turning raspberry pink
from the bottom up producing a unique two-toned look.</span></div>
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now, even ‘Limelight’ has gotten better. Limelight Prime™ has stronger stems
that eliminate bloom flopping. It has dark, forest green foliage, unlike ‘Limelight
that is prone to yellowing with chlorosis. And <a href="https://www.limelightprimehydrangea.com/" target="_blank"><b>Limelight Prime</b></a>™ has predictable
autumn flower color. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">Me oh my, how this once unassuming Japanese hydrangea,
introduced over one hundred and fifty-seven years ago, has changed and
improved. We now have cultivars with stronger stems that do not flop. We have
dwarf selections and early blooming selections. We have green flowers and
flowers that age with hues that range from green to bubblegum pink to rich pomegranate
red. We have big flowers and small flowers, full flowers and lacy flowers.</span></div>
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has been over a one hundred and fifty-seven years since Pee Gee hydrangea was
introduced by Dr. von Siebold. Plant breeding and selection continues to
improve our plants, generation after generation and we should all be proud of
the role we play in this evolution. Sure I know, it’s disruptive, but all
change is. And yes, along the journey there have been some plants that should
not have be introduced. No one is perfect. Not all of Apple’s product
launches have been a success. Remember the Newton? In fact, most all of their
product introductions are no longer sold! Does this mean that Apple should slow
down or stop innovating? Of course not. We are living in the Golden Age of
technology. We are also living in the Golden Age of plant breeding. Buckle up
and enjoy it! It going to get even better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you live in the Eastern United States, you most likely think of <i>Lonicera japonica</i>, the weedy, tenacious Japanese honeysuckle vine that can be found in just about every fence row. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But who would have ever thought of honeysuckle as an edible fruit crop? Not me, that is, until I </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">discovered </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sweetberry honeysuckle, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Lonicera caerulea</i>, when visiting nurseries in Eastern Europe. Also known as the blue or edible honeysuckle, this little-known deciduous shrub is native to the colder, northern regions of Europe, Asia and even North America. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finding cultivated varieties in the former Eastern Bloc was not a total surprise: these countries had limited access to citrus and vitamin C during the Cold War, and as a result, they selected, bred, and developed a range of hardy fruit with high vitamin content. Mostly unfamiliar to Westerners, they grew and consumed berries such as </span><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=02850" target="_blank"><i>Aronia</i></a> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(choke berry),</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippophae" target="_blank"><i>Hippophae</i></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, (sea berry) and our newest discovery </span><i><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plant/54780" target="_blank">Lonicera caerulea</a>,</i> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">all of which are "superfruits" because of their extremely high vitamin and </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">antioxidant content.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After leaning about <i>Lonicera caerulea</i> and its potential, we set out to acquire as many cultivars as possible. We discovered <a href="https://www.onegreenworld.com/" target="_blank">One Green World</a>, a small mail order nursery that offered an array of unusual fruit plants including <i>Lonicera,</i> which they marketed under the name "honey berries." I also met Dr. Bob Bors from the University of Saskatchewan who had an edible <i>Lonicera</i> breeding program, and we acquired his selections too. We purchased dried fruit, juice and jam, all of which were incredibly delicious, with a flavor best described as a tangy combination of raspberry, blueberry and raisins. Still later on a trip to Hokkaido, Japan, we were served ice cream with a </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">haskap sauce (a type of </span><i>Lonicera</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><i>caerulea)</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> that was pretty much the best food that has ever hit my taste buds. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was clear that this little known honeysuckle shrub had incredible potential. First off, honeysuckles are very easy to grow. Anyone can grow this shrub. Unlike blueberry plants, it does not require any special soil or pH to grow successfully. Unlike grapes, the fruit skin dissolves in your mouth unnoticed</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The fruit ripens in early summer, about the same time as strawberries, but is easy to pick without bending over. Unlike blackberries and raspberries, the plants have no thorns,</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the seeds are so small you don't even notice them</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. On the downside, honeysuckle fruit is typically too soft to ship fresh to supermarkets, and the yields are not as high as you get with commercial blueberry crops. Until recently, the fruit also had a high degree of tartness, making it best reserved for sauces, jams, juices and drying, as opposed to eating fresh. The tartness can be largely eliminated if you understand how to identify ripe fruit: just because the fruit turns blue does not mean it's time to pick it. The fruit is ripe if you can easily remove it from the stem without tugging. If there is resistance, wait until it falls easily into your hand, otherwise you will be very disappointed with the taste. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is also a wide range of bitterness and sweetness depending upon the cultivar you grow. The vast majority of the Eastern European cultivars we have tasted tend to be on bitter side and are best suited for processing. Most of these cultivars are derived from </span><i>Lonicera caerulea </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">var. </span><i>edulis, </i><i>Lonicera caerulea </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">var. <i>villosa, </i></span><i>Lonicera caerulea </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">var. pallasii,<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Lonicera caerulea </i>var. <i>kamschatica. </i>People in Eastern Europe typically call all these plants and their fruit kamschatica, zhimolost or zimolez. The vast majority of plants we initially acquired were of Eastern European origin.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What got us really excited about edible honeysuckle was a trip we made to the C</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">zech Republic where we </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">met </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Framtosel Krekci, a nurseryman and plant </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">breeder who developed a new selection called Sugar Mountain</span><span style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><b>®</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Blue. Skeptical, yet eager try a new selection, we sampled his fruit and discovered it was the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sweetest we had ever tasted. W</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e were so delighted, w</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e worked over his hedge until every single berry was gone. Not only was the fruit sweet, it was also very large. While the typical fruit size ranges from 12 to 15mm in length, his variety had fruit in the 18 to 20mm range. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My excitement and appreciation for edible honeysuckle reached new levels when I got a phone call from Dr. Maxine Thompson, a retired fruit breeder from Oregon State University. Maxine had been breeding edible honeysuckle for years, but had been working strictly with Japanese haskap, <i>Lonicera caerulea </i>var. <i>emphyllocalyx,</i> which is native to </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. The advantage of pure Japanese haskap is that the fruit is larger and the plants bloom later. The flowers appear as much as four to six weeks later than Eastern European varieties, making them less susceptible to frost damage, more attractive to pollinators, and better suited to warmer climates. Maxine's extensive fruit breeding experience had paid dividends when it came to haskap: her breeding lines boasted substantial improvements in both fruit size and yields. She takes detailed data, such as brix counts, so that she can maximize sweetness and other desirable attributes. Her haskap breeding program was clearly light years ahead of all others. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After multiple visits to Maxine's breeding plot and sampling dozens of selections, we chose four of the sweetest and largest fruited plants and named them Yezberry</span><b style="color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">™ </b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">haskaps. Yezberry</span><b style="color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">™</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> refers to the island of Hokkaido, which was once called Yez or Yezo Island. It was very important to Maxine that we distinguish her breeding lines as pure </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">haskap (</span><i>Lonicera caerulea </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">var. </span><i>emphyllocalyx)</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> originating from Hokkaido because of their unique qualities, and because, according to Maxine, growers were misleadingly selling Eastern European varieties as haskaps, which they are not. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thus far we have introduced four of her</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> haskaps in the </span><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=54910" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yezberry</span><b style="color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">™ </b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Series</span><b style="color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">™ </b></a>. The first two are noted for their size and yield and are excellent for commercial and you pick growers<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=54900" target="_blank">Yezberry Maxie</a></span><b style="color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=54900" target="_blank">™</a> </b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> has the largest fruit yet: its berries are olive shaped, with very good sweetness and flavor. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yezberry Solo has large, plump fruit with very good sweetness and flavor, superior yields, and it is apomictic, meaning it will make fruit without cross pollination from another variety. Though <a href="https://plantaddicts.com/yezberry-solo-haskap-berry" target="_blank">Yezberry</a></span><a href="https://plantaddicts.com/yezberry-solo-haskap-berry" target="_blank"><b style="color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">™</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Solo</span><b style="color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">™</b></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> does not require a pollinator to get fruit, you will get larger fruit and higher yields if you grow another Yezberry</span><b style="color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">™</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> haskap in close proximity. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other two </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.greatgardenplants.com/product/lonicera-yezberry-sugar-pie/proven-winners-flowering-shrubs" target="_blank">Yezberry Sugar Pie</a> and <a href="https://www.greatgardenplants.com/product/lonicera-yezberry-honey-bunch/proven-winners-plants" target="_blank">Honey Bunch</a> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">are selected for smaller more manageable plants and higher sugar content so are good for eating fresh so are perfect for you pick and home garden use. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The future for edible honeysuckle is bright. It is very cold hardy and easy to grow. The fruit has higher levels of <a href="https://haskapa.com/about-haskap/health-benefits/" target="_blank">vitamins C</a>, A, and E than an orange, and three times the <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268520895_Short_Communication_Haskap_%28Lonicera_caerulea%29_A_new_berry_crop_with_high_antioxidant_capacity" target="_blank">antioxidant level </a>of blackberries. New breeding and the introduction of new haskap cultivars have brought us better tasting, sweeter and larger berries and plants with wider adaptability and higher yields. It is the perfect berry plant for growers selling u-pick or at local farmers markets. Best of all, it's just good fun to grow fresh, tasty fruit at home that does not require special care, soil amendments or pesticides. So h</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">opefully, in the near future, when you think about honeysuckle, you'll think about how great it would be to mix some in your yogurt or put them on top of your vanilla ice cream. That's what I'm thinking. Yum. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Very Vigorous<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Very vigorous<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moderate -Low<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moderate -Low<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Days to Harvest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">64<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">70<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">63<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">62<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Harvest Date in OR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">11-Jun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">21-Jun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">13-Jun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">10-Jun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fruit length cm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fruit width cm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Brix (sugar level)<span style="color: #1f497d;">*</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">14.4<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">13.7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">15.6<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fruit Wt grams<span style="color: #1f497d;"> - avg</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yield / bush kg<span style="color: #1f497d;"> - avg</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3.5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3.5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Weeks storage 33-35oF<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dry Weight mg / 100 fruit <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">158<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">168<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">176<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">157<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Market use<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Home<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fresh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Updated May 29, 2020</span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewGardenPlants" title="Subscribe to my feed, New Garden Plants" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></p></div>Tim Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841228763204634681noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21768867.post-22479628100804419252019-10-16T10:10:00.000-07:002019-10-16T07:08:22.994-07:00Full Speed A Hedge with American Pillar<br />
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breeders and nursery people, I never met
anyone who believed in their new plant
as much as John Houser. Certainly every plant breeder feels his or her new
invention is the best, but how many would postpone their retirement at age 85 to
start up a nursery based on it. Houser did and said, “I’m too old to work
hard, too mule-headed to retire.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that he had found his “one in a million shot,” when he discovered an unusual
branch mutation on an arborvitae (<i>Thuja occidentalis</i>) on his property. That mutation was an ultra-fast growing branch
sport with a dense, narrow growth habit. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>“This particular arborvitae will withstand extremes of heat, cold, and moisture, making it a
candidate for home landscapes, and screening situations in most of the lower
forty-eight states. Other plants
commonly used for screening purposes, such as hemlock and pine, have diseases
that are depleting their usefulness.
Leland cypress is being attacked by the lethal Cercospora needle blight
which is now widespread across the South and East. The American Pillar Nursery is positioned to
fill the demand for a better, disease-resistant replacement plant.” </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>John Houser</i></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In August of 2009, just days
after <a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/american-pillar-84370" target="_blank"><i>Thuja</i> ‘American Pillar’</a> was
granted U.S. Plant Patent number 20,209, Houser called to sell me on ‘American Pillar’. At the time,
I eschewed arborvitae because one variety, Emerald arborvitae, dominated the
market. It was the only cultivar our customers wanted to buy, grow, or sell. Selling
a new cultivar would be difficult if not impossible. But John was, well, mule
headed. He was not about to take no for an answer. He wore me down; I acquiesced
and sent him a trialing license and he sent me 100 trial plants. I soon
discovered that John was right. His
plant <i>was</i> very special. With a growth rate
of a meter (nearly 40”) a year, ‘American Pillar’ was the fastest arborvitae I
had ever seen; much faster than ‘Green Giant’ and narrower too. And when it
comes to screen and hedging plants, fast and narrow is what every one wants:
growers, landscapers and homeowners. And because of its ‘Hetz Wintergreen’
bloodline, John’s plant was both hardy
and heat-tolerant. Most definitely, there was a market for this plant. </span></div>
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ramping up </span><a href="http://home.comcast.net/~americanpillar/index.htm" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">his business,</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> planting, hiring and selling to everyone in the greater
Atlanta area. McMansions were being built at a crazy pace and these people
wanted fast privacy. Of course, John was more than happy to help. He developed a software program (</span>AsICit<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) that landscapers used to show people how an ‘American Pillar’ hedge would look in their yard. </span></div>
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before and after pictures to show everyone how fast his plant grew. And his
dogged persistence and old-fashioned work ethic paid off. Growers and
landscapers began to discover this super fast growing
plant. Today, landscapers are buying every, decent sized plant available. Demand has been incredible. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">John, like most people that develop new plants, never got rich. But for plant breeders it’s not about the money. It’s about that special feeling you get when you invent something useful, something beautiful, something that your fellow man appreciates. It’s about that one-in-a-million moment when you drive through a neighborhood and see your plant in someone’s yard. John got to experience that before a few years back. Some 70 years since he pulled his first paycheck from the landscape trade in 1938, John Houser has retired and is at rest, but his plant lives on. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To locate plants for purchase visit <a href="http://www.full-speed-a-hedge.com/" target="_blank">FullSpeedAhedge.com </a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bark can be one of the most beautiful aspects of a tree. When you walk through the woods or through a garden, it is usually what you see at eye level. Every tree species has its own unique bark, offering different colors, patterns and textures, some quite mundane and inconspicuous to the untrained eye, while others are a piece of precious art, giving the viewer an easy means to recognize the species. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In my travels, I get to see a lot of plants, but it is a special joy to visit a garden with a diversity of mature trees - even better if they are labeled. I always stop to photograph them, particularly their leaves and bark, but it is the bark diversity that fascinates me the most. Andrew Bunting, a old friend with whom I interned with at the Chicago Botanic Garden, got me in the habit of noticing and photographing tree bark. He had written an article on bark in some magazine and had accompanied it with a series of beautiful pictures. "How beautiful," I thought, and shortly thereafter I started shooting bark. I don't see Andrew all that often anymore (he is now working at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and I'm in Michigan or off traveling the world), but each time I take a photograph of bark, I think of him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As children we are taught in school to learn the trees by their leaves. Who hasn't made a leaf collection as elementary school project? But leaves are often hard to view on large mature trees until they fall. The leaves of a species or cultivar can also be quite deceiving. Think of all the plant names that end with the Latin word for leaf, <i>-folium,</i> such as <i>Acer carpinifolium</i> and <i>Viburnum acerfolium</i>. There must be a hundred different leaf shapes in <i>Acer palmatum</i>. Bark gives us one more clue when identifying a tree or shrub, so get to know your bark. You'll find it quite useful when walking in the woods in the winter months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Below are 25 diverse images of tree bark, and they're not is any particular order. Some are easy to recognize, while others are a bit more challenging. See if you can identify them on your own. Then try matching them up with a list of names provided. How'd you do? Share this post with your friends and cohorts to test their tree and bark knowledge. It's kind of enjoyable, at least for me, but then again, I'm a bit of a plant nerd. Enjoy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Acer griseum - paperbark maple</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Ailanthus altissina</i> - tree of heaven</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Alnus incana </i>- European gray alder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Arbutus menziesii</i> - Pacific madrone or madrona</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Castanea dentata</i> - American chestnut</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Cornus florida </i>- Eastern Dogwood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Davidia involucrata</i> - dove tree</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Diospyros virginiana </i>- American persimmon </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Fagus grandifolia </i>- American beech </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Gymnocladus dioicus </i>- Kentucky coffee tree</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Lagerstroemia</i> x 'Natchez' - Natchex crapemyrtle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Pinus bungeana </i>- lacebark pine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Prunus serrula - </i>Himalayan birch bark cherry<i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Robinia pseudoacacia</i> - black locust</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Sequoiadendron gigantieum</i> - Giant Sequoia </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Stachyurus praecox </i>- stachyrus shrub </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Stewartia pseudocamellia</i> - Japanese stewartia </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Syringa vulgaris </i>- common lilac</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Taxodium distichum</i> - bald cypress</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Betula papyrifera </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- paper or canoe birch - WHITE PAPER</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Ailanthus altissina</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- tree of heaven - STRETCHED SKIN</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 Taxodium distichum</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- bald cypress</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- FLUTED</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 Tilia americana </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- basswood or American linden EVEN BASKET WEAVE</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 Lagerstroemia</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">x 'Natchez' - Natchex crapemyrtle ARTISTIC BEAUTY</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 Betula alleghaniensis</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- yellow birch - SILVER PAPER</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 Alnus incana </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- European gray alder - FORGETTABLE GREY</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>8 Arbutus menziesii</i> - Pacific madrone or madrona BEAUTIFUL CREAM AND RED</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 Syringa vulgaris </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- common lilac ANGULAR NARROW RIDGES</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 Robinia pseudoacacia</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- black locust COURSE BASKET WEAVE</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 Stewartia pseudocamellia</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Japanese stewartia </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ARTISTIC BEAUTY</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12 Pinus bungeana </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- lacebark pine - PATCHY</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>13 Castanea dentata</i> - American chestnut SMOOTH IRREGULAR PATCHES</span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 Carya illinoinensis</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- hardy pecan TIGHT BASKET WEAVE</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>15 Zelkova serrata</i> - Japanese zelkova CHUNKY PATCHES </span><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 Carpinus betulus </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- European hornbeam SMOOTH</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">17 <i>Cornus florida</i> - Eastern Dogwood - ALLIGATOR BARK </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">18 <i>Acer griseum</i> - paperbark maple - RED PAPER</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">19 <i>Davidia involucrata</i> - dove tree IRREGULAR FLAKES</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">20 <i>Diospyros virginiana </i>- American persimmon - THE HULK</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">21 <i>Sequoiadendron gigantieum </i>- Giant Sequoia - SOFT RED PILLOW</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">22 <i>Stachyurus praecox </i>- stachyrus shrub LINEAR SMOOTH AND ROUGH </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">23 <i>Gymnocladus dioicus </i>- Kentucky coffee tree - LONG FIXED FLAKES</span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On <b>February 7th</b> I will be speaking in <b>Cincinnati, OH</b> at the 2019 Tri-State Green Industry Conference.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <b>Tri-State Green Industry Conference</b> is a collaborative
effort between Ohio State University Extension, Purdue Extension, University of
Kentucky Extension, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Spring
Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Boone County Arboretum and the Cincinnati Zoo and
Botanical Garden. Whoa - that's a lot of collaboration!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The title of my talk will be <b>"Proven Winners - What has driven our success." </b>The topic was suggested by my friend Scott Beuerlein of the Cincinnati Zoo. I've not yet written the talk, but I think it will be interesting. Proven Winners has a remarkable story and I am fortunate to have been a part of its growth and evolution. You'll have to attend to find out if the talk is any good or not. <a href="https://hamilton.osu.edu/program-areas/agriculture-and-natural-resources/horticulture/2019-tri-state-green-industry" target="_blank"><b>Click here to learn more. </b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My good friend Mary Wilson of the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Michigan State University Extension Service</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is a badger (a Wisconsin Badger). She insisted that speak at her<b> Plants of Distinction </b>conference in <b>Novi, Michigan. </b>How could I say no?<b> </b>Rumor has it that <a href="http://www.davidlculp.com/bio.htm" target="_blank">David Culp</a> and my friend and fellow Spartan <a href="https://gpnmag.com/40-under-40/matthew-ross/" target="_blank">Matthew Ross</a> of Longwood Gardens will me join me on <b>February 13th</b> for this event. If you are in the area come on over and catch my talk </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b>The Hunt for New Hydrangeas."</b> You'll everything and more about Hydrangeas and how to grow them. I hope to see you there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last, but of not least, I will be appearing at the <b>Devos Place</b> in <b>Grand Rapids, Michigan </b>on<b> Saturday March 2nd</b>. My friend and fellow Spartan Rebecca Finneran booked me for the Michigan State University Extension <b>Smart Gardening Conference.</b> How<b> </b>could I turn down the nicest person in horticulture? I will be speaking about<b> "Smart Shrubs",</b> the ones that make our lives better, easier and more joyful. Better than an iPhone, these smart shrubs will amaze you, so mark you calendar and join me in <a href="https://www.experiencegr.com/things-to-do/beer-city/" target="_blank">Beer City USA</a> for this special event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have a great Thanksgiving holiday! We all have so many reasons to be thankful. I am especially thankful that I work in such a great industry, with such friendly and interesting people. Plant people are special. They notice and appreciate the small miracles that happen all around us, every day. I am also very grateful and appreciative to those of you that read my blog. Thank you and thumbs up to <b>you</b> my fellow plant hunters! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, we all know someone who's been touched by breast cancer. For me, it was my mom. I was about twelve or thirteen years old when she was diagnosed, and back in the early seventies the treatment options were not all that good. She survived, but it changed her and changed me as well. So when I found the opportunity to help fund breast cancer research through my work with Proven Winners, I was all in. I saw it as a great opportunity to get the entire nursery and garden center industry involved in a cause worth supporting. It's Pretty. It's Powerful. Take a moment and watch this video. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thank you for watching the <a href="http://plant-quest.blogspot.com/2018/10/pretty-powerful.html?m=1" target="_blank">video</a>. Now a</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sk yourself what you can do. It might be as little as sharing this blog post with your friends on Facebook, buying your mom an Invincibelle Spirit II hydrangea, or making a small donation to the <a href="https://give.bcrf.org/give/31404/utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid?gclid=CjwKCAjwgabeBRBuEiwACD4R5nASkYNsX-HuH9veKYGllHhnzEL9-YXCm9gSgMcFxPdOnnLy2Lcp_xoCFZMQAvD_BwE#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank">Breast Cancer Research Foundation.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Or it could be something bigger. You decide. Individual actions can grow and become pretty...powerful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">More about the campaign at <a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/about/invincibelle-campaign/" target="_blank">InvincibelleSpirit.net </a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewGardenPlants" title="Subscribe to my feed, New Garden Plants" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></p></div>Tim Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841228763204634681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21768867.post-58289000664805294102018-08-22T08:34:00.003-07:002018-08-22T08:36:55.061-07:00Boxwood Alternatives<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the fall of 2011, b</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oxwood blight was detected in North Carolina and Connecticut. Since then, it has
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Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The fungus is spread by the transport of infected plants, and from infected plants to healthy plants via hedge shears, animals, and human touch. It is a slow but methodical spread that continues to widen. With that spread, plant breeders and researchers have been working to solve this problem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of the simplest solutions is to use alternative plants that have the same utility as boxwood but are unaffected by the disease. Two species that have the greatest potential to be suitable boxwood substitutes are <i>Ilex crenata</i>, Japanese holly and </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ilex glabra, </i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">inkberry holly</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Both have small, broad,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> evergreen leaves and dense branching that responds well to being sheared into hedges, globes, and spires. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Inkberry or inkberry holly is an Eastern North American native evergreen that is hardy in zones 5-9. Typically it is a large plant maturing at 5 to 6 feet in height. It grows best in moist acid soils, but is adaptable to most average garden soils. Rutgers University lists it as moderately deer resistant, being seldom severely damaged by deer. There are a number of cultivars on the market that are more compact than typical; however, most have a tendency to lose their leaves on the lower portion of the plant with age. Recently two new selections have been introduced that look and behave much more like boxwood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first selection is called <a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/gem-box-47250" target="_blank">Gem Box® <i>Ilex glabra</i> 'SMNIGAB17'</a>. This plant was developed at Spring Meadow Nursery. Hundreds of seedlings were grown out and field evaluated over a ten year time frame. Any plants that developed bare stems were eliminated from the trial. In addition, plants that had winter burn or that were damaged by snow load were also destroyed. With time, and the destruction of many plants, about a dozen individuals were selected, propagated, and trialed again both in containers and in the field. The very best of these plants was eventually chosen and introduced in the spring of 2015 under the name Gem Box. The demand for Gem Box was so large that Spring Meadow had to hold off a year on shipping to build up a larger stock block. In 2016, thirty thousand plants were shipped to growers. By spring of 2018, the sales jumped to just under 100,000 plants, and a good number more could have been sold if only there had been more plants. Obviously, there is a huge demand for a good boxwood alternative. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gem Box® inkberry has extremely dense branching, small glossy leaves, but most importantly, it retains its lower foliage, making it an excellent replacement for boxwood. In the spring, with the initial flush of growth, the foliage exhibits an attractive cast of reddish-burgundy coloration. In the spring, if you look closely, you will find that it has small white flowers, and if you have a male pollinator near by, you will also get small black fruit later in the summer. Neither the flowers or the fruit are very noticeable. While the plants are naturally dense and rounded in habit, it responds wonderfully to pruning and can be sheared in globes or hedges with round or squared off edges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This spring, another inkberry boxwood substitute will be available to growers. This selection, called Strong Box® <i>I</i><a href="https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/strongbox-46970" target="_blank"><i>lex glabra</i> 'Ilexfarrowtracey'</a>, was developed by Mike Farrow of Maryland. We trialed this variety in our test field for over five years and we were very impressed with its dense habit, dark green foliage, and superb winter hardiness. It has larger leaves than Gem Box® and a more mounded habit, making it quite distinct. The foliage is thick and dense even on the lower branches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This new plant comes without the threat of boxwood blight because it </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is an intergeneric hybrid between <i>Pyracantha </i>and <i>Osteomeles</i>. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It had no thorns, no flowers and like a boxwood, can be sheared and shaped as desired. It reminds me of a</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 'Morris Midget' boxwood but with much faster growth. This new plant </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">comes from Dr. Tom Ranney of North Carolina State University.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Initially I did not think this plant was going to be hardy in Michigan and based on the parents, I listed it as a zone 7 plant. We have now overwintered it successfully in our test field for three years and it has not missed a beat. It is certainly hardy to zone 6 and perhaps zone 5b. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While plant pests and diseases can be disruptive, they can also force us to think creatively and can bring new opportunities. There are so many beautiful and useful plant species in the world, so we have lots of choices. When it comes to replacing boxwood these three selections fit the niche. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, I've got to catch a plane to England. So many plants and gardens to see. I'll let you know what I find when I get back. Cheerio! </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Physocarpus opulifolius</i>, the Eastern ninebark, is a tough, hardy, adaptable native shrub that can be found growing along the shores of lakes and rivers here in Michigan. According to the USDA, the species can be found growing as far south as Florida and as far west as Colorado. With the exception of native restoration projects, you don't normally see this species cultivated - unless it is a cultivar with colorful leaves.</span><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb6IEND9YXf59hbhEFsAGI4wvSVOggdV7f9xnZ29_4z7TecDRpsgifb9usOp74VZLqmf03jB5UzcHgydwwk7oeQWiumhXwPZy6PtNYbM3YiV3yLDR1gqo7tyDAJojx1YhSzT8EUO0vSQcOkm5qtdTJXPNz2a2YSEKn1vHy3Hroihe_Rs67GIU=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb6IEND9YXf59hbhEFsAGI4wvSVOggdV7f9xnZ29_4z7TecDRpsgifb9usOp74VZLqmf03jB5UzcHgydwwk7oeQWiumhXwPZy6PtNYbM3YiV3yLDR1gqo7tyDAJojx1YhSzT8EUO0vSQcOkm5qtdTJXPNz2a2YSEKn1vHy3Hroihe_Rs67GIU=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Physocarpus opulifolius</i> in full bloom spotted while kayaking the Muskegon River </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">If you were to look back about twenty five years into the past, you'd basically have two cultivars of <i>Physocarpus</i> to choose from, both with gold foliage. One was a Dutch selection called 'Dart's Gold', and the other an American selection named 'Nugget'. We have trialed both of these plants in our test garden and while the two plants are quite similar, I have to give the nod to 'Dart's Gold' as the better plant. 'Dart's Gold' has a nicer habit, holds its yellow foliage longer into the summer and has shown less susceptibility to powdery mildew. Powdery mildew can be problematic with <i>Physocarpus</i>, and our test garden has some ideal locations for encouraging mildew and so is a great place to evaluate resistance.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Roughly twenty years ago, something quite unexpected happened. In Germany, a seedling grower discovered a single <i>Physocarpus</i> plant in his field that had dark burgundy leaves. How or why this happened, nobody knows. The grower shared it with his friend Holger Hachmann, a well-known <i>Rhododendron</i> and <i>I</i></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>lex</i> (holly) breeder. Holger put it into his display garden where Gunter Kordes, a German shrub grower, noticed it and recognized its commercial value. Together they introduced it as 'Diabolo', (the German name for child's spinning top). When it was introduced in the United States by Monrovia, the name was changed to Diablo® </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">(cv. ‘Monlo’ PP 11,211)</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> giving a nod to its unique dark red foliage. This was a seminal moment in the world of ornamental </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Physocarpus</i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">sold worldwide. But the story does not end there. Diablo had a few shortcomings that needed to be addressed. First off, it's a very large shrub, reaching 12-15' in height, making it much too large for most residential gardens. It's also susceptible to powdery mildew which turns its dark red foliage into an eyesore. And lastly, it has a tendency to revert, sending up green shoots every now and then. Recognizing both its potential and shortcomings, I crossed this dark leafed plant with a dwarf, green cultivar called 'Nana'. By using the green-leafed 'Nana' as the mother and the red-leafed Diablo as the father, I knew immediately that any burgundy seedlings were true crosses between the two plants. The result was the introduction of <a href="https://youtu.be/VeOhIGkbEzA?list=PLsSGPtGtvoLmxSJFF1dAwEQXxplQ3SoB1" target="_blank">Summer Wine</a>® <i>Physocarpus</i> (<span style="font-size: x-small;">cv. 'Seward' pp#14821</span>). This selection <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236024625_Susceptibility_of_eastern_ninebark_Physocarpus_opulifolius_L_Maxim_cultivars_to_powdery_mildew" target="_blank">solved this mildew issue</a>. It reduced the size of the plant down to a manageable six to eight feet, and the reversion issue disappeared. In addition, Summer Wine was blessed with a graceful, cascading habit and abundant flowers produced up and down the the length of the stems. But the story continues. </span></div><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Around the same time, our friends at Minier Nursery in France planted Diablo in their trial garden next to 'Dart's Gold'. Within a few years, they discovered a chance seedling that was obviously a cross between the two plants. They shared it with us and we introduced it as Coppertina® because of its beautiful, orange-copper foliage. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Soon after, others got into the <i>Physocarpus</i> breeding game and scads of Diablo crosses were rushed to market in the US and overseas. Burgundy Star, Center Glow, Angel, Ruby Spice, Red Baron, Royalty, Mahogany Magic, Obsidian, Amber, Black Jack, Barberone, Little Devil, Sweet Cherry Tea, and Raspberry Lemonade are just a few of the cultivars that flooded the market. Meanwhile, at Spring Meadow, we continued to breed <i>Physocarpus</i>, but for a number of years we introduced nothing. Every time we thought we had unique new selection, powdery mildew reared its ugly head. While the plants looked great at first, after three or four years of trialing, mildew became an issue. What else could we do but destroy the plants and continue to breed? We trialed many of the selections listed above, but they too had mildew issues. To make matters worse, we started getting reports that people were having mildew issues with Coppertina®. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">After growing out and destroying hundreds of potential black-leafed plants, we had pretty much given up on the black unicorn. But finally we found it. Summer Wine® Black will be introduced to the trade this spring. It is a compact plant with attractive, dark black, glossy foliage. It's not a strong blooming plant, and so it will be grown primarily for its dark, glossy foliage and compact habit. While this plant is not immune to mildew, for dark plant varieties it is the best yet. Like all dark leafed Physocarpus, Summer Wine Black should be planted in full sun in locations with good air movement. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I recently had the opportunity to speak to the <a href="https://www.ruspitomniki.ru/" target="_blank">Russian Nursery Stock Association</a> at their annual conference in Moscow. This is the second time I have spoken at this conference and the attendees were once again eager to learn about new flowering shrubs that are hardy enough for Russian winters. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The winters in Moscow are very cold and similar to what we experience in Michigan. It has a continental climate so they get plenty of snow and have unpredictable spring weather. Of all of the plants that I spoke about at the conference, the Invincibelle® line of <i>Hydrangea arborescens</i> drew the most attention. In Russian they have the same <a href="http://plant-quest.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-did-your-hydrangeas-bloom-this-year.html" target="_blank">issues with H<i>ydrangea macrophylla</i></a> that we have, losing their flower buds and failing to flower. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So having a broad line of winter hardy, reliable blooming hydrangeas was good news to the Russians (as it is for most of us in the US and Canada). </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This last year Proven Winners introduced three new hydrangeas in the Invincibelle® line bringing the total to five unique shrubs with an expanded color range of mauve, green, white, pink and red. The series offers a number of dwarf sized plant sizes starting at two and a half feet tall and a few plants that reach four to five feet in height. Add to that three additional varieties of <i>Hydrangea arborescens</i>, the Incrediball® series and Lime Rickey®, and you have eight hardy hydrangeas that can easily handle the worst Moscow winter. If you live in a climate where <i>Hydrangea macrophylla</i> flowering can be hit or miss, this is welcome news. If you own a garden center and you are tired of dealing with customers complaining about their hydrangeas not flowering, this is great news. Here is a synopsis of the hydrangeas I shared with our Russian cohorts at the APPM conference.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">One of my favorites, <a href="https://www.greatgardenplants.com/product/hydrangea-invincibelle-limetta/hydrangea" target="_blank">Invincibelle Limetta</a></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.greatgardenplants.com/product/hydrangea-invincibelle-limetta/hydrangea" target="_blank">®</a></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.greatgardenplants.com/product/hydrangea-invincibelle-limetta/hydrangea" target="_blank"> hydrangea</a> has a unique short stature with iridescent green flowers from head-to-toe. It was a standout in our test field garnering attention from everyone including Rosie our nursery dog. It glowed in our trial garden where we planted it as a low border hedge, showing off its design value in the landscape. In full sun, particularly in the South, the flowers will transition to white before aging to dark green. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Even though Invincibelle® Spirit was a breakthrough plant, being the first ever pink Annabelle-type hydrangea, it did have its problems. It did not look good in a container at retail and it took a few years in the garden to build up a body. <a href="https://www.greatgardenplants.com/product/hydrangea-invincibelle-spirit-ii/hydrangea" target="_blank">Invincibelle® Spirit II</a> has solved these issues and gives us even richer flower color. The foliage is also darker and more substantial and the blooms age to a pleasing, rich green. This is a big, bold plant that makes a statement in the garden. It has been a performer in our test field and in our trial garden. And like the original, which it replaces, $1.00 per plant sold <a href="http://invincibellespirit.net/" target="_blank">supports breast cancer research. </a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Version 2.0 has stronger stems and richer flower color.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Invincibelle® Spirit II - a standout plant in our test field.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Improved flower color with version 2.0.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The aged, green blooms are are another improvment.</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Invincibelle Wee White</b></span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">®</b><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Normally, white flowered shrubs don't get people all that excited, but <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plant/33830" target="_blank">Invincibelle Wee White</a></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">®</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> breaks all the rules. The smallest of all the plants in the series, this little beauty is a button of blooms. The flowers start out a soft green then change to white, occasionally showing a whisper of pink just to make things interesting. Year after year, this plant shined in our test field and drew lots of attention in our trial garden. Based on our trials and initial sales, you're going to be seeing a lot of this plant in landscapes near you. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The smallest of all the Invincibelle® selections.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Invincibelle Wee White</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">®</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.8px;"> flowers will at times show a touch of pink and green.</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">While <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plant/33320" target="_blank">Incrediball</a>® hydrangea is not a new plant, it is new in Russia. Again, despite being white, this plant has defied all sales expectations. The numbers just keep going up and up, year after year. I think that consumers are just getting to know this plant. Skeptical at first, people that have grown Incrediball® hydrangea have come to be true believers. As an example, two years ago I gave a talk at the International Hydrangea Conference on Cape Cod. During the conference there was a thunderstorm. Afterwards, when we visited the garden, a bed containing both Annabelle and Incrediball made everyone at the conference believers, including Dr. Michael Dirr. <a href="https://www.greatgardenplants.com/product/flowering-shrubs-hydrangea-plants-incrediball-hydrangea/hydrangea" target="_blank">The Incrediball® hydrangea</a> was unfazed, while Annabelle, planted right next to it, was a twisted wreck. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Incrediball® Blush</b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">For some people, the bigger the better. And just like Incrediball®, Incrediball® Blush has really big flower blooms. This is a fulled sized plant with large, silver-pink flowers held high on super strong stems. As you can see below, <a href="https://www.greatgardenplants.com/product/hydrangea-incrediball-blush/s" target="_blank">Incrediball® Blush</a> was a stand out plant in our test field. Even after a number of rain storms these plants looked great. The flower buds open a rich pink and then take on its silver-lavender-pink coloration as the blooms mature. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Incrediball® Blush a standout plant in our test field.</span></td></tr>
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://youtu.be/vjtgy_9AHIQ?list=PLsSGPtGtvoLmxSJFF1dAwEQXxplQ3SoB1" target="_blank">Lime Rickey</a>®</span></b><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This plant was a late save. Initially we did not put it in the Proven Winners program because we knew we had a green flowered hydrangea coming with <a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/invincibelle-limetta-smooth-hydrangea/" target="_blank">Invincibelle Limetta</a></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mypwcolorchoices.com/product/invincibelle-limetta-smooth-hydrangea/" target="_blank">®</a></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">. But after watching it year after year in our trial garden we had a change of heart. This plant is definitely Proven Winners worthy. It shines like a beacon in the garden, drawing your eye and your admiration. The contrast between the bright lime-green flowers and dark green leaves adds to it uniqueness and charm. It stands up to rain storms never missing a beat. The flower heads are not supper big, but that's OK, it just adds to its grace and beauty. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Lime Rickey® looking good in our trial garden.</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I had some extra time a</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">fter the conference in Moscow</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, so I took a high speed train to Saint Petersburg for some sight seeing. It's a beautiful city filled with fascinating history and awesome architecture. The people were friendly, the food was tasty and I always felt safe. If you ever have the opportunity to go there, I highly recommend it. Here are a few of the sights I saw. Perhaps they might tempt you into taking the trip. Until next time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Time after time designers, landscapers, municipalities and homeowners overuse certain
plants to the point of making them a monoculture and then an insect or disease comes
along and wreaks havoc. We’ve seen it with elm trees, ash trees and now we are
seeing it with landscape roses. Rose Rosette Disease (RRD) is now knocking out
landscape roses particularly in the South. The virus is spread by a tiny eriophyid mite that has an association with <a href="http://nyc.books.plantsofsuburbia.com/rosa-multifloramultiflora-roserosaceae/" target="_blank">multiflora rose,</a> so the disease is likely to intensify
throughout the Midwest in states <a href="http://bugwoodcloud.org/maps/eddmapscounty/3071.jpg" target="_blank">where multiflora rose has naturalized.</a> At the moment there is no cure for Rose
Rosette Disease, so infected roses need to be destroyed and replaced with
something other than roses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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landscape rose varieties have been hit particularly hard because of their
popularity with landscapers and their use in larger mass plantings. The popular
question now is what shrub should be used to replace these roses? First off, we
should not replace these infected roses with just one single species or cultivar lest we tempt
fate once again. We should be looking at multiple species and cultivars, particularly those shrubs that
offer similar characteristics that made these roses so useful and popular in the first
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are looking is colorful, carefree, is long blooming or has season-long interest,
looks good as a mass planting, thrives in full sun and is less than five feet tall. There are a number of shrubs that meet that criteria and here are some of the Proven Winners® shrubs that fit the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Long blooming shrubs, many with colorful foliage and fragrant flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/abelia/bronze-anniversary-abelia-grandiflora" target="_blank">Bronze Anniversary</a>™ - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Ruby Anniversary™ - 4-6’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Sunny Anniversary® - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Pinky Bells® - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Fairy Dance™ - 2-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Aronia</i> – Chokeberry </b>– Full sun<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Low Scape® Series - A
tough native with white spring flowers, glossy foliage and exceptional fall
color. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Scape® Hedger - 3-5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/aronia/low-scape-mound-chokeberry-aronia-melanocarpa" target="_blank">Low Scape® Mound</a> - 1-2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Azalea – Rebloooming – </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Full sun
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bloom-A-Thon® Series
- Compact evergreen shrubs with showy flowers that appear in the spring and
fall.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Hot Pink – 3.5-4.5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lavender – 3.5-4.5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pink Double – 3.5-435’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Red – 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bloom-A-Thon®
White - 2.5-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r16s50yw3wZosBBudafC4OixmFrvuEXz_-H6DQnbMEfDhVw-GrVCEHGkp1X5WwCGLyBQgUo54tVJKFYySJU6LqEBDLiecpzB3OOsLuG5GvFqhEmlzM-27UopuJ0tlLPMktySeg/s1600/Azalea+Bloom-a-thon+Dbl+PinkIMG_6977+LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r16s50yw3wZosBBudafC4OixmFrvuEXz_-H6DQnbMEfDhVw-GrVCEHGkp1X5WwCGLyBQgUo54tVJKFYySJU6LqEBDLiecpzB3OOsLuG5GvFqhEmlzM-27UopuJ0tlLPMktySeg/s640/Azalea+Bloom-a-thon+Dbl+PinkIMG_6977+LR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bloom-A-Thon® Double Pink Azalea</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Berberis</i> – Barberry – </b>Full sun<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Sunjoy® Series - Tough,
easy to growing shrubs with colorful foliage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Sunjoy® Cinnamon - 4-5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sunjoy® Citrus - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sunjoy® Gold Pillar - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sunjoy® Syrah - 4-5’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sunjoy® Tangelo - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ATzfIt64EtK7rP2D8G5Lh_fnGI9iPKJ-G8gnjt0eXHgMn8nAWpdYc7PCGVlJObDNNVhdPI5l5BtHLG7QZtpFsSmS3XOtdwoKWIeB4sxkB18g4-C4CphCYsPs-4IgKhJC19Imtw/s1600/Berberis+barberry+Sunjoy+_7671+LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ATzfIt64EtK7rP2D8G5Lh_fnGI9iPKJ-G8gnjt0eXHgMn8nAWpdYc7PCGVlJObDNNVhdPI5l5BtHLG7QZtpFsSmS3XOtdwoKWIeB4sxkB18g4-C4CphCYsPs-4IgKhJC19Imtw/s640/Berberis+barberry+Sunjoy+_7671+LR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sunjoy® Series of Barberry</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Buddleia</i> – Dwarf Butterfly Bush - Full Sun</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Continuous flowering, low growing shrubs with colorful, fragrant
blooms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Lo & Behold®
Series – Dwarf, sterile shrubs that come in a wide range of colors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lo & Behold®
Blue Chip - 2-2.5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lo & Behold®
Blue Chip Jr. - 1.5-2.5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lo & Behold®
Ice Chip - 1.5-2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lo & Behold®
Lilac Chip - 1.5-2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lo & Behold®
Pink Micro Chip - 1.5-2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lo & Behold®
Purple Haze - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-srozAaRhZAFGdLSKVPGZKhKPEF-9fSczusg7SnUrSgwDTbr0jFPG3YLGJ2hTcDXV7AH4Ugk71IlZtNO73D_7-RBgaiIyBZwxKAnYT3y9KPNu8bgLuLJz9WswXibZHNofVDYZA/s1600/Buddleia+Pink+Micro+Chip+_9883+lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-srozAaRhZAFGdLSKVPGZKhKPEF-9fSczusg7SnUrSgwDTbr0jFPG3YLGJ2hTcDXV7AH4Ugk71IlZtNO73D_7-RBgaiIyBZwxKAnYT3y9KPNu8bgLuLJz9WswXibZHNofVDYZA/s640/Buddleia+Pink+Micro+Chip+_9883+lr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lo & Behold® Pink Micro Chip</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Miss Series – Semi-dwarf
shrubs with vibrant colored, fragrant flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 'Miss Molly' - 4-5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 'Miss Pearl' - 4-5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 'Miss Ruby' - 4-5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 'Miss Violet' - 4-5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCVvjEkaLOWlUaAIpfbeGOtn9aTH0eix-X7XO1vVgt5TdHamOg4bDHDy3pBaQwgLMXh8rS-N-wqJu1gdJvrHf7siMsSqst-NfNov0hUjdRiE5Nb6VwSZpP00zre3Kkb8f_djDIA/s1600/Buddleia+Miss+Violet+_2155+lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCVvjEkaLOWlUaAIpfbeGOtn9aTH0eix-X7XO1vVgt5TdHamOg4bDHDy3pBaQwgLMXh8rS-N-wqJu1gdJvrHf7siMsSqst-NfNov0hUjdRiE5Nb6VwSZpP00zre3Kkb8f_djDIA/s640/Buddleia+Miss+Violet+_2155+lr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Miss Violet Butterfly Bush</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pugster™ Series - Dwarf shrubs with large
flowers with a wide range of colors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Pugster™
Blue - 2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pugster™ Periwinkle - 2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pugster™ Pink - 2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pugster™ White - 2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHStwZn3RTdqdxNCHzeUkJVd84TBhvyPwOBDNimR5mxqUB1sYFmiSOG9G5sDqDC4uR3LUTOcN4dtnFytLzch99eNhq0H7x2XdZrVR_MBRn_4acklOt2DLNCrguWEoaoB8jcepFwg/s1600/buddleia+Pugster+blue_5288+lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHStwZn3RTdqdxNCHzeUkJVd84TBhvyPwOBDNimR5mxqUB1sYFmiSOG9G5sDqDC4uR3LUTOcN4dtnFytLzch99eNhq0H7x2XdZrVR_MBRn_4acklOt2DLNCrguWEoaoB8jcepFwg/s640/buddleia+Pugster+blue_5288+lr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pugster Blue™ Butterfly Bush</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Ceanothus </i>hybrids – New Jersey Tea - Full sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Marie Series™ -
Drought tolerant shrubs that thrive in poor soils.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Marie
Bleu™ - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Marie
Gold® - 2-2.5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Marie
Rose™ - 2-4’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUm_6clnA4kVwKnxnV1d-CrNRhLd76ImhcJowz8VSHZImHmO-5_OoM6F28lNFYeu3WrI8fURUBe1Sg47_dVZC26O-3z4tkbF_dYoJPRPAttlVf5fEWcYGMEByDhe6f_nnAUGwVw/s1600/Canothus+Marie+Bleu_IMG_7216+lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUm_6clnA4kVwKnxnV1d-CrNRhLd76ImhcJowz8VSHZImHmO-5_OoM6F28lNFYeu3WrI8fURUBe1Sg47_dVZC26O-3z4tkbF_dYoJPRPAttlVf5fEWcYGMEByDhe6f_nnAUGwVw/s640/Canothus+Marie+Bleu_IMG_7216+lr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marie Blue™ Ceanothus</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Clethra alnifolia</i> – Summersweet - Full sun to partial shade</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Easy to grow native shrubs with later summer, fragrant flowers and
yellow fall foliage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Sugartina®
Crystalina - 2.5-3’</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Vanilla Spice® - 3-5’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMx2RPUyxhBQq4DHvdXmC6gSb5NMmUWtFD7_qoIqYrt2ksh9VgwR5cN-ZtViIOsKqPqBAhf9fFlV8JycBJ33C7hI8d0GqKWpmvlFEJrEIGdgl59DY8pVzxEOHd61t5R-qD05HDFA/s1600/Clethra+Sugartina+alnifolia+Lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMx2RPUyxhBQq4DHvdXmC6gSb5NMmUWtFD7_qoIqYrt2ksh9VgwR5cN-ZtViIOsKqPqBAhf9fFlV8JycBJ33C7hI8d0GqKWpmvlFEJrEIGdgl59DY8pVzxEOHd61t5R-qD05HDFA/s640/Clethra+Sugartina+alnifolia+Lr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sugertina® Crystalina Summersweet</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Deutzia gracilis – Slender Deutzia - Full sun to partial shade<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yuki® Series –
Tough, ground covering shrubs with abundant spring flowers and burgundy fall
color.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i> </i></b>Yuki®
cherry Blossom - 1-2<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i> </i></b>Yuki®
Snowflake - 1-2’<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yuki Cherry Blossom™ Deutzia</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Diervilla </i>– Bush Honeysuckle - Full sun to partial shade<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Kodiak® Series –
Tough, native shrubs with colorful spring and autumn foliage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Kodiak® Black - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Kodiak® Orange - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Kodiak® Red - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hibiscus syriacus</i> – Dwarf Rose of Sharon or Althea - Full sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Lil’ Kim™ Series –
Dwarf series from Korea with colorful, long blooming flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Lil’
Kim™ White - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lil’ Kim™ Red - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lil’ Kim™ Violet - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209354612936446&set=pcb.10209354659537611&type=3&theater" target="_blank">PollyPetite™</a> - 3-4’, A sterile, dwarf hybrid with a
large clear lavender blooms <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hydrangea arborescens</i> – Smooth Hydrangea - Full sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Lime Rickey® - 4-5’, Attractive green flowers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Incrediball® - 4-5’, Large flowers emerge green, turn white
and age to green.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Incrediball® Blush
- 4-5’, Large lavender-pink flowers on
strong stems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Invincibelle®
Series – Compact/dwarfs with strong stems, wide range of colors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/springmeadownursery/photos/a.292526334119570.65850.155957711109767/1212528868785974/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Invincibelle® Limetta™</a> - 2.5-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I<a href="https://www.facebook.com/springmeadownursery/photos/pcb.1212412805464247/1212409172131277/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">nvincibelle® MiniMauvette™</a> - 2.5-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Invincibelle® Ruby - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://invincibellespirit.net/" target="_blank">Invincibelle® Spirit II</a> - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Invincibelle® Wee
White™ - 1-2.5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hydrangea macrophylla</i> – Reblooming Bigleaf Hydrangea - Full sun to partial shade<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Let’s Dance®
reblooming series – Reliable, long blooming, rich flower colors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Let’s Dance® Big Easy® - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Let’s Dance® Blue Jangles® - 3-4’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let’s Dance® Diva! - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/springmeadownursery/photos/a.292526334119570.65850.155957711109767/1216849598353901/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Let’s Dance® Rave</a>™ - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let’s Dance®
Rhythmic Blue™ 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's Dance® Big Easy™ Hydrangea</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hydrangea paniculata </i>– Dwarf Panicle Hydrangea - Full Sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Bobo® - 2.5-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Little Lime® - 3-5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Little Quick Fire® - 3-5’
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bobo® Hydrangea</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hydrangea serrata</i> – Serrated Hydrangea - Full sun to partial shade<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Tuff Stuff™ Series –
Selected for hardiness and reliable blooming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tiny Tuff Stuff™ - 1.5-2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tuff Stuff™ - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tuff Stuff™ Red - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwFz7QO7VuHTpF_QwF2EhCQ_0wd-0xFRVpaTxFJzYWy-5zNhLwFhuIXDojtYZi7ZLeQzfu8mfk8blexVpM-sO6xXTUaKtJU_cfUyoQB0qpdfLCH6vvvy6AcBicAHbLRhSU1kAvA/s1600/Hyd+tiny+tuff+stuff_IMG_2611+lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwFz7QO7VuHTpF_QwF2EhCQ_0wd-0xFRVpaTxFJzYWy-5zNhLwFhuIXDojtYZi7ZLeQzfu8mfk8blexVpM-sO6xXTUaKtJU_cfUyoQB0qpdfLCH6vvvy6AcBicAHbLRhSU1kAvA/s640/Hyd+tiny+tuff+stuff_IMG_2611+lr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tiny Tuff Stuff™ Hydrangea</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hypericum</i> –St. Johnswart - Full Sun</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Sunny Boulevard® - 2-3’,
Tough, drought tolerant and long blooming<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Itea virginica </i>– Dwarf Sweetspire - Full sun to partial shade</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Little Henry® - 2-3’,
A dwarf selection with early summer blooms and excellent orange-red fall color.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Lagerstroemia</i> – Dwarf Crapemyrtle - Full sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Infinitini® Series – Dwarf compact shrubs, that flower even if they die back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Infinitini® Brite
Pink – 2-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Infinitini® Magenta
– 2-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Infinitini® Orchid –
2-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Infinitini® Watermelon
– 2-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Ligustrum</i> - Privet - Full sun to partial shade<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Golden Ticket® -
4-6’, A non-invasive, non-burning, bright yellow-green foliage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Loropetalum</i> – Dwarf Chinese Fringe Flower - Full sun to partial shade<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jazz Hands® Series –
Selected for healthy growth and attractive flowers and foliage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jazz Hands® Bold –
5-6’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jazz Hands® Dwarf
Pink – 1-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jazz Hands® Dwarf
White – 1-3’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jazz Hands® Mini – 1’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jazz Hands®
Variegated – 4-6’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Physocarpus</i> – Dwarf Ninebark - Full sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dwarf selections with colorful foliage and a high level of mildew
resistance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Festivus Gold® - 3-4’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tiny Wine® - 3-5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tiny Wine® Gold – 3-5’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Potentilla</i> – Bush Cinquefoil - Full sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Happy Face® Series - Tough, free flowering native
shrubs with a range of colors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Happy Face® Pink
Paradise – 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Happy Face® Yellow – 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=happy+face+white+potentilla&espv=2&biw=1536&bih=871&tbm=isch&imgil=hhxapzOQi-hlwM%253A%253B4BhjSw7d-A10gM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.provenwinners.com%25252Fplants%25252Fpotentilla%25252Fhappy-face-white-bush-cinquefoil-potentilla-fruticosa&source=iu&pf=m&fir=hhxapzOQi-hlwM%253A%252C4BhjSw7d-A10gM%252C_&usg=__7UBcdhNZiwxw2x6j_MenKlHzjzw%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjPubastrrQAhVp6YMKHfavDMgQyjcIMA&ei=qTUzWI_BDunSjwT237LADA#imgrc=hhxapzOQi-hlwM%3A" target="_blank">HappyFace® White </a>- 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Face® Yellow Potentilla</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Spiraea </i>- Spirea - Full sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Double Play® Series – Attractive spring
foliage color and superior flowering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Double
Play® Artisan® - 2-2.5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Double
Play® Big Bang™ - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Double
Play® Blue Kazoo® - 2-3’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Double
Play® Candy Corn™ - 1.5-2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Double
Play® Gold – 1.5-2’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Double Play® Painted Lady™ - 2-3’
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Double Play® Pink – 2-2.5’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Double
Play® Red™ - 2-3’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Double Play® Blue Kazoo® Spiraea</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please don't tell this to my rose breeders, but part of my responsibility as a plant hunter is to throw away roses; as many as possible, and as soon as possible. You see, trialing plants is an expensive business. It takes a lot of greenhouse space, a lot of land, and a lot of labor. But if you want to introduce the best rose (or other shrub variety), you have no choice. You have to do it. Just take a look at all the beautiful roses in this picture. Some of you would say, "I'd love to have any of those plants in my garden!" but that's not quite true. You would be happy if I gave you these roses to you for free, but you would not be happy paying your hard-earned-money for most of these roses. Trust me, that's why we throw them away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Roses may be pretty, but they're also a pretty tough business. Currently, one rose dominates the marketplace. Growers, garden centers, and yes, even consumers are content with one rose, even if there are others just as good (and there are). Having one dominant rose simplifies life, because you don't have to think and you don't have to choose. Don't argue with me on this, because I know it's true: p</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eople vote every spring with their dollars and for the last fifteen years the vote has been for one rose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The only hope to successfully introduce a new rose is to work with multiple rose breeders, to test and trial a lot of potential new varieties, and after three or four years of trialing, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">throw </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the vast majority out. The idea is to sift through the chaff to find the very best plants. We start the process by growing the roses in containers in a greenhouse. We never spray them with fungicides. We over-head water them each day, and keep them in the same container for 2-3 years until they're so stressed that they succumb to disease. Most roses do. In addition, we plant them our in a trial garden following the same protocols and let Darwinism takes over. Survival of the fittest. After twenty years and hundreds upon hundreds of rose selections on the trash heap, we have introduced only sixteen rose varieties under the Proven Winners brand. They have won </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">six prestigious awards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is pretty much the same process that we go through for all the <i>Spiraea</i>, <i>Hydrangea</i>, <i>Syringa</i> (lilacs) and every other species of shrub that we trial. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We evaluate them in greenhouses to make sure they'll perform well for the nurseries that buy and grow our plants. We have to find out how fast it finishes in a one and three gallon pots, and determine how it looks in the spring when our customers do their shipping to garden centers. How does it present in the container? Does it get mildew? Does it grow too fast or does it grow too slow? How often does it need to be pruned and will it hold up its flowers? </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This <i>Spiraea</i> evaluation is about more than just judging the flowers.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">T</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he Double Play</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">®</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> series is noted for beautiful flowers and foliage. <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=76540" target="_blank">Double Play Big Bang</a> has become an industry favorite because of its unique orange foliage and large flower size. </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Will it be in bud or bloom in the spring when people shop for plants? If not, does it have interesting foliage that make it showy enough to grab your attention amongst all the other spirea? I bet you didn't know we were so critical of our plants!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Many of these <i>Spiraea</i> seedlings are beautiful, but nearly all will be discarded. <br />Our late nursery dog Zoe (RIP) loved evaluating seedling plants. The job now belongs to Rosie.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Breeders have traditionally bred for better flowers; Why not? People love flowers. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Breeding starts with a question or an idea. What would make for a better spirea? Traditionally plant breeders have been obsessed with flowers and understandably so. New colors and bigger is better have been the drumbeat most often followed. People love flowers and so yes, of course we need to breed for flowers, but there has to be more. A beautiful woman (or man) with nasty disposition is not all that attractive and the same is true for plants. We want our plants to be pleasant, agreeable, and low maintenance. That means we have to test and trial a plant, a process that can take ten years or more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Believe it or not, just thirty years ago, shrubs were not grown in containers. They were grown in a field, dug while dormant in early spring, and sold as bare-root (without soil) or balled and burlapped. It never mattered if a plant looked good in a container. It never mattered if a shrub was dwarf or compact; in fact, the faster it grew, the better. All this has changed and so has plant breeding, plant hunting, and plant introduction. We have to consider all these things and more. Someone has to document and keep track of all this information. We might have to evaluate thirty five potential spireas just to find one plant worthy of introduction. And it will have to have beautiful flowers and beautiful foliage, as well as superior hardiness and heat tolerance. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">People are no longer content with plants like forsythia and mock orange that flower for two weeks and grow fifteen feet tall. Every inch in a consumer's yard and garden is valuable space and they want their plants to look good in the spring, summer and fall. That means we have evaluate our shrubs in the spring, summer and fall for season-long interest.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some things are easy to test for, like powdery mildew on dark-leaved <i>Physocarpus </i>(ninebark). We have been breeding and trialing dark ninebark for over fifteen years and have only introduced five plants out of thousands. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just as black spot has been the question mark on roses, "T</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o mildew or not to mildew, that is the question" with ninebark. I'm often happy to find diseases on plants, so long as it's early in the evaluation process. It is an easy reason to narrow the field and hone in on the best plants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At Spring Meadow, we begin the process by throwing away plants in our seedling test field. We walk our fields regularly with a can of orange paint, and if a seedling is diseased, weak, floppy, or no better than the best plant we sell, we mark it with neon orange paint. Within days, they're dug up and gone, and after two or three years, you are down to just a few very good plants. If we're lucky, one plant will stand alone and we'll have a potential new introduction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You would think this was the happy ending, but it's not. We will then propagate thirty to a hundred plants from the original mother plant for further evaluation. In addition to container trials, we plant some back to the test field and some to our trial garden. The work has only just begun. Once you root cuttings of a plant, there is no guarantee that the new plants will grow and behave like the original seedling; sometimes they grow slower and other times faster. Some plants are too difficult to root and never make it past this stage. More importantly, we have to determine if the plant is actually better than its potential competition. Sometimes that's obvious. The three hydrangeas below are good examples.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Trialing and testing new plants is very crucial if you are selling plants under a brand as we do. Branding is more than just a pot and tag; it is more than advertising and marketing. Branding is the relationship we have with customers. And like most relationships, it all comes down to trust. Our brand relationship is on the line every time someone buys one of our plants. People are either going to have a good experience or a bad experience, either of which they will associate with the brand, so we do everything possible to make sure it's a good experience. It not always easy because we're selling live, perishable products. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Good brands know that the product testing and improvement does not stop after the product launch. We have to continue to improve upon what we've introduced, even if it's never even noticed. A few years ago we introduced a new dwarf <i>Buddleia</i> (butterfly bush) called <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=04630" target="_blank">Lo & Behold</a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=04630" target="_blank">®</a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=04630" target="_blank"> 'Blue Chip Jr.'</a> The goal is to replace 'Blue Chip' with a better plant, because our growers wanted a smaller, less brittle plant that bloomed earlier and longer. Over the years we have added to this line, improving the colors, the habits, and the bloom time. The <i>Caryopteris</i> I wrote about earlier is another example of continual improvement. Sunshine Blue</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">®</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> was a very good plant that sold well, but we replaced it with something better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Perhaps one of the more dramatic product improvements in our brand has been been with Invincibelle</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">®</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Spirit hydrangea. Last year we issued an update on this plant that has strong stems, a more compact habit, and richer flower color. There is no such thing as a perfect plant and we have introduced some plants that came short of the mark, and so we have get back to work and make it better. The first iPhone was not perfect and certainly Apple will improve upon the iPhone 6. It's a pain to change, but everyone respects their leadership, innovation, and their relentless quest for improvement. Their products continue to delight people worldwide. There are people that complain we introduce too many plants, and I sympathize, but we must keep improving if we are to remain relevant. We must continue to come up with a better roses, better hydrangeas, and every other shrub type. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If we fail to delight our customers, they will vote with their </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hard-earned money and spend it on other things that will delight them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This barberry was born at Spring Meadow Nursery about 13 years ago. The goal was to create a replacement for 'Crimson Pygmy' barberry, which often reverts to a larger plant. It's common in the nursery business to blame a nursery for mixing up their 'Crimson Pygmy' with a larger form, but it's not a mix-up: it's a whole plant mutation that I have been told may result from a jumping gene. For some reason the switch gets flipped and you get a big 'Crimson Pygmy.' After a long selection process, propagation, field testing, wheat rust testing and getting the results published in the congressional record as a wheat rust resistant variety, the first <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=03340" target="_blank">Sunjoy® Mini Salsa</a> was sold in spring of 2012 and is now common in the garden trade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=04550" target="_blank">Lo & Behold® 'Purple Haze'</a> is a different duck than all the other Lo & Behold <i>Buddleia</i>. Developed by Denny Werner of NCSU, this hybrid selection is a low, wide-spreading variety that makes it a great selection for use as a ground cover or in a decorative container. Like all of the <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/search.php?q=Lo+%26+Behold" target="_blank">Lo & Behold® series</a>, we had to test it for sterility. It passed the test and can now be sold in Oregon where other <i>Buddleia</i> are banned. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When the world-renown clematis breeder Szczepan Marczynski told me he had what amounts to a <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=15450" target="_blank">sweet autumn clematis with red flowers that change to purple and </a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=15450" target="_blank">that blooms months earlier,</a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I was all in. The fragrance of sweet autumn clematis is as good as any plant in existence, and the same goes this beauty. Most <i>Clematis</i> can be tricky to grow, with brittle stems that break if you so much as look at them, but this plant is super sturdy and grows like a dream. Anyone can be successful growing this variety. It's as close to perfection as a plant can be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The plant in this picture is a three year old plant in our test garden. The first year you plant it, it does not do much besides grow roots. The next year it takes off, however, it is much more restrained than sweet autumn clematis and does not litter the garden with unwanted seedlings. This plant has what it takes to be the best-selling clematis of all time, you can mark my words. It won a <a href="http://www.directgardeningassociation.com/assets/docs/2014%20greenthumbnewsrelease%20-%20category%201.pdf" target="_blank">DGA Green Thumb award</a> for the best new plant of 2014 and I expect it to earn many more awards and accolades as people get to know it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you read my blog, then you already know Dr. Roderick Woods. The plant he is holding is <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=30280" target="_blank">Blue Chiffon™</a>. This plant just blows me away. All his plants in the <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/search.php?q=chiffon" target="_blank">Chiffon™ series</a> blow me away. Just look at the picture below, which I took at the nursery this summer: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Chiffon™ <i>Hibiscus</i> are the heaviest blooming rose of Sharon you will find, and Blue Chiffon is the clearest blue color ever. I was never a big rose of Sharon fan until I started growing the Chiffon series and now I'm a believer. This series comes in blue, white, lavender and pink. If you want</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> to read the full story behind these plants and the fascinating</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> man that created them follow this </span><a href="http://plant-quest.blogspot.com/2008/01/motorcycles-lumberjacks-and-rose-of.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">link.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm a bit biased when it comes to <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=35090" target="_blank">Paraplu®<i> Hydrangea</i></a> because it is a plant that I developed. It was a total accident that came out of a breeding project to develop variegated flowered hydrangeas. All of the plants in this particular cross had doubled florets and thick plastic-like leaves, but none of the seedlings had variegated flowers. This plant was the best of the lot so we introduced it. Paraplu is typically a bright pink but can be easily turned to a rich purple by treating it with aluminum sulfate. Sometimes, mistakes can make for great plants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes, and that's how I feel about <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=39160" target="_blank">Bobo hydrangea</a>. I had no idea how good this plant was until it spent a few years in our trialing program. I knew it was a good container plant, but I soon discovered it was an even more remarkable garden plant that simply glows in the landscape. It is compact and dwarf in habit, and the flowers cover every inch of the plant right down to the ground. I have no doubt this will be a very popular landscape plant. This plant comes from Johan Van Huylenbroeck, the same breeder that developed <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=39380" target="_blank">Pinky Winky® hydrangea</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have already told <a href="http://plant-quest.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-pink-flowered-annabelle-hydrangea.html">the story</a> of Invincibelle® Spirit <i>Hydrangea</i>, but the longer you grow a plant, the more you learn. What I've learned is that this plant is simply incredible once it has reached full maturity. This takes about 3 years, so be patient and you will be well rewarded. I've also learned that it needs to be grown in full sun to look its best. People think that hydrangeas are shade plants, and some are, but <i>Hydrangea arborescens </i>develops stronger stems and bigger, brighter flowers when grown in full sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Last year we introduced <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=33860" target="_blank">Invincibelle® Spirit II</a> (Two) which will replace the original. This new improved "2.0" version has stronger stems, richer flower color and healthier foliage. We are all used to cell phones and computer software getting updates, but plants can get updated as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We work with about six different roses breeders, and we put all their roses through the gauntlet to find the very best varieties. In our trials, we spray no fungicides at all, and we overhead irrigate to actually encourage black spot and mildew. We test these roses in the greenhouse and in the garden and after three or four years, most of our test plants end up on the trash heap. <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=63640" target="_blank">Oso Easy® Double Red</a> rose was one of the few varieties that passed the test and it came through with flying colors. Developed by noted rose breeder Alain Meilland of France, this rose is not only highly disease resistant, it is also prized for its perpetual blooming. Visitors to our test garden confirmed our opinions of this rose by picking it as one of their favorites. It has only been on the market for less than a year so be patient, it will be coming to a garden center near you very soon. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Oso Easy® Double red is the perfect flowering shrub for landscapes. Here a mass planting is providing a big splash of color in a park in Switzerland. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Year after year <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=68020" target="_blank">Oso Happy® Candy Oh!</a> continues to amaze me. No diseases, an abundance of blooms and it always looks happy. No, it does not have massive, highly doubled flowers, but that should not matter. It is a great shrub that offers lots of color with little to no effort. You can read the back story on this rose <a href="http://plant-quest.blogspot.com/2009/02/tale-of-two-roses.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Commonly known as the chastetree, <i>Vitex agnus-castus</i> was in ancient times thought to be an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphrodisiac">anaphrodisiac</a>. According to Wikipedia, the leaves and stems were once used in ladies' bedding to "cool the heat of lust" when the men were off to war, thus the name chastetree. I'm not so sure if this works or not, but I do know that it makes a wonderful landscape plant that is highly deer and drought resistant. <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=94010" target="_blank">Blue Diddley® </a><i><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plants_details.php?id=94010" target="_blank">Vitex</a> </i>makes the plant even better with its dwarf stature that is about half the size of typical vitex. In the north, zones 5-6, this plant acts like a perennial and dies back to the ground, but regrows and flowers much like a butterfly bush. It is slow to break bud in the spring, so do not panic if the plant looks dead, it will sprout new shoots and make a fine specimen in due time. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tim Wood, American expert in new varieties:
'Thanks to breeding the assortment can always be better' </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Text and Translation by Arno Engels
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In recent years many new shrubs from Spring
Meadow Nursery showed up at Plantarium [nursery show in the Netherlands].
Almost every introduction wins at the show. For example Buddleja Blue Chip won
gold in 2009, and Buddleja Lilac Chip was the best novelty of 2011. In future
more winners are to be expected. Tim Wood, product development manager at
Spring Meadow and Proven Winners: "In America breeding is done more than
ever."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ARNO: What is your main goal with new
varieties?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "To make breeding successfull for
everyone in the market. Because everyone needs to be successful on new
varieties: the breeder, grower, retailer and consumer. When a new variety has
proven in the market with higher sales, this helps the breeder to continue
breeding and to come up with another variety."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ARNO: Is breeding endlessly?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "Yes, because there is no such thing
as a perfect plant. You can always improve. Sometimes you hear people complain
that there are so many varieties; they wonder whether we still need another
Hydrangea, Buddleja or Weigela. Yes, we need it, if it is better. There is no
shortage of new plants, but a shortage of great new plants."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "With the finding of an idea. One of
the advantages of traveling over the world is, as you get ideas. For example,
you see a plant at a trade show, in a nursery or in an arboretum, and you think
about possible improvements and several chances. For example, the idea for our Lo
& Behold Buddleja is originated from the dwarf Buddleja 'White Ball' [a
plant that originaites] from Boskoop. We wanted to have some [dwarf] Buddleja
also in several other colors. About fifteen years ago, Dr. Werner started
breeding them."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ARNO: How do you know if something new is all
right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "At Spring Meadow, we use a list of
criteria that a new variety must meet, according to us. The basis of that list
is set up by JC Raulston, a botanist at North Carolina State University. He
traveled the world to find new plants and bring them to nurseries. A new plant
is only good when you can grow it well, he thought. But you need also to sell
it well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First criterion for us is: a new variety
should be good for making cuttings. If we have to graft, we don't grow the
plant, because it takes too much time. And people think that you can multiply
rapidly in tissue culture, but that is not [always] so. For each variety you
first need to figure out a separate tissue culture formula. This can take time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is also important if we can make a good
container product. Most plants are now being sold in container, and for a
successful sale the plant also has to look good. There are now different
criteria for new plants, than they used to be for plants with [when plants were
sold as] bare-root."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ARNO:Do you take effects of climate change in
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "I do not think you can anticipate
through breeding on climate change. That just happens and plants [and our mix] will
adapt. In California, for example, it will be drier, so the demand for more
drought tolerant plants certainly will increase. We all want to grow what we
cannot grow. At Spring Meadow everything we grow in greenhouses, because we
ship our young plants to every state of America, which can be warm and cold
conditions. For example, we also grow Lagerstroemia and Loropetalum. Here in
Michigan, it would be too cold outside for these shrubs, but they grow out very
well in a state like Florida."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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developing of new varieties difficult?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "Of course. You can breed for
disease resistance, but there is always the risk of organisms that can damage
the plant. But I do think: people lining up phytosanitary rules, do not always understand
our business. For example, I can not import Hibiscus syriacus as a result of
the Asian longhorn beetle, not even small cuttings, while that beetle can enter
our country with wood packaging. And a disease such as Xylella has never be
found in Michigan, because it is much too cold for it. What is an issue in
America that we can respond effectively, are invasive plants. In Oregon, it is
illegal to plant Buddleja davidii, since this species is invasive. But our
Buddleja is allowed to plant, because it has sterile flowers, so it cannot
spread. We needed an independent party to validate that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So breeders can solve problems with invasive
plants. But also problems with diseases. Cornus florida is for instance prone
to mildew, but not if it is crossed with Cornus kousa."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ARNO: Many companies hold novelties exclusive,
by limit the licenses. And Spring Meadow?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "We are holding new plants not
exclusive, there are only in the United States and Canada eighty licensed
growers of our plants. I hunt for new plants, but I hunt also people who those
plants breed and who are able to grow them under license. In Europe it goes
through our agent Valkplant from Boskoop. They do a great job. Spring Meadow is
not interested in selling plants in Europe; that's what our licensed growers
do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Several licensed growers, especially in North
America, are also our competitors. That's okay, because to us it's important
that we create demand for our plants, through marketing. And then, the supply
should not be limited. Many people think they can negotiate a higher price for
a novelty, by keeping supply limited. We do the exact opposite. So everyone
will [have access to new plants and can benefit financially]."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ARNO:America has more consumer brands of
garden plants than Europe. Is marketing in America easier?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have [essentially] one language, English. That makes communication easier. In
Europe there are many languages, but despite that succesfully branding of
garden plants is possible. You have to do more work for it. In that respect,
David Austin Roses for example did a good job; everyone knows this brand."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with Proven Winners. Why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "Because Proven Winners is a
wonderful brand that many Americans recognize. A few years ago Monrovia and
Jackson & Perkins were the best known plant brands in America, but now
Proven Winners has a very large consumer following. The brand was created for
bedding plants. Each year about 120 million annuals from Proven Winners are
being sold, that means also 120 million impressions of the brand on the market!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Annuals are sold in the spring, our shrubs all
year round. We have therefore entered into a partnership with Proven Winners
[annual growers], so that we can benefit from each other. Spring Meadow sold
plants at first under our brand ColorChoice, now it is under Proven Winners ColorChoice.
Three years ago, Walters Gardens, one of the largest growers of perennials in
America also joined us [Proven Winners], so that we can further expand Proven
Winners. Everyone with its own expertise."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the market, or have they been proven previously in independent research?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TIM: "Proven Winners are plants that must
be successful for the customer. This value for the US market has already been
extensively tested in many locations: at Spring Meadow, other nurseries and
universities in different climates - because everywhere the plants should
perform well in a garden. Via Valkplant our plants are also being tested in
Europe, in the Netherlands, and also for example in England and France.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Independent research in America it is slower
than in Europe. If American trials are completed, the tested varieties are
already old, whilst new improved plants are already available. It takes on
average ten years before a new shrub is bred, selected, tested and marketed.
But in America breeding is more than ever going on. On woody shrubs breeding is
almost looking like breeding Petunia. So much is going on in the assortment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How long research takes, it depends on what
you are testing. For example if you test for disease free, the research can be
long. But when you test on leaf color, then it does not last long. You see, for
example, quickly if you get leaf burn by the sun."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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realize that we can also breed some ourselves. For example, we saw what Terra
Nova Nurseries did with Heuchera: thru breeding add many new varieties in the
range. We have built up collections of almost all species that are
commercially, mainly deciduous shrubs. We have all the plants already. That is
including some 100 Hibiscus syriacus. If
we breed with a plant that was brought to us by an outside breeder and
introduce it, we make a point to pay that breeder royalties on the new plant,
eventhough we did the breeding. That is the case with Little Lime Hydrangea. We
used ‘Limelight’ as a parent to breed it so we feel the breeder should share in
the royalty. Legally we don’t have to do this, but it is the right thing to do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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[introduced], for example, Blue Chip Jr. new at Plantarium, a smaller version
of Blue Chip. Growers told us sometimes branches from Blue Chip break during
shipment. Blue Chip Jr. is better for shipping, and this Buddleia also blooms
earlier in the season, so that's good for sales."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in the world to introduce woody species. IPM [Essen, Germany]? That show is in
the winter when deciduous shrubs do not look good. We visit Plantarium since
fifteen years. Our first contact with Europe was also in Boskoop: Herman Geers
had bred Weigela 'Alexandra', we first marketed this one in America, and about
the same time we [introduced] Hydrangea 'Limelight' by Pieter Zwijnenburg jr. Therefore
we say in America: Boskoop [Netherlands] is the center of the nursery world."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you love hydrangeas, what could be better than a world-class hydrangea conference in of all places, Cap Cod, Massachusetts So when Mal Condon, noted hydrangea expert and founder of the Hydrangea Farm Nursery on Nantucket Island, asked me to come to Cap Cod and speak on my favorite subject the answer was easy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How about you? Has anyone invited you yet? Well consider it done. I'd love to see you on Cap Cod July, 14, 15, & 16. Bring your spouse, bring the kids, it's going to be a great place to be. Just look at the speakers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Dr. Michael Dirr </b> - Noted plantsman, author and breeder Mike Dirr will bring his enthusiasm and love for hydrangeas as he delivers the key note address at this years conference. Always educational and always entertaining! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mal Condon</b> - A lifelong gardener, Mal has been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 40 years. He and his wife Mary Kay owned and operated Hydrangea Farm Nursery on Nantucket Island but early in 2014 they relocated to Yarmouth Port on Cape Cod and are busy re-establishing the nursery in their new location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tim Wood </b>- You know who I am, so I'll skip the bio and just say that it will be great to see you on Cap Cod. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Dr. David Creech </b>- Dr. David Creech, Regent’s Professor Emeritus, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, is the Director of SFA Gardens. SFA Gardens has grown from an unfunded classroom project on 1/2 acre in 1985 to over 128 acres and seven staff. Dr. Creech received his PhD in Horticulture from Texas A&M University in 1978.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Natalia Hammil </b>- As Brand and Business Development Manager for Bailey Nurseries, Natalia is responsible for managing the well-known Endless Summer® hydrangea brand, First Editions® shrubs and trees, and Easy Elegance® roses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Dr. Henry D. Schreiber</b> - Dr. Henry D. Schreiber is an emeritus professor of Chemistry at the Virginia Military Institute, from which he retired in 2014 after 38 years of teaching and research. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Dr. Mark Windham</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b>- </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Mark Windham is a professor and distinguished chair in ornamental pathology at the University of Tennessee. He has active research projects with diseases of hydrangeas, roses, dogwood, black walnut, and ornamental switchgrass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Vince Dooley</b> - Yes - Coach Vince Dooley. A heck of a coach and a heck of a gardener and the man behind the Dooley Hydrangea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Elizabeth Dean</b> - In 1990, Elizabeth Dean and her husband, Gene Griffith, established Wilkerson Mill Gardens, a specialty plant nursery in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. Their extensive hydrangea collection is the foundation for selecting and propagating appealing and reliable hydrangeas for the garden</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Kristin VanHoose</b> - Kristin and her husband David own and operate mail-order nursery Hydrangeas Plus® and wholesale producer Amethyst Hill Nursery in Aurora, Oregon. In 1999, They purchased this total operation which specializes in hydrangeas and other woody ornamental shrubs. Initially they offered 70 hydrangea varieties but the collection has expanded to 8 species and more than 300 cultivars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Joan Harrison</b>- Joan's passion for hydrangeas began more than 25 years ago. She is the author of Hydrangeas: Cape Cod and the Islands and Heavenly Hydrangeas: A Practical Guide for the Home Gardener. Her writing and photography have been featured in publications including Cape Cod Magazine, Cape Cod Life, Nantucket Today, and Primetime Cape Cod.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>C.L. Fornari</b> - C.L. is the author of six books, including her latest, Coffee for Roses. She <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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hosts GardenLine, a live two-hour call-in radio show on Saturday mornings on 95 WXTK and speaks to a variety of audiences ranging from green industry trade shows to garden clubs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Les Lutz </b>- Les has worked as Horticulture Director at Heritage since January 2012. His duties include managing all aspects of Heritage’s 100 acres and directing the Heritage Horticulture Internship. Mr. Lutz is responsible for the design, care and maintenance of display gardens, trails and natural woodlands, and is the creative force behind the popular Gardens Aglow holiday event at Heritage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to a great line up of speakers this conference is going to draw hydrangea experts and nursery leaders from around the world. It is going to be a great time learning and networking with fellow attendees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lectures will be all-day Tuesday and Wednesday morning at Heritage Museums & Gardens. Wednesday afternoon will feature VIP tours of Heritage’s gardens, including the Hydrangea Collection, and exhibits. Wednesday evening will feature the Conference banquet followed by an Ice Cream Social and a Question & Answer Forum. Thursday will feature exclusive tours of three gardens on Cape Cod.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cape Cod is a historical treasure trove, a place of incomparable natural beauty, with a maritime climate befitting Hydrangea macrophylla – the crown jewel of the genus – at their blooming peak in July.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Who will be in the Floral Four? </b></span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Can you pick the 2015 Champion?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This year
brings more prizes, a new website, and new competitors in the mix. It's a great
opportunity for you (and your cohorts & customers) to celebrate the start of spring while
learning about plants. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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to know:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/shrubmadness2" target="_blank">Watch the trailer.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The contest
will be held on the brand new <a href="http://www.shrubmadness.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #339933;">ShrubMadness.com</span>,</a> and
this allows you to fill out a bracket online to compete for the grand prize:
the Floral Four plants and a Plant Geek swag bag. <strong><span style="color: #339933;">You must fill out the
bracket before March 2nd</span></strong>, so go do it now!</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Visit
Shrub Madness.com often from March 2-30 to vote in each round of the
competition. Popular vote determines the winner in each match. Every time you
vote, you're entered to win a selection of competing plants. The more you vote,
the better your chances.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So get your friends together and start your own pool. It's crazy fun. It's Shrub Madness. </span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewGardenPlants" title="Subscribe to my feed, New Garden Plants" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></p></div>Tim Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841228763204634681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21768867.post-30584976978494388652014-12-09T12:38:00.002-08:002022-02-04T09:57:13.634-08:00A Peak Into the Future <span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">One of the fun things about working at a wholesale, liner (starter plant) nursery is that you get to see into the future. That's because the new plant varieties we sell today don't hit retail stores until after our customer's grow them a year or two into larger retail-sized plants. So when I analyse our current orders, I get a glimpse of what will be in garden centers in a year or two. </span><br />
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Would you like to see into the future? Here is a top ten countdown of our top selling new plants. Click on the picture if you want to learn more about the plant.</span></div>
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-Tim Wood,
Spring Meadow Nursery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- <a href="http://www.peacetreefarm.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/home.showpage/pageID/19/index.htm" target="_blank">Lloyd Traven,Peace Tree Farm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Diane Blazek,
All-America Selections<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-<a href="http://www.hrt.msu.edu/bridget-behe" target="_blank">Bridget Behe, Michigan State University</a>"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on your own<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1:30 p.m. 'Sourcing Germplasm Through GRIN and OPGC'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-Pablo
Jourdan, Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center, Ohio State University<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Megan Mathey,
Spring Meadow Nursery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4:15 p.m. 'Breeder's Rights - A Global Perspective' (presentations and discussion)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Geoff
Needham, CIOPORA; Brenda Cola, Bioflora<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tim Wood's talk is entitled "Frank Advice for Amateur Plant Breeders"</span></td></tr>
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-<a href="http://www.greatgardenspeakers.com/listing/dan-heims-4c2d59e4091a9.html" target="_blank">Dan Heims, Terra Nova Nurseries</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9:00 a.m. 'Selecting a Proper Cultivar Name and Getting it Registered
with the ICRA'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Falstad, Walters Gardens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9:45 a.m. Morning break & poster session<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rothleutner, Morton Arboretum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11:00 a.m. 'Developing an IP Strategy' <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-<a href="http://patentlegal.com/?page_id=86" target="_blank">Barb Campbell,Cochran Freund & Young LLC</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Treadwell-Palmer, Plants Nouveau<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2:15 p.m. 'A Primer on Biotech Tools, Resources and Services Available
to Breeders'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Ryan Warner,
Michigan State University<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3:15 p.m. 'Plant Trialing: Staying Objective with Your Own Material'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-<a href="http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/staff/hawke" target="_blank">Richard Hawke,Chicago Botanic Garden</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4:00 p.m. 'What do Different Brands Look for in New Plant
Introductions, etc.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Open forum
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the tour stops will be Spring Meadow Nursery</span></td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Sunday, Nov. 2</b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the final day, we will tour nurseries, gardens and other horticultural landmarks in western Michigan including Walters Gardens and Spring Meadow Nursery.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Discounted registration applies until October 1st. Hope to see you there! </span></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewGardenPlants" title="Subscribe to my feed, New Garden Plants" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></p></div>Tim Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841228763204634681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21768867.post-16828190787106242182014-09-11T08:34:00.001-07:002014-09-11T08:37:20.299-07:00Award Winning New Plants at Plantarium<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every year plant breeders from around the world bring their best new plants to the Plantarium in the Netherlands. The best of the best win either bronze, silver or gold medals. With over 150 new plants being introduced, winning an award is very difficult so even those plants that receive a bronze medal are very fortunate. Here are a few of the best new plants of 2014-2015. What's your favorite?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plant/00320">The yellow flowered Sunny Anniversary wins a silver medal</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plant/05870"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRULxIsnpK_OIITVwA0PP1LbnSsk_L16Tf9WfsgjdsAEinM7DhdzXS9vCd61GZY99wia6pftLAPfK6nEE_kQCyYmwxY5ON7Z_J7xxwci3WmMBF-h51xyt6MVbDe6NJpVx5_AVoxQ/s1600/Buddleia+Pink+Micro+Chip_3021lr.jpg" height="416" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Denny Werner'</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">s</span> <a href="http://springmeadownursery.com/plant/05870">Buddleia Lo & Behold Pink Micro Chip wins a silver</a></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Campsus Orangeade wins a bronze</span></td></tr>
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