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The horticulturist

By JIM JOHNSON
Extension Ag Agent
Rutgers University
Cumberland County

Preparing for the effects
of a hurricane
MANTS 2007
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Roses ’N More
By Ginny Rosenkrantz
Faculty Extension Assistant
Commercial Horticulture
The truth be told about poinsettias....
Editorial with archive
This month - To remain viable, hone skills, search out new things

Q&A
Send your questions to

Landscapeipm@hotmail.com.

Clover mites, honeylocust plant bugs and when to fertilize
Grower 2008 Archives

Grower archives 2001-2007
Better Growing - By Francis R. Gouin
Professor Emeritus
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
University of Maryland
College Park

2.01.2008 - Controlling weeds in Christmas tree planting with Westar
By George!
It’s in your hands
Insects in winter
The Entomologist
By Peter B. SCHULTZ
Entomologist and Director
Hampton Roads AREC
Virginia Tech
Cutting Edge

by SIGNE HANSON
w/her archives

This Month

BMP guide revised

Child’s early love becomes fulfilling career - By JANE W. GRAHAM - Once upon a time a
‘Still life’ helps sell fruit trees - Watercolors reveal the
Eastern Shore Nursery branches out with Hollybrook Orchards brand - Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia, based in
You’ll want to visit A Botanic Garden for the Nation - By CAROL KINSLEY - A beautiful book with glorious, full-page

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One up on bugs

By STANTON GILL
Regional Specialist
Central Maryland Research and Education Center, University of Maryland Cooperative Extension

3.01.2008- Spray-on biological control for thrips?
Floriculture
By Thomas M. Blessington
David L. Clement and
Central Maryland REC
University of Maryland
Production and care of basil


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Hoober stands for quality before and after the sale. If you have any problems, you can be confident that Hoober will provide the solution.
SPECIAL REPORT
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS

Business Management
By ALEX WHITE
Extension Specialist, Finance
Dept. of Agricultural & Applied Economics
Virginia Tech

Financial analysis:
Liquidity and solvency

Green Industry Communications
By Sylvia Hoehns Wright
Communications Specialit
The Wright Scoop
5.01.2008
Do you listen, provide
the best solution?
Four Seasons
By Dr. Russell J. Balge
Professor Emeritus
University of Maryland
Steppng out
The Business End
By SUSAN BARTON
University of Delaware
Extension Specialist
Stop mulch mounding

Nuts & Bolts of Growing
By ANDREW RISTVEY
Regional Specialist
Commercial Horticulture
Wye Research and Education Center

Irrigation: real time monitoring
COMING EVENT

Arboretum plans bird workshop

Scott Arboretum is going to the birds — for workshop topics and garden walk focus, that is. A workshop on the Bird-lover’s Garden will be sponsored by the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Blum classroom and gardens.
Attendees will learn how to adapt their gardens into a four-season bird-friendly zone by meeting their varied feeding, roosting and nesting needs. Sheila Magee, who has 25 years of birding experience, and Nicole Lewis, both gardeners at the Arboretum, will present some of the best ornamental plants to attract birds to your landscape and teach you to identify some possible visitors. Then they will lead a short walk through the Arboretum to see some of these plants in the gardens.
If your birding interest is piqued, you can return to the Arboretum the following morning, May 4, at 7 a.m. for a better chance at seeing unusual migrating birds on the Early Morning Bird Walk which is free and open to the public. The tour will depart from the Arboretum office, but will be canceled in inclement weather.
Workshop registration is limited to 24. The cost is $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Remember to dress for weather and walking.
For more information, call the Arboretum Offices at (610) 328-8025 or visit www.scottarboretum.org.

Garden tour offered in Baltimore

The Horticultural Society of Maryland Inc. is offering its annual fundraising garden tour on Sunday, June 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Baltimore.
Four gardens located in the Homeland, Roland Park and Guildford areas of Baltimore City will be at their peak for visitors. These city gardens, old and new, will be in full bloom with a bounty of roses, colorful perennials, desirable collector plants and trees used in unusual ways to accomodate narrow city lots. Water and stone are a feature in all the gardens, including a hillside rock garden alive with native plants and a large natural pond backed by a bamboo forest.
All have beautiful hardscapes installed by local designers, statuary and fountains collected by the owners on their travels, and even a putting green. The date for this tour was selected by one of the garden owners to showcase a large collection of roses which will be in bloom.
Cost of the tour is $20. For more information, e-mail gardentour@mdhorticulture.org or call (410) 821-5561. For tickets, call (410) 821-5567.

To have your event listed in this space, call (800) 634-5021, fax to (410) 822-5068, or send it by e-mail to kinsley@americanfarm.com.

THURSDAY, MAY 1
Delaware Nature Society's Native Plant Sale, Coverdale Farm, Greenville, Del., May 1 and 2 for members; May 3 and 4 open to public. (302) 239-2334.
SATURDAY, MAY 3
Bird-lover's Garden Workshop, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 10 a.m.-noon. (610) 328-8025.
SUNDAY, MAY 4
90th annual Baltimore Flower Mart, Mount Vernon, May 4-5. (410) 323-0022. www.flowermart.org/info.cfm.
Early morning bird walk, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 7-8:30 a.m. (610) 328-8025.
MONDAY, MAY 5
13th annual Rutgers Turfgrass Research Golf Classic, Fiddler's Elbow Country Club, Bedminster, N.J. www.njturfgrass.org.
SATURDAY, MAY 17
Cut flower field meeting, Bee Tree Farm, 9910 River Road near Kilmarnock, Va. (Lancaster County), 10-11:30 a.m.(804) 524-5960, ahankins@vsu.edu.
TUESDAY, MAY 27
Cut flower field meeting, 23413 Walden Road, Abingdon, Va., 6:30-8 p.m. (804) 524-5960, ahankins@vsu.edu.
SUNDAY, JUNE 1
Horticultural Society of Mary-land's annual fundraising garden tour, Baltimore, Md., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (410) 821-5561, (410) 821-5567, gardentour@mdhorticulture.org.
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
Native Plants in the Landscape Conference, Millersville University, Millersville, Pa., June 5-7. (717) 872-3030.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
Procrastinators' Pesticide Recer-tification Conference, Montgomery College, Germantown, Md. Chuck Schuster, (301) 590-2807, cfs@umd.edu.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10
National Lawn & Garden Show, Westin Chicago North Shore, Wheeling, Ill., June 10-12. (888) 316-0226, www.nlgshow.com.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
National Hosta Convention, Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., June 11-14. (636) 398-5909, www.stlouishosta.org.
IPM for Nurseries and Landscapes, Allegheny College of Maryland, Cumberland, Md. Derrick Bender, (301) 724-3320, dbender@umd.edu.
FRIDAY, JUNE 13
Procrastinators' Pesticide Recer-tification Conference, Wye Research and Education Center, Queenstown, Md. Ginny Rosenkranz, (410) 749-6141, rosnkrnz@umd.edu.
MONDAY, JUNE 16
ANLA's Retail Roadshow, Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus, Ohio. Jun 16-21. (202) 789-2900, www.anla.org.
TUESDAY, JUNE 17
Super Floral Show, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla., June 17-20. (207) 842-5508, www.superfloralshow.com.
Virginia Turfgrass Council Pesticide Recertification, Community Building, Williamsburg, Va., 7 a.m. (757) 464-1004
THURSDAY, JUNE 19
Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association Summer Field Day, Marshall's Riverbank Nursery, Salisbury, Md. (410) 823-8684.
Southeast Greenhouse Confer-ence and Trade Show, Carolina First Center, Greenville, S.C., June 19-21. (614) 487-1117, www.sgcts.org.
THURSDAY, JULY 10
Maryland Certified Professional Horticulturist — Specialist in Her-baceous Perennials Test (tentative date). MNLA, (410) 823-8684.
SATURDAY, JULY 12
Ohio State University Short Course, Columbus, Ohio, July 12-15. (614) 487-1117, www.ofa.org.
TUESDAY, JULY 22
Pennsylvania Green Expo, Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, Harrisburg, Pa., July 22-24. (800) 789-5068, www.pagreenexpo.com.

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