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VOL. 40/NO. 2
SUMMER 2010
Cool Plants
in Princeton
UK Nursery
& Landscape
Program Update
UPCOMING EVENT
KNLA
Summer
Outing
September 8, 2010

VOL. 40/NO. 2
SUMMER 2010
TOP FEATURES
10 GREEN GATHERING |
UPCOMING EVENT
KNLA Summer Outing
14 IN THE GARDEN
Cool Plants at UK’s
Research Gardens
in Princeton
18 NEWS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY
2009 Update on
UK’s Nursery &
Landscape Program
10
DEPARTMENTS
6 FROM THE PRESIDENT, Todd Ryan
7 WELCOME NEW KNLA MEMBERS
8 NEWS FROM KNLA
21 INDUSTRY NEWS
22 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
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KNLA Executive Director
and Nursery Views Editor
BETSIE A. TAYLOR
Kentucky Nursery & Landscape Assn.
216 Pendleton Ln. • Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: 502-695-0106 • Fax: 502-695-8455
Email: mail.knla@gmail.com
www.knla.org
KNLA OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
TODD RYAN
Valley Hill Nurseries
237 Jones Ln. • Springfield, KY 40069
Tel: 859-284-5141 • Fax: 859-284-0268
VICE PRESIDENT
MATTHEW BOONE GARDINER
Boone Gardiner Garden Center
6300 Old LaGrange Rd. • Crestwood, KY 40014
Tel: 502-243-3832 • Fax: 502-243-3833
PAST PRESIDENT
MIKE DREISBACH
Dreisbach Wholesale Nursery, LLC
3707 Hopewell Rd. • Louisville, KY 40299
Tel: 502-708-1900
DIRECTORS
RODNEY BEYERSDOERFER (2010)
Premium Horticultural Supply Co.
915 East Jefferson St. • Louisville, KY 40206
Tel: 800-372-7333 • Fax: 502-582-3898
BEN CECIL (2010)
Sunny Ray’s Nursery
531 Cole Ln. North • Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Tel: 502-415-0806
PAT CAREY (2011)
Riverfarm Nursery
P.O. Box 56 • Goshen, KY 40026
Tel: 502-228-5408 • Fax: 502-228-7360
JOHNNIE STOCKDALE (2011)
Stockdale Tree Farm, LLC
2901 Bakers Crossroads Dr. • Hazel, KY 42049
Tel: 270-293-1003 • Fax: 270-492-8843
TOM WEEKS (2011)
Wilson Nurseries, Inc.
3690 East-West Connector Rd.
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: 502-223-7735 • Fax: 502-223-3159
JOSEPH HILLENMEYER (2012)
Joseph Hillenmeyer & Associates
3913 Winchester Rd. • Lexington, KY 40509
Tel: 859-971-7606 • Fax: 859-971-0773
MARTIN KORFHAGE (2012)
Clinton Korfhage Nursery, Inc.
1823 Heaton Rd. • Louisville, KY 40216
Tel: 502-448-1544 • Fax: 502-447-1931
STEVE SAUTER (2012)
Lawnco, Inc.
8110 Warwick Ave. • Louisville, KY 40222
Tel: 502-423-9297 • Fax: 502-423-0055
EDUCATIONAL ADVISORS
DR. WINSTON DUNWELL
UK Research & Education Center
P.O. Box 469 • Princeton, KY 42445
Tel: 270-365-7541, ext. 209
Fax: 270-365-2667
AMY FULCHER
University of Kentucky
Department of Horticulture
N-318 Ag Science Center N
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
Tel: 859-257-1273 • Fax: 859-257-2859
DR. ROBERT MCNIEL (EMERITUS)
Highland Moor
226 Shady Ln. • Midway, KY 40347
Tel: 859-509-2719

FROM THE PRESIDENT l Todd Ryan
IT’S TIME FOR SOME
Reciprocal Support
Hello, everybody! Guess what? We’re losing one of our best to the South. Many of you
may have already heard that Amy Fulcher, our UK Extension Associate for Nursery
Crops, has accepted a new position with The University of Tennessee. This is a great
opportunity for Amy, and we are very happy about her new job, which comes with a promotion.
All of us on the growing side of horticulture will really miss Amy. She has been a very effective
liaison between UK, research and growers. How will we stay informed and competitive now?
Three or four years ago, the University of Kentucky ceased funding for the UK Extension
Professor for Nursery Crops for Central Kentucky (Dr. McNiel’s old job). Without this position,
there is no place for Amy or other highly qualified professionals. Despite arguments about the
importance of this position by UK faculty and industry leaders, the position has never been refunded.
This leaves Central Kentucky nurserymen without high-level professional support.
I’ve been told that we can’t expect UK to fund a professor in these economic times. However,
the UK College of Agriculture has been able to fund other positions, none of which support
horticulture. Our industry has a huge economic impact on the state, and for us to not have an
Extension Professor of Nursery Crops for Central Kentucky is out of balance. KNLA members
have always been big supporters of UK — isn’t it time for them to show us some support? If the
UK College of Agriculture were interested, I bet we could come up with some solutions. What
about the idea of reallocating money from retiring professors within the department to fund a
horticulture professor? Give us a little time, and I’m sure we’d come up with many more ideas.
We’ve gone without this position long enough. Let someone else feel the pain.
Phew. With that said, let’s get geared up to support each other at our Eleventh Annual Summer
Outing in Northern Kentucky! Pat Carey, Summer Outing Chair, has put together another
fabulous program; for details, see page 10. See you at Ammon’s on September 8!
Todd Ryan
2009 KNLA President
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2011 KENTUCKY LANDSCAPE INDUSTRIES
WINTER CONFERENCE
New Dates and Location!
January 27–28
Kentucky International Convention Center,
Downtown Louisville

NEW KNLA MEMBERS
Welcome, New KNLA Members!
ACTIVE MEMBERS
ABRAMS NURSERY
CONTACT: KENTON R. ABRAMS
P.O. Box 41
Buckner, KY 40010
Phone: 502-439-6868
Fax: 502-241-4640
abramsnursery@gmail.com
BB, CS, WH
ED NELSON DESIGNS
CONTACT: ED NELSON
2360 Hawthorne Avenue
Louisville, KY 40205
Phone: 502-377-9037
eddebnel@bellsouth.net
LC, LM, Landscape
Designer/Artist
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
BUFFALO TRACE
DISTILLERY
CONTACT: LESLIE ISAACS
113 Great Buffalo Trace
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-696-5972
Fax: 502-696-5972
lisaacs@buffalotrace.com
www.buffalotrace.com
Tourist Destination
CINCINNATI ZOO &
BOTANICAL GARDEN
CONTACT: STEVE FOLTZ,
DIRECTOR OF HORTICULTURE
3400 Vince Street
Cincinnati, OH 45220
Phone: 513-475-6106
Fax: 513-475-6108
sephen.foltz@cincinnatizoo.org
www.cincinnatizoo.org
GREAT SOUTHERN
WOOD PRESERVING, INC.
CONTACT: JANNA POWELL
P.O. Box 610
Abbeville, AL 36310
Phone: 334-585-2291
Fax: 334-585-4353
jpowell@gswp.net
www.greatsouthernwood.com
Supplier
STRAIN & SONS
NURSERY
CONTACT: BILL STRAIN, OWNER
404 Strain Road
Athens, AL 35611
Phone: 256-232-4820
Fax: 256-230-0740
strainnsy@pclnet.net
www.strainnursery.com
BB, CS, WH
TOM GREEN
NURSERY SALES, LLC
CONTACT: TOM GREEN
P.O. Box 206
Louisville, OH 44641
Phone: 330-875-9587
Fax: 330-875-9587
tgreenhort@aol.com
Wholesale Sales – Bare Root
Liners; B&B – Finished
Landscape Plants
UK RESEARCH &
EDUCATION CENTER
CONTACT: CAREY GRABLE,
EXTENSION ASSOCIATE —
NURSERY CROPS
P.O. Box 469
Princeton, KY 42445
Phone: 270-365-7541, ext. 279
Fax: 270-365-2667
carey.grable@uky.edu
www.ca.uky.edu/hla/dunwell/
win1.html
Education
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NEWS FROM KNLA
We’re
Our Partnership with ANLA Adds
New KNLA Membership Benefits!
thrilled to announce
a new partnership
between KNLA and the American Nursery
& Landscape Association (ANLA),
which will provide you and your team
access to some great new membership
benefits! Below is a breakdown of discount
programs and educational programs
you now have access to just for being a
KNLA member.
DISCOUNT
PROGRAMS
Note: As this is a partnership between KNLA
and ANLA, you must provide both organizations’
names when calling to enroll or
place an order.
Partnership
Discount Shipping
Save on all of your inbound and outbound
packages and shipments to and from anywhere
— around the corner, around the
country, around the world — with worldclass
carriers, unbeatable customer-service
professionals and great discounts to boot!
It’s free to use the program. It’s free to
enroll. No minimum shipping requirements,
no obligations, no hassles. Discounts
on UPS and YELLOW are currently
at 64%, and FEDEX discounts
are as high as 27%.
Contact:
Keith Korhely, Program Manager
Phone: 800-599-2902, ext. 2254
Email: kkorhely@PartnerShip.com
www.PartnerShip.com
Live asset insurance
A revolutionary new insurance product
has been created for the nursery, greenhouse
and landscape industries. This program
is extended to nursery, greenhouse,
landscape and retail plants, whether they
are field- or container-grown, aboveground
or installed in the landscape. This
insurance product covers acute weather
occurrences such as hail, freezes and
wind, as well as fire and other named
perils. This program is available to all
and can be sold through existing broker
relationships. Members of KNLA will
receive a 10% discount on their premiums.
Contact:
John Dowling
Phone: 800-644-0178
Email: jdowling@advancedins.com
www.liveassetinsurance.com
Lands’ End
Business Outfitters
Lands’ End Business Outfitters offers
KNLA members the chance to order
classic, quality company uniforms and
apparel at 10% off retail price. With
frequent savings offers, ordering with
Lands’ End Business Outfitters will save
you money and time in creating a professional
look for your business team.
Contact:
Phone: 800-338-2000
http://ocs.landsend.com/cd/frontdoo
r?store_name=anla&store_type=3
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS
Weekly Newsbrief
ANLA’s newest online e-newsletter is
now available to KNLA members. This
weekly communication provides comprehensive
news briefings of the top industry
and business stories, as well as the
latest postings on ANLA’s Industry
Knowledge Center (also available to
KNLA members). You will soon begin
receiving this weekly news source.
Monthy Webinars
Each month, ANLA presents practical,
useful and timely information and knowledge
in the form of an online webinar.
The ANLA Webinar Series is presented
by industry experts, consultants and
professionals and are free of charge to
KNLA members. 2
Meet Your New
KNLA Director
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J
oseph Hillenmeyer, the principle at
Joseph Hillenmeyer + Associates, is
a ninth-generation nurseryman. His
family background in horticulture led him
to work with the Don Shadow Nursery
(TN) and time working with a nursery in
New Zealand and an arboretum in western
Turkey. In 2001, Joseph opened his
garden design firm in Lexington, Kentucky,
affording him the opportunity to
continue to travel the world studying
garden design and horticulture. 2

GREEN GATHERING / UPCOMING EVENT
1 1 th Annual
Summer Outing
September 8, 2010 at Ammon Wholesale Nursery in Burlington, KY
SCHEDULE
TIME
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
ACTIVITY
Registration
Outing Fun Begins
Exhibitor Time
Kentucky Department of
Agriculture, Division of
Environmental Services
2 Specific Hours
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Exhibitor Time
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
Amy Fulcher discusses
“A Horticulturist's Perspective on Scale Pests of Woody Plants”
“Nuts and Bolts” Panel Discussion
Featuring David Listerman, Listerman & Associates
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Exhibitor Time/Walking Tour of Ammon Wholesale Nursery
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Digging Derby
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Bus Tour of Ammon’s Lower Farm
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: “The Green Movement for the Green Industry”
by Steve Foltz, The Cincinnati Zoo
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibitor Time & Show Close
CEUs
International Society
of Arboriculture
Certified Arborists
3.5 CEUs
Kentucky Landscape
Architect Board
Not available at press
time; check official
registration brochure.
For more information,
check online at:
www.knla.org/outing.htm
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OUR HOST LOCATION
The Ammon family has been involved in
horticulture in Boone County for the last
60 years. Dick Ammon began the company
with a focus on landscape and design
in 1950. In 1973, Greg Ammon began
the wholesale division, which today is
owned by Greg and Helen Ammon.
With nearly 250 acres in production,
Ammon Wholesale Nursery is the largest
nursery in Northern Kentucky, serving
Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, including
the Greater Cincinnati area and beyond.
Ammon Wholesale Nursery supplys
its customers with B&B and container
plants, as well as bulk mulch, topsoil,
wall stone, pine straw, peat moss, gravel
and other hardgoods. Ammon’s product
line includes trees, shrubs, perennials,
ornamental grasses and groundcovers.
Diversity? They’ve got it, including
750 varieties of trees and shrubs, 160
varieties of perennials and 35 varieties of
ornamental grasses. Ammon Wholesale
Nurseries grow most of their own plants,
but their long-standing ties with some
of the best nurseries on the West Coast
and around the country enable them to
also buy and bring in some of the finest
specimen plants available for resale
Ammon Wholesale Nurseries also has
an unrivaled selection of Japanese maples.
Some of their other specialties include
hollies, hydrangeas and viburnums. They
also sell a wide range of flowering shrubs
and evergreens, and they grow their own
pot-in-pot trees in 10-, 15-, 20- and 25-
gallon containers. The company has lots
of unusual and one-of-a-kind plants, as
well as a good supply of bestsellers.
FRIENDLY
COMPETITION!
2nd Annual Digging Derby
Back by popular demand! Come watch as
some of the leading KY growers compete
in a tree-digging (by tree spade) exhibition.
Each grower will bring a dig crew,
equipment (tree spade) and materials
(burlap/baskets) to the outing and dig
approximately five to ten trees of the

same size. The competition will determine
which digging crew is not only the fastest,
but also has good quality. The winners
will receive bragging rights until next
time! (Those selected to compete will be
contacted by a member of the KNLA Board.)
OUTING
PRESENTATIONS
“A Horticulturist’s Perspective
on Scale Pests of Woody Plants”
by Amy Fulcher, University of Kentucky
Horticulture Department
This presentation will cover some of the
scale pests that are surfacing in nurseries
and landscapes. Taken from a horticulturist’s
perspective, the presentation will
briefly outline each scale’s identification,
lifecycle, potential to damage crops,
impact on production and sales, integrated
pest management-based control strategies
and how to stop scale pests before they
get established at your business. Novel
control strategies will also be discussed.
Some of the scale pests that will be
covered are Japanese maple scale, European
fruit lecanium scale, calico scale
and oystershell scale.
“Nuts and Bolts” Panel Discussion
featuring David Listerman,
Listerman & Associates
Moderated by Patrick Carey (Riverfarm
Nursery), representatives from three different
sectors will be in the hot seats to
discuss their views on what’s hot and
what’s not in horticulture now and in
the future. Our panelists include David
Listerman (president of Listerman and
Associates), Brian Decker (president of
Decker Nursery) and John Swintosky
(Louisville Metro Parks).
We’re expecting our attendees to get
a wealth of information from our three
horticulture professionals, including:
• What new plant material is out there
and where best to use it.
• Why native species are now so popular
with customers and their benefits.
• The advantages of using a broker/middle
man to acquire needed plant material.
• Plant diseases/bugs that we’re currently
seeing and what pesticides to use to
kill them.
Keynote Presentation:
“The Green Movement for the Green
Industry” by Steve Foltz, Director of
Horticulture, The Cincinnati Zoo
Mr. Foltz’s presentation will focus on
total landscape sustainability. Topics for
his discussion will include issues regarding
the invasive-plant movement, recommended
plants for green stormwater
management/rain gardens and use of
native or non-natives plants. He will
conclude the presentation with an introduction
to his new plant-source website
— www.plantplaces.com.
OUR FEATURED
GUESTS
Brian Decker
A 1979 graduate of The Ohio State University
with a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture
(Landscape Horticulture), Brian
Decker is a past president of the Columbus
Landscape Association, past president
of The Ohio Nursery and Landscape
Association and a member of the American
Nursery and Landscape Association
and the International Plant Propagator’s
Society. Mr. Decker has been the president
of Decker’s Nursery since the late
1980s. Established in 1921, Decker’s
Nursery is a third-generation family
wholesale nursery with field B&B production,
25 acres of container production
and 4 acres of propagation, producing
over 2 million cuttings per year and
over 100,000 grafted liners.
Steve Foltz
Director of Horticulture at the Cincinnati
Zoo & Botanical Garden, Mr. Foltz has
been with the zoo for 21 years. He is
responsible for one of the area’s largest
plant collections, which include 3,000
varieties of trees, shrubs, tropical plants,
grasses, bulbs, perennials and annuals. His
expertise is widely known in the industry,
and he is frequently asked to speak to
horticulture groups.
A graduate of the University of Kentucky
with a B.S. in Ornamental Horticulture,
he currently teaches horticulture
at both Cincinnati State Technical and
Community College and at the University
of Cincinnati. In addition, each year he
teaches a series of classes on “Landscaping
Your Home.” These classes are held once
a week for 10 weeks at the Cincinnati
Zoo & Botanical Garden and are open to
both zoo members and non-members.
Mr. Foltz has been a member of the
Ohio Plant Selection Committee, serving
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GREEN GATHERING / UPCOMING EVENT l Continued
as chair of the committee for two years.
He is also a member of the Kentucky
Plant Selection Committee for the
Theodore Klein Award and a member
of the International Plant Propagators
Society, Eastern Region.
Amy Fulcher
Amy Fulcher is an Extension Associate
for Nursery Crops, University of Kentucky,
where she conducts educational
programs and applied research to address
current needs of the Kentucky nursery
industry. Her most recent research projects
include investigation of the role of
propagation technique and fertilization
rate on efficacy of plant growth regulators
applied during production, modeling
water use of nursery crops, and use of
Louisville Green as a fertilizer for field
production. Amy also coordinates the
UK nursery crops scouting program.
David Listerman
A graduate of the University of Kentucky
in ornamental horticulture, Mr. Listerman
has over 25 years’ experience in the
industry. He started Listerman & Associates
as a full-service brokerage service,
working with more than 50 wholesale
nurseries throughout the United States.
The company values the relationships
between the grower, installer and designer,
and helps create and develop the best
possible landscape project installation
through tagging, combining loads direct
from the nursery to the job site. Mr.
Listerman has worked in all phases of
industry, from grower to job-site consultant.
Listerman & Associates’ projects
include “The Greene” in Beavercreek
(OH), Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
(IN) and Millennium Park Chicago (IL).
John A. Swintosky
Mr. Swintosky is a registered landscape
architect with the Louisville Metro Parks
department. Prior to practicing as a landscape
architect, he worked as a horticulturist
and landscape manager at central
Kentucky thoroughbred horse farms. His
formal training and education is in engineering
and landscape architecture. He
has been associated with Louisville Metro
Parks since 1994. Mr. Swintosky has been
involved in all aspects of park planning,
design and construction, as well as collaborative
design efforts with related agencies
and institutions in Louisville. He enjoys
applying the principles of Olmstedian
design on new projects, as well as in historic
preservation and rehabilitation
efforts. Another key focus of Swintosky’s
work has been upgrading the comprehensive
planning and standards for quality
maintenance of Metro Parks’ living landscapes,
especially Kentucky native-plant
communities and natural systems. As
a resident landowner in central KY,
Swintosky still maintains a high level of
interest and involvement in the historic
landscapes of the Bluegrass region. He
also dabbles in plant propagation and
production on his property, Viburnum
Valley Farm. 2
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IN THE GARDEN
at UK’s Research & Education Center
in Princeton
By Win Dunwell, Ph.D., The University of Kentucky
Over the years, the landscape
and nursery at the University
of Kentucky Research and
Education Center at Princeton have accumulated
quite a diverse planting. I would
like to share some of the ones that seem
worthy this time of year or deserve a comment
or two.
Hypericum olympicum
Olympic St. John’s Wort was given to
me by Ben Cecil, of Sunnyray Nursery in
Elizabethtown, KY. It flowered the first
year and has been spreading and making
a positive impression on all who work here
and our visitors even since. I have since
redistributed it to the Southern Extension
and Research Activities Group 27
(SERA — 27), a southern-region plantevaluation
group.
The flowers are delicate in appearance
(Photo 1), and the plant’s tiny leaves and
low mound habit make it a great ground
cover. Sue Massey loves the one in her
yard and shares her enthusiasm with
one and all.
Rosa ‘Meineble’
Sold as Red Meidiland, this is a great rose
that arrived after Carefree and before the
Carpet Series as a relatively disease-resistant
shrub rose. While not a Knockout,
it is a nice low-growing rose with a red
flower that has a white center (Photo 2).
At the UKREC, we cut it back to a 24"
by 24' plant in late winter and just let it
go for the flowering season that runs from
May to frost. As a second season bonus,
bed rose hips occur in the fall.
In the Kemper Center for Home Gardening
Plant Finder at MOBOT, the following
is found “RED MEIDILAND
— Parentage of this rose is R. ‘Sea Foam’
x (R. ‘Picasso’ x R. ‘Eyepoint’). U.S. Plant
Patent PP7,116 issued January 23, 1990.
Meidiland roses are landscape and ground
cover roses that come from Meilland
of France.” http://www.mobot.org/
GARDENINGHELP/PLANTFIND
ER/Plant.asp?code=C338
I like it and placed it near the conference
center entrance at the UKREC.
Buxus ‘TLC
Variegated’ Boxwood
This boxwood was found as a sport of
common boxwood by Patricia Hines of
TLC Landscaping and Garden Center
in Bardstown, KY. Tricia reports there
has never been a green reversion occur
on any of the plants she has grown from
cuttings. The original plant that she grew
from a cutting is about 4' to 5' tall by
about 3' to 4' wide. Of course, she has
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At left, first column, top to bottom: Photo 1. Hypericum olympicum (St. John’s-wort),
Photo 2. Rosa ‘Meineble’ (Red Meidiland), Photo 3. Buxus sempervirens (‘TLC Variegated’
boxwood). Second column, top to bottom: Photo 4. Spigelia marilandica (Indian pink),
Photo 5. Calycanthus x ‘Venus’.

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been taking cuttings, so we will have to
report back later on its size and growth
habit. We are going to add the plants she
gave us to our boxwood collection of 21
cultivars growing in the shade under our
Colorado spruce grove canopy.
Spigelia marilandica
S. marilandica is a 2011 Theodore Klein
Plant Award winner. Indian pink is my
favorite native plant. It continues to be
a WOW plant in the landscape. The
inside of the red flowers seems to be
yellow until you get up real close and
realize maybe it is actually a shade of
yellow green (RHS mini colour chart
RHS 145A). Allan Armitage says of
the flowers that occur on plants with
opposite entire leaves, “Actually, ‘wonderful’
doesn’t nearly do the flowers justice.”
The flowers occur on a one-sided cyme,
with varying numbers of flowers opening
from the plant end to the tip over the
course of several days to more than a
week. The seed produced explosively
dehisce, making the scattered seed difficult
to collect but adds to the plant’s ability
to spread around the mother plant,
creating a mass of attractive plants that
are breathtaking when in bloom. I will
share my other favorite native plants
another time.
Calycanthus x ‘Venus’
I want this plant to do well but cannot get
it to do so. It has been plagued by spots
on the blooms until this year when, for
whatever reason, the blooms were clean
and spectacular. NCSU Professor Tom
Ranney bred this plant at the Mountain
Horticulture Research and Education
Center in Fletcher, NC. The cross is
described as (C. chinensis x C. floridus
‘Athens’) x (C. chinensis x C. occidentalis).
The very large blooms are white with
red centers and are fragrant, and for that
reason I want it to be successful. So we
will continue to evaluate it. The bloom in
on-line sales ads faces up, but the blooms
on our plants tend to face out or even
down, making the red center less visible
but not detracting from the floral display.
Numerous plants at the UKREC (at
1205 Hopkinsville Street) in Princeton,
KY, are blooming at any given time. Stop
by any time for a look. If you are on a
weekend business trip to the lakes, the
grounds are open then, too. 2

NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
2009 Program Update
from The University of Kentucky
Submitted by Winston Dunwell, Dewayne Ingram, Amy Fulcher and Carey Grable,
Department of Horticulture, The University of Kentucky
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University of Kentucky supports Kentucky’s
nursery and landscape industries through
undergraduate and graduate education,
research and Cooperative Extension. The
purpose of this article is to provide a few
2009 program highlights.
The UK Nursery and Landscape Program
is the coordinated efforts of faculty,
staff and students in several departments
within the College of Agriculture for
the benefit of the Kentucky nursery and
landscape industry. If you have questions
or suggestions about a particular project
or program, please do not hesitate to
contact us.
Research highlights
The full 2009 UK Nursery and Landscape
Program Research Report is available
online at http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/
pubs/pr/pr602/pr602.pdf, or a printed
copy can be requested from Christi
Forsythe at (270) 365-7541, extension
221, or e-mail her at cforsyth@uky.edu.
This progress report updates you on
research in our primary areas of emphasis:
production and economics, pest management
and plant evaluation. Below are a
few highlights from that report.
• A substrate called “Forest Floor” developed
by a local company, Creech Services,
Inc. (Lexington, KY), was tested
as a plant-production substrate. “Forest
Floor” is composed of leaves, needles,
wood and bark of multiple species collected
from tree-trimming services.
Forest Floor and other mixed-speciesbased
substrates show potential for the
production of some herbaceous and
woody nursery crops. However, caution
is necessary when implementing this or
any new substrate in nursery production,
and must be tested on an individual
basis. For all species tested, the pH of
the Forest Floor substrate was significantly
higher than the industry standard
substrates, which would be problematic
for crops that are sensitive to high pH.
Additionally, moisture management
may need to be refined with the addition
of any new substrate.
• An on-farm, container-grown gardenmum
production demonstration was
conducted in Bourbon County in 2009.
About 250 garden mums were produced
to be marketed at the Bourbon County
Farmers Market. The purpose of this
natural-season mum plot was to demonstrate
cultural practices necessary
for successful outdoor garden-mum
production using drip irrigation and
appropriate fertilizer injectors. Methods
of production and expenses are included
in the report.
• Application of a simple trunk band to
exclude ants increased scale insect mortality
from natural enemies and suppressed
infestations below economic
thresholds. This would provide a safe,
convenient and inexpensive management
option for landscape managers and
homeowners. In nurseries, where banding
individual trees might not be practical,
the scales’ ant bodyguards might
be eliminated using broadcast baits.
• Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of
Ramorum blight and sudden oak death,
continues to be a problem on the West
Coast. As in previous years, none of
the samples taken in Kentucky as part
of the 2009 National Nursery Survey
were identified as P. ramorum.
• Undergraduate student Micah Stevens
conducted poplar rooting research. Two
major factors determining root initiation
are auxin availability and the plant’s
ability to respond to auxin. Although
researchers have spent decades trying
to understand the basic physiology
behind adventitious root formation, we
still know very little about the genes
controlling this process. It has become
increasingly clear that the next significant
improvement for rooting cuttings
from recalcitrant species will not be
discovered until we have a better understanding
of the molecular mechanisms
controlling rooting and maturationrelated
loss in rooting potential. The
poplar rooting protocol created in this
study will allow for an in-depth comparison
of non-rooting (basal medium),
direct rooting and indirect rooting at
the physiological and molecular levels.
Extension highlights
In 2003, the UK Department of Horticulture
began the Nursery Crops Integrated

Pest Management Program in West
Kentucky, led by Amy Fulcher. Since
2003, the Nursery Crops group has
received over $55,000 in IPM grant
money, growing to a statewide program.
The goal of the Nursery Crops IPM
program is to provide growers with the
information necessary for effective pest
control delivered in a precise, sustainable
and environmentally sound manner. The
program utilizes educational programs,
nursery scouting, electronic media and
a trap distribution and monitoring program
to reach this goal. Amy Fulcher is
a co-investigator on the “Intelligent Spray
Systems for Floral and Ornamental
Nursery Crops” — USDA Specialty
Crops Research Initiative grant that has
already reduced pesticide costs to the
nursery and loss to the environment.
Dr. Dewayne Ingram will be making a
contribution to the Nursery Crops Production
program by performing “Life
Cycle Assessments” to ensure a sustainable
systems approach. Win Dunwell is a
part of a recently formed national group
(NC-1186) of researchers and extension
workers working on Water Management
and Quality for Ornamental Crop Production
and Health Agenda.
Programming
Diverse educational programs were conducted
yearly on topics ranging from
scouting techniques and pruning to
modeling disease incidence. Workshops
were often a combination of inside classroom-style
sessions and outdoor handon
sessions. Presenters from nine states
representing multiple universities, agencies,
nurseries and consulting firms
delivered information on their area
of expertise.
Scouting
The nursery-crops scouting program
began in 2005. Scouting techniques were
developed in the initial year and refined
over the next three years to include monitoring
for soluble salts and pH levels for
container crops. Two to four nurseries
per year were scouted on a weekly basis.
Nurseries ranged from five acres to 500
acres and spanned ten counties in Kentucky.
The scouts were students from the
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UK College of Agriculture. The scouting
program served a dual purpose: nurseries
had an additional means of detecting
pest problems to complement their staff
and received a weekly report of current
pest populations and control recommendations,
while students received handson
experience identifying pests, using
scouting and monitoring techniques,
and were exposed to the day-to-day
operations of the nursery industry.
Information development
The scouting program generated current
trap counts, pest population levels and
damage levels for a range of nursery pests.
Pest information from the weekly scouting
sessions formed the basis of the Kentucky
Nursery Update newsletter. This
newsletter shared the beneficial and timely
information generated from scouting visits
to all Kentucky producers. An IPM for
Nursery Production manual was developed
and included basic IPM information,
scouting techniques and thresholds,
pest identification and pest-control information.
Additionally, an IPM for Deciduous
Tree Production calendar was developed.
The calendar features specific IPM
techniques for pests, in addition to pesticide
recommendations.
Impacts
Through the nursery-crops scouting program,
two emerging exotic pests — granulate
ambrosia beetle and Japanese maple
scale — were monitored, in addition to
traditional nursery-crops pests. Granulate
ambrosia beetle has been trapped for
four consecutive seasons. These data are
used to alert growers to the presence of
granulate ambrosia beetle in their county
so they may accurately schedule pesticide
applications to prevent an infestation.
Impacts from 2004-2009 include
improved plant quality through pest and
nutrient management and pruning techniques,
and reduced pesticide applications,
leading to an economic impact for the
state. The improved plant quality translates
to better plant establishment in the
landscape, reduced pesticide use and plant
health care costs, and related environmental
benefits in landscapes.
Undergraduate
Program Highlights
The department offers areas of emphasis
in horticultural enterprise management
and horticultural science within a Horticulture,
Plant and Soil Science Bachelor
of Science degree. Following are a
few highlights of our undergraduate
program in 2009.
The plant and soil science degree program
had 65 students, of which one-half
were horticulture students and another
one-third were turfgrass students.
We believe that a significant portion of
an undergraduate education in horticulture
must come outside the classroom.
In addition to the local activities of the
UK Horticulture Club and field trips
during course laboratories, students have
excellent off-campus learning experiences.
Here are the highlights of such
opportunities in 2009:
• Students toured Costa Rican nursery/
landscape businesses and environmental
study sites. The tour was led by Dr.
Robert Geneve.
• Horticulture students competed in the
2009 Professional Landscape Network
(PLANET) Career Day competition
(Dr. Robert Geneve, faculty advisor).
• Students accompanied faculty to the
following regional/national/international
meetings: Eastern Region of the International
Plant Propagators’ Society;
the Kentucky Landscape Industries
Conference; the Mid-States Horticultural
Expo; the short course sponsored
by OFA, Ohio’s association for florist
professionals; and the summer outing
of the Kentucky Nursery and Landscape
Association.
Contributions to the UK Nursery and
Landscape Fund and Endowments are
greatly appreciated. On behalf of the
faculty, staff and students in the UK Nursery
and Landscape Program, thank you!
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Contact information
You may contact Winston Dunwell at
(270) 365-7541, extension 209, by email
at wdunwell@uky.edu or by mail (P.O.
Box 469, Princeton, KY 42445). 2

INDUSTRY NEWS
FSA Tree Assistance Program
Sign-Up Begins
A
ssistance for orchardists and
nursery tree growers with
weather-related losses can
now be obtained through the Tree Assistance
Program (TAP), administered by
the Farm Service Agency. TAP provides
help to orchardists and nursery tree growers
who produce trees, bushes and vines
for commercial purposes, to replant or
rehabilitate trees, bushes and vines damaged
or destroyed by natural disasters.
To be eligible for TAP, producers must
have suffered more than a 15% death loss
due to the natural disaster, after adjustment
for normal mortality. TAP is a costreimbursement
program, with payments
covering up to 70% of replant costs and
50% of pruning, removal and other salvaging
costs for replacing or salvaging
damaged trees.
Producers must also have purchased
a policy or plan of insurance under the
Federal Crop Insurance Act or Noninsured
Crop Disaster Assistance Program,
or for 2008, obtained a waiver of
the risk-management purchase requirement
through the buy-in provision.
Eligible losses must have occurred on
or after January 1, 2008, and before
October 1, 2011.
For more information on the new TAP
program, please contact your county FSA
office or the website at http://www.fsa.
usda.gov/tap. 2
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Partnering with
Habitat for Humanity
“Adopt a House” Program
Although Habitat for Humanity
and the Louisville Nursery Association
has had a loose relationship
for several years, a formal program was
put in place last year. The LNA executive
committee, led by the president, Pat Carey
of River Farm Nursery, and a willing LNA
member and long-time volunteer with Habitat,
Sandy Richardson of Spruce Hill Nursery,
the plan to give support to a non-profit
came to fruition. The result was the “Adopt
a House” program, which any association
could emulate.
Every house that Habitat for Humanity
of Metro Louisville builds (approximately
25 a year) is “adopted” by a member of the
LNA — the member supplies the “simple,
decent” landscape material that the Habitat
volunteers plant for that house. Since many
Habitat homes are on narrow lots in sections
of the city known for its “shotgun” houses,
the donation typically includes four to six
foundation plants, one or two flowering
shrubs and six to eight daylilies, liriope or
perennials. Most of the donors find it fairly
easy to come up with the modest, very much
appreciated plants from their surplus.
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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
For members without their own
landscape plants (such as a tree service,
a plant broker or a landscape lighting
company, etc.), they either “adopt” a
house and pay for the plants, or take
advantage of receiving one free beer
per plant donated (limit two) at LNA
meetings. The various individual plants
brought to the meetings are combined
into “adopted” houses (7 of the 25).
Other donations that make a big impact
include: pallets of mulch, small trees
(these are required in some neighborhoods),
grass seed, etc.
Given the difficult economic times,
this type of generosity is especially
welcome, when every penny a non-profit
saves via donations translates into more
service to the community. In a thank-you
letter to the LNA, the executive director
of Habitat, Rob Locke, explained how
the donations “actively demonstrated
that an investment in landscaping is an
investment in the entire neighborhood,”
as Habitat’s goal is to “build community,
one block at a time.” 2
AMMON WHOLESALE NURSERY, INC. . . . . 16
www.ammonplants.com
BFG SUPPLY CO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
www.bfgsupply.com
BOBCAT ENTERPRISES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
www.bobcat-ent.com
CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL NURSERY
TRADE SHOW, CENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
www.onla.com
DRIPWORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
www.dripworksusa.com
FARM CREDIT SERVICES
OF MID-AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
www.farmcredit.com
GOSHEN GARDENS
NURSERY & LANDSCAPING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
HAWKSRIDGE FARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
www.hawksridgefarms.com
JOHN DEERE LANDSCAPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
www.johndeerelandscapes.com
LANDSCAPE LIGHTING COMPANY . . . . . . . 17
www.landscapelighting.net
LANDSCAPERS CORNER, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
www.landscaperscorner.com
LOW FALLS WHOLSALE NURSERY . . . . . . . 16
www.lowfallsnursery.com
MCHUTCHISON, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
www.mchutchison.com
MOTZ & SON NURSERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
OLDHAM CHEMIALS, INC. . . . . . . . . . Back Cover
www.oldhamchem.com
SWAFFORD NURSERY, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
www.swaffordnursery.com
VALLEY HILL NURSERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
www.valleyhillnurseries.com
WELLMASTER CARTS . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover
www.wellmaster.ca
WHAYNE SUPPLY COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
www.whayne.com
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