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Eileen Nelson
UW-Madison Department of Horticulture
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With all of the not so new anymore electronic communications everyone is encountering, Blogs are something to be taken with a grain of salt, usually. Many are used by individuals to spread their message, whatever it may be. Others are used to communicate information based on fact. You will notice a new set of links on the left side called "Blog Links" where I have put a link to the trial gardens at West Madison. Here you will find periodic postings about what is happening at the garden. . . varieties, research, events. If you have a blog that you visit frequently that provides valuable information to greenhouses and garden centers, let me know what it is and we'll share it with all the readers. |
LAST MINUTE REMINDER- West Madison Field Days
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| West Madison Trials  | August 5, 2010, West Madison Research Station
Confirmed Speakers:
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Late Blight
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| Amanda Gevens, UW Plant PathologyAmanda reports that as of Saturday, July 24, 2010, Late blight has been confirmed in five Wisconsin counties: Marquette, Waukesha, Portage, Monroe, and Kewaunee. To read Dr. Gevens' latest update, link here. |
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Selling Plants
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| Ten Things You Should Know Before You Start Selling Plants
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has a handy checklist of items to consider BEFORE you start thinking about a plant selling business.
If you are someone you know could use this information, link here to check it out.
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Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic
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UW-Extension/Madison Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC)
Update
Brian Hudelson, Ann Joy, and Amanda
Zimmerman, Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic
The PDDC
receives samples of many plant samples from around the state. The following
diseases/disorders have been identified at the
PDDC between July 14 and July 20, 2010.
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PLANT/SAMPLE
TYPE
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DISEASE/
DISORDER
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PATHOGEN
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COUNTY
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HERBACEOUS ORNAMENTALS
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Geranium
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Rust
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Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis
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Dane
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Hosta
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Bacterial Soft Rot
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Pectobacterium carotovora
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Dane
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Snapdragon
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Root Rot
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Pythium sp.
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Iowa
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For additional information on
plant diseases and their control, visit the PDDC website
at pddc.wisc.edu.
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OFA Follow up
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| 'Gold Dust' Macedonia  | Garden Center Magazine takes you there
If you didn't get to the 2010 OFA, Garden Center Magazine offers a number of video clips covering topics of interest. Subjects include: - Syngenta Flowers on Chrysanthemum white rust
- Modin's Effinity 93 gas-fired unit heater
- Raker's trial gardens
- Terra Nova heucherella falls series
- Ball's Black Velvet petunia
- Dummen USA's Confetti Garden
- Proven Winners' new summer annual
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Governor's Residence Makeover
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| Portions of the landscaping at the Wisconsin Governor's Residence in Madison, Wis., received a makeover courtesy of the Wisconsin Green Industry Federation
(WGIF).
Read the entire article in a recent issue of Lawns and Landscape Magazine.
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Physostegia virginiana 'Crystal Peak White'
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| 'Crystal White Peak'  | GPN's Culture Connection
'Crystal Peak White' from Benary is a first-year-flowering perennial with a compact, well-branched habit that produces numerous flower spikes lasting throughout the summer
For cultural information link here.
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Fall Conference - Commercial Flower Growers |
| October 13, 2010, Denmark, WI, Floral Plant Growers
Confirmed Speakers:
Anna Ball, Ball Horticultural Company
Mike Gooder, Plant Peddler
Raymond Cloyd, Kansas State University
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Garden Center Symposium
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| January 26-27, 2011, Waukesha, WI
Why go to Chicago when you can get National Speakers at Regional Prices at the Garden Center Symposium in January!!!
Robert Hendrickson and Tom Shay - two of the headliners at the IGC are going to be at the Garden Center Symposium in January - where you will get a chance to talk directly to them, up close and personal, and it won't cost you a fortune. also of the Garden Center Group, and Ed Lyon Director of UW-Madison's Allen Centennial Gardens. Between those four we will cover all the bases: Marketing, The state of the industry, Strategic Planning Merchandising, Retailing, Plant Varieties that sell, and much more! Additionally - Changes Have been Made!
- ALL MEALS will be included in the cost of Registration!!!
- Wednesday night won't go until Midnight!
- The banquet is being replaced with "meet, greet, eat and auction"
- A Roundtable discussion where you can bring your burning questions to the experts is also on the docket
Mark Your Calendar! Watch for Symposium Registration Materials both at www.GardenCenterSymposium and through e-mail. |
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