Tennessee Greentimes - Spring 2016

VOL. 17/NO. 1

Spring 2016

UT Gardens’ 2015 Best & Beautiful Annuals and Edible Plants

Interpreting Herbicide Damage in the Nursery

VOL. 17/NO. 1 •

Upcoming event TN Green Industry Expo, October 6-7, 2016, McMinnville, TN

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Departments From the President, Kim Holden.....................................................................................6 News from TNLA...............................................................................................................8 Calendar of Events...........................................................................................................22 TNLA New Members.......................................................................................................22 Index of Advertisers.........................................................................................................22

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From the President Kim Holden

Good Years for the Green Industry Ahead

TNLA Would like to

Thank

the following companies for being

Membership Sponsors Gold Membership Sponsors Barky Beaver Mulch & Soil Mix, Inc. Blankenship Farms Nufarm Americas, Inc. Putnals Premium Pine Straw, Inc. Randall Walker Farms Swafford Nursery, Inc. Tennessee 811

Silver Membership Sponsors BWI of Memphis Southern Ag Nashville Landscape Systems, Inc.

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has been an honor to serve on TNLA’s board of directors for the past three years, and it is my honor to be your president for 2016. I appreciate all the time, work and effort that all of our board members put into our association and especially thank Jeff Harrell for the fine job he did as our president last year.

I started in the nursery business when I was 20 years old, and we will soon celebrate our 40th anniversary. We have a container operation with cold frames and greenhouses, and we use about 10 acres for production. I’ve always had a special place in my heart for agriculture and, particularly, the green industry. You know the saying — “If you love the job you do, you will never work a day in your life.”

Well, spring is here, and we all know that means it’s time to get to work. I have been to a few tradeshows through the winter and talked with growers across our state and the West Coast, and there seems to be a general consensus that things are getting better. Plant material in most areas is already becoming short in supply and small in size. It seems that we have moved past the downturn in our industry and that we should have several years of profitable production ahead.

I think we can all agree that we need a few good years in our industry. These patterns of good and bad markets have always been around, but it seems like this last one has taken longer to run its course. I’ve always tried to move forward and work to the future, rather than dwelling on the past that is all behind us.

I have several ideas for our association that I would like to try and accomplish through this year. I would like to improve our website and possibly have an option for members to use our website as a communication link to other members and potential customers. I would also like to have events throughout the year that would strengthen our association through more social contact. That is the theme for this year’s joint tradeshow with the MTNA — to have nursery tours, a golf tournament, a sporting clay shoot and several sponsored meals that would help shore up a good relationship between our membership partners. As always, we need to encourage membership, ask a friend or customer to join us and help us keep our association strong.

I am always a phone call or email away, and I would like for TNLA members to voice their opinions and offer ideas.

Kim Holden 2016 TNLA President

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Tennessee Green Industry Expo October 6-7, 2016 McMinnville Civic Center

The Tennessee Greentimes is the official publication of The Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association, Inc. 115 Lyon Street McMinnville, Tennessee 37110 (931) 473-3951 Fax (931) 473-5883 www.tnla.com Email: mail@tnla.com Published by Leading Edge Communications, LLC 206 Bridge Street Franklin, Tennessee 37064 (615) 790-3718 Fax (615) 794-4524 Email: info@leadingedge communications.com Editors Dr. Bill Klingeman Dr. Amy Fulcher Associate Editors Dr. Donna Fare Dr. Nick Gawel Dr. Frank Hale Dr. John Sorochan TNLA Officers President Kim Holden Holden Nursery 1st Vice President Josh Woodlee David’s Nursery 2nd Vice President Justin Stelter JS Gardening, LLC 3rd Vice President Jon Flanders Botanico, Inc. Secretary-Treasurer James Hines Hale & Hines Nursery Associate Director Bob Elliott Ewing Irrigation Ex-Officio Jeff Harrell Tennessee Valley Nursery Executive Director Louree Walker

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News from TNLA

Meet Your New TNLA Leaders!

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TNLA’s Business Meeting held on September 18 during the Fall 2015 Tennessee Green Industry Expo in Nashville, Tennessee, the following new TNLA officers and director for 2016 were elected and installed.

President

Kim Holden Holden Nursery Mascot, TN (865) 933-7165 holden58@aol.com

2nd Vice President

Justin Stelter JS Gardening, LLC Franklin, TN (615) 596-1696 justinstelter@gmail.com

SecretaryTreasurer

James Hines Hale & Hines Nursery McMinnville, TN (931) 934-2288 haleandhines@ blomand.net

Associate Director

Bob Elliott Ewing Irrigation Nashville, TN (615) 244-8870 belliott@ewing1.com

Photo by Caroline Allison.

1st Vice President

Josh Woodlee David’s Nursery McMinnville, TN (931) 607-3996 davidsnursery@gmail.com

3rd Vice President

Jon Flanders Botanico, Inc. McMinnville, TN (931) 934-2868 jon.flanders@ botanicohq.com

Ex-Officio

Jeff Harrell Tennessee Valley Nursery Winchester, TN (931) 967-4541 jharrell77@bellsouth.net

October 6-7, 2016 Civic Center

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In the Landscape

UT Gardens’ 2015

Best & Beautiful

Annual and Edible Plants

By Susan Hamilton, Ed.D., Director of the UT Gardens; Beth Willis, Trials Coordinator; James Newburn, Assistant Director; Holly Jones, Kitchen Garden Manager; Carol Reese, Ornamental Horticulture Specialist; Jason Reeves, Curator of the Jackson UT Gardens; and Andy Pulte, Plant Sciences Faculty Instructor, The University of Tennessee

TOP ANNUALS of 2015 Best in Show — Petunia Tidal Wave® Red Velour

Best New Variety — Sedum Lemon Coral™

This outstanding cultivar was a 2015 AAS Flower Award Winner, and we couldn’t agree more. This seed-grown variety certainly lived up to, if not surpassed, the Tidal Wave reputation.

Like the others in the series, it spread nicely and mounded to a height of about 20". The strong stems and flowers withstood rain and wind. While blooming consistently throughout the summer, it never became leggy or scraggly, always looking fresh and unweathered. Factor in a rich, plush, true-red color, and this selection is a winner for growers, landscapers and homeowners. (PanAmerican)

Our specimens were planted next to pavement in full sun and couldn’t have been in a more challenging site. Lemon Coral, however, withstood these conditions and flourished. An outstanding selection that caught everyone’s eye, the bright chartreuse-colored foliage and fine texture developed a tinge of coral color in the cooler temperatures of fall. Ideal for massing together or using in combinations. (Proven Winners)

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TOP TWENTY ANNUALS of 2015 (alphabetical order) Best Repeat Variety — Vinca Cora® Strawberry Introduced in 2012, this seed-grown variety is outstanding for its vigor, disease resistance and color. A real “set it and forget it” variety that tolerates Tennessee’s heat and humidity, it provides non-stop color through the entire growing season with large blooms of bicolor saturated pinks. (Syngenta)

This Fleuroselect Gold medal winner of 2012 recaptured our attention this year.

Planted in full sun, it bloomed more prolifically and with greater uniformity.

We treat it as an annual, since this seedgrown perennial blooms its first year.

We were not disappointed with the dark blue flower spikes that began appearing in mid-June and continued on through the season. (Van Hemert & Co.)

Best New Series (tie) — Ipomoea SolarPower™ series

Angelonia Archangel™ Orchid Pink

The SolarPower series of sweet potato vines exhibited two great attributes that our evaluators really liked. One was the color. SolarPower Red (top photo) maintained its bronze red color all summer and the deep red-pink veins and undersides of the leaves provided a dimensional richness that made this a standout. SolarPower Black’s color was also outstanding with its equally rich blue-black foliage (bottom photo). The second appealing aspect was the manageability the plants exhibited. Both were neither too aggressive nor prone to legginess, which made either variety ideal for containers or landscape beds. Great foliage plants for combinations. (Ball FloraPlant)

Best New Series (tie) — Portulaca Mojave® The Mojave series of portulaca was outstanding because the blooms stayed open longer than what is typically expected with portulaca. Also, the color selection was outstanding. We evaluated Mojave® Pink (top photo), Red (middle photo), Fuchsia (bottom photo), Yellow and Tangerine, and all were deep enough in tone to not be washed out in bright sunlight. The thick, spreading growth habit formed a dense mat that few weeds could get a foothold in. Great groundcover and foreground plant. (Proven Winners)

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Angelonia almost always performs well in Tennessee. We love the fact that it is heat and drought tolerant and low maintenance (none, really). Though this year this variety exhibited a slightly shorter bloom time in the UT Gardens (longer getting started in one garden and faded out in late August in another), the large blooms, uniformity and deep color more than make up for any small deficiency in bloom time. Color and spiked flowers make it fun to pair with other flowers in mixed containers. (Ball FloraPlant)

Calamintha ‘Marvelette Blue’ Another champion brought to our attention by the European Fleuroselect organization was this calamint, which is designated a Gold Medal for 2016. It has a small, bushy form with semi-dark-green foliage similar in shape to oregano leaves with blue flower spikes. Its uniform habit reached about 8" tall. A perennial, this plant blooms its first year from seed and can be used like an annual in the landscape bed, herb garden, container or flowerpot. (Van Hemert & Co.)

Calibrachoa Can-Can® Neon Pink Nothing could be brighter than this truly neon-pink calibrachoa. And with the tiny yellow center, the pink stands out even more. (Ball FloraPlant)

Canna Cannova® Lemon — NEW In 2014, we awarded the Cannova seedgrown canna as our Best in Show. This year, we trialed the new lemon color, and the results were still the same. A light primrose yellow, the color is more reminiscent of the pulp of a lemon rather than the outside. It has the same dwarf habit as the others in this series (36" to 42" tall), with great heat tolerance and consistent bloom. (Ball Ingenuity)

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Cleome Señorita® Blanca IMP

Gerbera Hello!™ series — NEW

Sturdy stems supported the masses of flower blooms on this exceptional variety of the popular spider flower. It attracted pollinators and would be a great choice for the mid- or background area of landscape beds. Height about 32". (Proven Winners)

Who wouldn’t want a gerbera daisy that is consistently disease resistant, low maintenance and a prolific bloomer in an exciting range of bright colors? This new series has slightly smaller blooms (about 3.5" to 4") but more of them than other gerberas. We were most impressed that powdery mildew wasn’t a problem, which we often see in the Mid-South.

Hello! Sunshine (top photo), Miss Scarlet (middle photo), Pumpkin (bottom photo) and Magentamen were the selections evaluated. All performed equally well in bright, rich, solid colors. (Proven Winners)

Celosia ‘Flamingo’ We haven’t had a wheat-style celosia in our trials for several years. Although ‘Flamingo’ isn’t that new, our attraction to this plant was renewed because of its great color, heat tolerance and prolific blooming. It adds a nice “wildness” to the garden bed without being too untidy in its appearance. We suspect other wheat celosias will be coming down the pike soon to add to the palette of this great everlasting annual. (Hem Zaden)

Coleus Flame Thrower™ series — NEW These three new introductions of coleus perform well in sun or shade. The slightly more compact plant (18" to 24") with great branching is ideal for the bed or containers. Spiced Curry (top photo) was our favorite, with its bold contrast of golden-chartreuse and burgundy bicolored foliage and a soft-purple underside. Chili Pepper (middle photo) had slightly narrower leaves with shades of lime green, yellow, pink and scarlet throughout. It would make a great foil for solid-colored flowers in mixed containers. Chipotle (bottom photo), also with narrower leaves, had wine- and lime-colored foliage that stood up to wind and rain. (Ball FloraPlant)

Dianthus Jolt™ Pink — NEW This interspecific dianthus holds up in the heat. Flowers bloom on sturdy 10" to 12" stems. Pink, a 2015 AAS winner, joins Cherry in this series. Spent blooms can be cut back to further promote its season-long color. (PanAmerican)

Euphorbia ‘Glamour’ — NEW It’s great that there is a top-performing, seed-grown cultivar of this wonderful garden plant available now. The “baby’s breath” of the landscape world, Glamour has dark-green foliage and pure-white flowers. This heat-tolerant, droughtresistant plant is truly a “set it and forget it” addition to containers, hanging baskets or landscape beds. (PanAmerican) 14

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Impatiens Rockapulco® Wisteria — NEW This delicate-looking double impatiens has blooms that resemble small rose buds.

The blossoms of soft magenta blushed with white brighten the shade garden, and prolific blooming provides an abundance of refreshing color. (Proven Winners)

Lantana Luscious® Pinkberry Blend™ A wonderful combination of pink and yellow florets makes for a standout specimen of this heat-loving plant. In fact, the warmer it got, the more this selection rose to the occasion, becoming a mass of color above the foliage.

This vigorous grower ultimately grew to about 36" tall and flowered until frost with no decrease in the number of blooms. (Proven Winners)

Marigold Hot Pak™ series A French type with a very compact, uniform growth habit and an abundance of blooms make this whole series a winner. Very heat tolerant and disease resistant. Here at UT, we preferred Hot Pak™ Orange (top photo), of course, but Gold (middle photo), Fire, Flame, Harmony (bottom photo), Spry and Yellow also performed well. (PanAmerican)

Ornamental Chili Pepper NuMex Easter A top-twenty designee from last year, we still love this 2014 AAS winner. With its orange, yellow and even lavender fruit standing well above the foliage, this compact variety brightens up any sunny location. Its small size makes it ideal for containers or for a low border, and of course, it tolerates heat and drought.

Provides a bright spot in any garden.

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Petunia

Four NEW cultivars of Supertunia® from Proven Winners got our attention this year. All had a profusion of blooms throughout the summer without becoming leggy or stretched, and as typical with Supertunias we have trialed in the past, they were vigorous growers. Latte (first photo) was outstanding in containers and striking with its slightly creamy white color with a purplish-brown throat.

Picasso in Burgundy™ (second photo) is a new color to the Picasso line, with a green margin and rich burgundy center.

For cultivars that have an exciting bicolor star pattern, Violet Star Charm and Pink Star Charm (third photo) were outstanding. Though with slightly smaller blooms, they still had the Supertunia characteristics of heat tolerance and vigorous growth. Still though, our two top performers, as in previous years, are Vista Bubblegum and Vista Silverberry.

In Knoxville, our finest container petunia by far was Cascadias™ Indian Summer (fourth photo) from Ball FloraPlant. Its unique color does harken to the fall palette but looks great all summer. Blooms open sunset-orange and then lighten to a yellow-peach with maturity.

Verbena bonariensis Meteor Shower™ We loved the compact growth habit and multiple branching of this garden favorite.

Reaching 28" to 30" tall, this pollinator attractor wasn’t nearly as unkempt as the straight species and could be either massed together or used in mixed containers as an effective treatment. (Proven Winners)

Vinca Valiant™ Lilac Bright, bright color makes this selection (along with other colors in this series) a standout. Vigorous growth habit and large flowers create a mound of color that can withstand almost anything nature throws at it. (PanAmerican)

Zinnia Double Zahara® Yellow This double-flowering yellow zinnia is another winner in the disease-resistant Zahara series. The bright, clear, yellow color was eye-catching in the landscape and did not fade in the sunshine. Very uniform growth habit. (PanAmerican) 16

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INCREDIBLE EDIBLES Abelmoschus esculentas, ‘Jambalaya’ okra Robust, compact plants started producing when plants were still quite small.

The okra pods have a consistent shape and flavor. After a late-season (late August for Knoxville, TN) pruning (i.e., cutting the whole plant back by 1/3), the plants continued to look healthy and full and provided a steady supply of fruit up until the first frost. By far, this is the most attractive and well-behaved okra we have tested. Seed is available online at Park Seed and Johnny’s.

Capsicum annuum, ‘Pretty N Sweet’ pepper This variety lives up to the name. The plant produces an abundant supply of small “lunchbox” peppers on essentially carefree plants. We planted them in regular garden soil, staked them and side dressed them once with a general fertilizer. The only thing we had to do after that was keep up with the picking.

Fruits ripened earlier than other full-size red pepper varieties. 2015 All America Selections winner.

Cucurbita moschata, ‘Butterscotch’ butternut squash Small, early ripening squash with excellent flavor, this is a winter squash for smaller spaces. We chose this as top edible because the plant looked good throughout the season, produced well and had a second wave of squash after the first had been harvested. Good disease resistance. Developed by Johnny’s traditional breeding team. 2015 All America Selections Winner. C

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In the nursery

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Nursery crops nearest to a row-crop field may be susceptible to damage from spray drift when that field is sprayed with an herbicide.

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Looped or contorted and kinked growth of stems resulting from exposure to phenoxy-based herbicides.

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Herbicide

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Bud proliferation resulting from glyphosate spray drift.

By Adam Blalock, Former TSU Area Nursery Extension Specialist; Anthony Witcher, Ph.D., TSU Assistant Professor, Nursery Production and Sustainability; Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center and Heath Nokes, UT Warren Co. Extension Agent; UT/TSU Warren County Extension

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erbicides are an important tool to help wholesale nursery growers, landscape professionals and row-crop farmers control weeds effectively. When herbicide products are used correctly, they can save both time and money. When herbicides are used incorrectly or without regard for nearby plantings, however, catastrophic plant damage called phytotoxicity may result. Symptoms of herbicide damage can vary greatly and are influenced by factors including type of chemical sprayed, the active ingredient mode of action (MOA), interaction with adjuvants, wind speed and direction, air temperature, humidity and species or cultivar of plant affected.

Chlorotic growth resulting from glyphosate spray drift.

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Middle Tennessee nurseries observed considerable herbicide injury to ornamental plant crops between April and June in 2015.

Some re-occurring herbicide-damage symptoms included leaf defoliation, axillary bud proliferation, leaf chlorosis and deformed leaves and shoots. Diagnosing an herbicidal cause from these symptoms alone can be difficult because some plant diseases, insects, mites and other abiotic (non-living) factors may cause similar symptoms. After visiting the nurseries and examining symptomatic plants, these observations stood out: affected plants were frequently in near proximity to a corn or soybean field, and damage to large trees and shrubs was more severe on the side facing the corn or soybean field (Photo 1). Symptoms on affected crops were often more severe among specimens planted closest to the corn or soybean field.

Farmers who plant corn, soybeans and other row crops may commonly apply a broad-spectrum, post-emergent (POST) herbicide prior to planting to kill all existing weeds. Glyphosate (Roundup) is one of the most commonly used broad-spectrum herbicides, and this compound kills plants by inhibiting an essential amino acid found only in plants. Although glyphosate is effective at killing the majority of herbaceous weeds, Tennessee hosts at least seven weed species known to be glyphosateresistant, including horseweed, Palmer amaranth, common and giant ragweeds, tall waterhemp, annual bluegrass and Italian ryegrass (Heap 2015). As a result of glyphosate resistance in these weeds, a different POST-herbicide with a different MOA must be used to control them.

Glyphosate is so commonly sprayed across landscape, nursery and agriculture settings that accidents occasionally happen. Although glyphosate is not volatile like phenoxybased herbicides (see below), damage can still occur following drift and direct liquid-spray contact to crop foliage and plant suckers, as well as careless application practices. In cases where glyphosate spray drift has directly contacted woody ornamental plant tissues, bud proliferation (Photo 2), leaf abscission and chlorotic growth (Photos 3 and 4) have resulted. Glyphosate uptake occurs less efficiently, and the active ingredient is processed differently by hardwood plants than herbaceous plants (D’Anieri et al. 1990 and Green et al. 1992). For this reason, glyphosate damage to woody ornamentals may not appear for several weeks following the initial spray drift occurrence.

Farmers producing hay and forage commonly use a phenoxybased herbicide like 2,4-D to control broadleaf weeds, including weeds that are resistant to glyphosate. Phenoxy-based herbicides mimic auxins, which are naturally occurring plant growth regulators (PGRs) found in plants. At normal levels, plantderived auxins yield normal plant growth and development.

When auxin levels are elevated (for example, by treatment with synthetic herbicide derivatives), uncontrolled cellular growth will occur. In essence, spraying a synthetic auxin on a broadleaf plant floods the plant cells with a PGR mimic, causing the plant to “grow itself to death” by exhausting energy resources. The uncontrolled growth that results will yield symptoms in affected plants including looped or contorted

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and kinked growth of stems (Photo 5) and stunted or disfigured young leaves (Photos 6 and 7).

The molecular structure of phenoxy-based herbicides also makes many of them volatile, and in gaseous form, they can drift off-site, leading to phytotoxicity symptoms. Phenoxybased herbicides are usually synthesized in amine or ester formulations. Amine formulations are more water soluble and less likely to volatize, while ester formulations are more readily absorbed by the plant and are also more subject to volatility.

Regardless, air temperatures that exceed 85°F increase the volatilization risk of both formulations, particularly when paired with high soil moisture content. When investigating plants with suspected phenoxy-based herbicide damage, it’s important to take into account the weather conditions the day the spraying occurred, as well as the weather conditions the following few days.

If you suspect herbicide damage to ornamental plants or crops, it is important to take immediate action because chemicals are continuously degraded by the environment and metabolized by the plant. First, gather plant material and send it to a laboratory that will test for herbicide residue. Put the plant material into a sealed plastic bag, and place it into a refrigerator (not a freezer) until the sample can be mailed. Samples should be mailed early in the week to avoid sample decline across weekends. Second, take photos of plant and foliar damage, and also make detailed notes, including the dates symptoms were first observed, affected plant species and cultivar, location within the nursery or landscape and any relevant weather or other observations, should the case need to be settled in a court. If a neighbor is actively spraying during a windy day, hang a few towels or sheets around the perimeter of the nursery. This clothesline might look odd and out of place but the towels and sheets can also be collected and tested for herbicide residue.

In areas where agriculture and nursery fields overlap, producers should be aware of herbicide volatilization and the potential effects that drift can have on neighboring crops and plants in the surrounding landscape. By taking steps such as getting to know what crops your neighbors are growing, setting sprayers to produce larger droplets (by reducing psi) and not spraying on windy or hot and humid days, the chance for herbicide drift will be minimized.

References D’Anieri, P., S.M. Zedaker, J.R. Seiler, and R.E. Kreh. 1990.

Glyphosate translocation and efficacy relationships in red maple, sweet gum and loblolly pine seedlings. Forest Science 36:438-447.

Green, T.H., P.J. Minogue, C.H. Brewer, G.R. Glover, and D.H. Gjerstad. 1992. Absorption and translocation of [14C] glyphosate in four woody plant species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22:785-789.

Heap, I. The International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds. [last accessed, 22 September 2015, www.weedscience.org] C

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Calendar of Events

June 14

TN Green Industry Field Day University of TN Gardens Knoxville, TN Contact: 931-473-3951 Fax: 931-473-5833 Email: mail@tnla.com www.tnla.com

New Members

AUGUST 30 – SEPTEMBER 1 SEGreen Tour, Marketplace, Plant Conference, Landscape Conference SNA Research Conference and Annual SNA Business Meeting (Southern Nursery Assn.)

The Classic Center Athens, GA Contact: 678-809-9992 ksummers@sna.org • www.sna.org

July 10–12

NALP Legislative Day on the Hill (National Association of Landscape Professionals, formerly PLANET) Washington, D.C.

AUGUST 1–5

Perennial Plant Symposium DoubleTree by Hilton Minneapolis, MN Contact: 614-771-8431 Email: ppa@perennialplant.org www.perennialplant.org

OCTOBER 6–7

Tennessee Green Industry Expo To be held in conjunction with the Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (MTNA) McMinnville Civic Center McMinnville, TN Contact: 931-473-3951 Fax: 931-473-5833 Email: mail@tnla.com www.tngie.com (see page 9)

AUGUST 4

Middle Tennessee Nursery Field Day McMinnville, TN Contact: 931-507-7322 mtna@mtna.org

OCTOBER 22–26

IPPS Southern Region Conference Virginia Beach, VA Contact: 814-355-2467 secretary@ipps.org ipps.org

Welcome, TNLA New Members!

Active Member Panter Nursery Terry Panter 70 B. Panter Road McMinnville, TN 37110

Associate Members Henkel Denmark, Inc. William Henkel 1116 Manchester Street Lexington, KY 40508 Starling Nursery Lori Braddock P.O. Box 494 Seville, FL 32190

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