GrowerTalks

August 2018 Issue

Vol. 82 No. 4

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A Leader of a Different Stripe

by Allison Westbrook

Nominate a Young Grower Today!

Congrats to the 2018 GrowerTalks/Dümmen Orange Young Grower Award Winner, Evan Barrington from May Nursery Inc., Havana, Florida!

Do you know of an excellent, hard-working professional under the age of 35? You should nominate them for the 2019 GrowerTalks/Dümmen Orange Young Grower Award! For the last 15 years, we’ve recognized young horticulturists for standing out from the crowd in this tough business, who—for whatever noble reasons—have chosen to have a career in this industry.

After three finalists are chosen, each is asked to write guest editorials for the June issue of GrowerTalks, gets a free trip to Cultivate’19 and, while they’re in Columbus, attend a special dinner with Anna Ball and other industry luminaries. The winner is announced at the Unplugged event during Cultivate’19, will be the subject of our September issue cover story and serve as one of our judges for next year’s award.

An extra special thanks goes to Dümmen Orange and AmericanHort for sponsoring this year’s award!

VIDEOS

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Spring Trials 2018: Bobblehead Bloopers

Spring Trials 2018: Bobblehead Bloopers

Spring Trials 2018: Benary

Spring Trials 2018: Cohen, Jaldety, Hishtil and ... Nir?

Spring Trials 2018: Danziger

Spring Trials 2018: PP&L, Bailey and Southern Living/Sunset Magazine

Spring Trials 2018: Crysal's Alesco

Spring Trials 2018: Proven Winners Coral Creations

Spring Trials 2018: Syngenta Flowers

Spring Trials 2018: Proven Winners Perennials

Spring Trials 2018: Proven Winners Shrubs

Spring Trials 2018: Proven Winner Annuals

Spring Trials 2018: Takii

Spring Trials 2018: Beekenkamp

Spring Trials 2018: Plug Connection

Spring Trials 2018: Sakata Annuals

Spring Trials 2018: Sakata Veggies

Spring Trials 2018: Thompson & Morgan

Spring Trials 2018: Westhoff

Spring Trials 2018: Dummen Orange

Spring Trials 2018: Kientzler

Spring Trials 2018: J.Berry Nursery

Spring Trials 2018: 2Plant

Spring Trials 2018: Terra Nova

Spring Trials 2018: Dummen Orange's New Basewell Rooted Cuttings

Spring Trials 2018: Schoneveld Breeding

Spring Trials 2018: Suntory

Spring Trials 2018: Evanthia

Spring Trials 2018: Floranova

Spring Trials 2018: Green Fuse Botanicals

Spring Trials 2018: PlantHaven

Spring Trials 2018: PanAmerican Seed/Kieft Seed

Spring Trials 2018: Selecta One

Spring Trials 2018: Ball FloraPlant

Spring Trials 2018: Darwin Perennials

Spring Trials 2018: Ball Ingenuity

Spring Trials 2018: Morel

TPIE Hot (and Cool) New Products 2018

Sun-Fire Nursery at TPIE 2018

The Steinway of Flowerpots

The 2017 N.G. Heimos/Millstadt Young Plants Poinsettia Trial

Watch a 100-inch tree spade in action

NEWSLETTERS

Read and subscribe to a variety of Newsletters tailored to your industry interests.

COVER STORY

Something for Your Woody Wish List

Matthew Chappell

The newest shrubs and trees coming in Spring 2019.

FEATURES

A Leader of a Different Stripe

Allison Westbrook

Even with horticulture’s shaky labor situation, one landscape operation finds a way to acquire—and keep—talented employees.

Fertilizer Refresher

Nelson Gonzalez

Best practices for applying controlled-release fertilizer when stepping up to a larger container.

The third article in a four-part series focuses on what you’ll learn about supplemental and sole-source lighting in sessions at this year’s Plug & Cutting Conference.

More of the Good Stuff

Paul Pilon, Chris Beytes, Ellen C. Wells & Jennifer Zurko

Part 2 of our coverage of the California Spring Trials includes perennials, shrubs, potted plants and more.

Spinning the Herb Wheel

Christopher J. Currey & Thabisa Z. Mazur

The first article in a six-part series on containerized herb production, we focus on what to think about when selecting herb cultivars for containers

Step 4: Honoring Your Customer’s Problem

The fourth step in effective salesmanship: Give your customer’s problems and questions careful consideration before commenting. Part four of a six-part series.

CULTURE NOTES

Going Native: Echinacea Mellow Yellows

Native to most of the eastern half of the U.S., Eastern purple coneflower is a delightful, easy-to-grow plant that’s spurred breeders‘ imaginations, resulting in the dynamic range of colors and forms currently available.

Growing With Griffin

Cover or Uncover?

Virginia Brubaker

How to manage temperature in outdoor perennial production.

Growers Talk Production

Having Six Legs at a Career Fair

It turns out you get genuine and spontaneous questions from high schoolers when you show them a butterfly or beetle.

PEST MANAGEMENT

What Happened with Ambrosia Beetles in 2018?

Two invasive ambrosia beetle species of Xyloborini beetles have become a problem for several nursery growers in the Midwest and East Coast.

COLUMNS

I’m starting to get an understanding of the nuances of the businesses that grow and sell woody ornamentals.

Where Plants and Tech Meet

Tech is highly popular these days and we should be capitalizing on tech to get more people interested in our world of growing and gardening.

Paul Talks Perennials

Look Out Below!

The quantity and health of the roots are directly related to the health and quality of the top growth.

Growers Talk Business

The Missing Key to Automation

Nursery growers and allied suppliers should examine ways our industry can standardize areas of production and material handling in order to increase efficiency through automation.

IN THIS ISSUE

SAF in the Lobby

USDA to Publish 2018 Floriculture Crops Report

Society of American Florists

A key government report that provides critical data on floral industry products will be published in 2018 after a two-year hiatus.

A Little Garden Center with a Big Outreach

Anne-Marie Hardie

Founded in 1994, Ouestville Perennials was inspired by Alice d’Entremont’s passion for perennials and her need to bring the plants that she loved to her local community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

GT IN BRIEF

Bailey Becomes … Bailey

Date Week/Fecha Semana—A New Mobile App

Gardens Alive! to Close Former Zelenka Location

HRI Accepting Scholarship Applications for 2018-2019

Kickin’ It @Cultivate’18

Lambert Celebrates 90 Years

Philips Lighting Has a New Name

Proven Winners Delays Launch of Coral Creations

Sun Gro Goes Direct

COLUMNISTS

Roger McGaughey

Abe VanWingerden

NEW PRODUCTS

Sioux Corporation
Steam-Flo Steam Generator

Elston Manufacturing Inc.
Roll-on Cargo Heater

Star Roses and Plants
Cherry Explosion Hydrangea

Landmark Plastic Corporation
True Quart Square Pot and Tray

Van Belle Nursery Inc.
Bloomin’ Easy Bella Bianca Potentilla

Ball Landscape
Ball Landscape