Free
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Winter 2011
Vol. XXXVII No. 3
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Nursery & Landscape News
Fall’s
Colorful
Splender
A Walk in the Park and Planning for Winter
Perfecting
Landscape Soils
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Contents
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This Business of Ours
9
Growing with Education
24
Featured Member
Cavano’s Perennials
32
It’s Time for Sharing
39
Spotlight on Annapolis
32
– Mike Hemming
– Ginny Rosenkranz
– Jerry Faulring
Departments
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From the President – John Akehurst
Association Officers
Director’s Message – Vanessa A. Finney
MNLA Board of Directors
CPH Update Press Releases
New Members
Calendar of Events
Education
MNLA Chairmen and Committees
MNLA Mission Statement
Directory of Advertisers
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Executive Director: Vanessa A. Finney
Staff: E. Kelly Finney, Kelly Novak
Phone: 410-823-8684, Fax: 410-296-8288
E-mail: [email protected], Web: www.mnlaonline.org
Free State e-mail: [email protected]
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President’s Message
Maryland Nursery and
Landscape Association
Officers 2011
President
John C. Akehurst
Akehurst Landscape
Service, Inc.
410-538-4018
1st Vice President
Garet Bunting
Bunting’s Landscaping &
Nursery, Inc.
410-352-3371
2nd Vice President
Brent Rutley
Capitol City Contractors, LLC
301-854-5620
Secretary
Brad Thompson
Foxborough Nursery, Inc.
410-836-7023
Treasurer
John Marshall
Marshalls’ Riverbank Nurseries
410-677-0900
Director-at-Large
Bernard E. Kohl, Jr.
Angelica Nurseries, Inc.
410-928-3111
Executive Director
Vanessa Akehurst Finney
Maryland Nursery and
Landscape Assn.
P.O. Box 726
Brooklandville, Maryland 21022
Phone: 410-823-8684
Fax: 410-296-8288
e-mail: [email protected]
Website: mnlaonline.org
Free State E-mail:
[email protected]
Having been a part of the Maryland Nursery and Landscape
Association over the years, I have seen the rise of many different storm clouds on the horizons as well as many silver
linings. Looking over my shoulder, this industry has had to
deal with many issues: labor shortages, H2A and H2B issues,
increases in regulatory fees, new taxes, new regulations on
how to do things, and invasive species bans to name a few.
Since 1934, the MNLA has been faithfully by the industry’s
John Akehurst
side helping it along. As the future is upon us, I am certain
that new clouds will arise and there are still some old ones
that will require our attention and our voice. We must never fall asleep at the
wheel.
It is in times of trial and pressure that friends and an association, with your
best interest in mind, are a priceless asset to you. MNLA is and will continue to
be a strong ally for you. We will continue to support you and to help you grow
with training, legislative help and more. I encourage you to continue your membership in the future. Your membership dues go a long way to help our great
industry. Each of us, funneled together through the MNLA is a unified voice
which communicates to the public and government the vital role that the green
industry plays by improving the quality of life, and natural surroundings in and
around Maryland.
Over the past several years, I have had the pleasure of working with a dedicated staff, Board of Directors, Advisors and many volunteers who graciously
donate time and talents to make this Association strong. As this is my final
article as President of MNLA, I would like to say how grateful and thankful I am
to all of you who have dedicated your time, efforts, and resources to serve this
Association. You (and it is an enormous list of names to mention, but you know
who you are) have been an inspiration to me, you have taught me, and you have
broadened my horizons.
MNLA is ready for the 2012 growing season. Get yourself and your staff fired
up and re-certified with the required pesticide credits for the season by registering
for the Mid Atlantic’s premier horticultural symposium, Chesapeake Green 2012
in February. The line-up of speakers at this event is going to be stellar and I look
forward to seeing you there. Please, continue to watch throughout the year for all
of the great upcoming seminars and events, they are each designed with your best
interest in mind.
Until next time ... keep looking for those silver linings and broaden your
horizons!❦
John Akehurst
Akehurst Landscape Service, Inc.
Don’t miss the
MNLA A nn u al M e e t i n g
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 • 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Baltimore Convention Center
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Complimentary breakfast will be served,
but pre-registration is required.
Register by e-mailing [email protected]
The MNLA thanks MidAtlantic Farm Credit for sponsoring this annual meeting.
Director’s Message
Maryland Nursery and
Landscape Association
Board of Directors
Terms Expiring 2013
Gregory Stacho
Simonds Nursery, Inc.
410-833-5077
Jason Sersen
Kingsdene Nurseries, Inc.
410-343-1150
Melissa Grim
Cylburn Arboretum
410-396-4850
Stormy Gibbons-Neff
Clovelly Nurseries
410-778-9686
Terms Expiring 2012
Steve Black
Raemelton Farm
301-990-7577
Leslie Hunter-Cario
Environmental Concern Inc.
410-745-9620
Rich Poulin
The Perennial Farm
410-592-6106
Jessica Todd
Clear Ridge Nursery, Inc.
888-226-9226
The Free State Nursery and
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MANTS! It’s that time of year, again. It’s the time when Kelly,
my staff, and I work extra-long hours to get all the planning and
details inherent in managing this show accomplished. It’s the time
of year when our children are on high-alert to not add stress to my
plate, because work alone has filled my quota. I am sure that many
of us associated with MANTS feel this way. All the stress of routine
work, managing the family and household, and preparing for (and
trying to enjoy) the holidays, with an extra helping of hopefulness
Vanessa Finney
that MANTS will open the business aspect of our new year with a
bang!
If you are exhibiting, have you thoroughly prepared for MANTS? There are the
“quick and easy” preparations – booking hotel rooms, registering booth staff, ordering
electricity. But have you nailed down the more difficult, time-consuming, and thoughtprovoking details of exhibiting – marketing and promoting your presence at MANTS
(before you arrive for set-up), reaching out to past attendees and your customer base,
crafting a precise message, perhaps creating a brand out of your company and its reputation? Have you created a profile, linked to your company’s listing on the MANTS
website to enable and encourage attendees to find you and your product or service?
Have you completed the preparations to launch your new year with the boost to your
business that you desire?
I know times are tough and the industry is lagging due to a sluggish housing market
and tightened wallets all around. And I don’t want to sound too “Pollyanna-ish;” but I
will be optimistic, because for me, the alternative is to retreat and just go do something
else (like resume my career as a CPA (yawn!)).
But the fact is – I like what I do. I enjoy thoroughly working with the folks in the
Mid-Atlantic’s horticulture community. I even like working with the ones out of this
region (yes, even the Oregonians). And if you like what you do, you work hard at
being successful at it and don’t give in and don’t give up. Even though on some days
it’s a great challenge to be positive, you hang in there.
I think my message to those who feel the challenges and burdens of working in horticulture at this particular time is to know that you are not in this alone, and at some
level all of us feel the pinch and stress inherent in this industry, right now. We have a
forum, at MANTS, to come together, put our collective best feet forward, to support
and uplift each other.
If you are attending MANTS, either as attendee or exhibitor, and have questions on
maximizing your experience, please give Kelly or me a call. We’d love to talk with you.
Come to MANTS and be prepared – be expectant that this will be a great year! ❦
Vanessa Finney
We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all
over the direction of things to come. But we must.
– Jim Cramer
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This Business
of
Ours
A Walk in
Mike Hemming
In the main
area, the fire
managed to
the Park
and Planning
for Winter
kill the trees
and the
now barkless
corpses stood
as lifeless
sentinels over
the emerging
young forest
beneath them.
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So far, Fall has been close to “normal” when the
weather keeps customers coming in. There is an increase
in landscapers coming this fall, though the number of
retail and homeowners hasn’t really recovered near as
much. Let’s hope the busy season lasts long enough so
we can end the year on an up note. There haven’t been
many of them in the last three years.
Native trees are still selling better than things like
Kwanzan , Weeping Cherries, and Flowering Plums due
to the shoreline mitigation rules. That includes governments inserting their rules everywhere they can. These
reasons, along with present economic conditions, were
strongly reflected in our recent bare root tree order
for the spring. We increased natives like Amelanchier,
Cercis and Malus sp. over the others. We have sold
more American Hollies this year than for the last five
years I do believe. Other years, Nellie Stevens and other
non-natives have far out sold their duller and lighter
green leaved cousin. We were lucky to have come
across a great deal on some nicely cared for 3 gallon
Americans. We moved up some into 7 gallons in June
and sold some as 3 gallons. The 7 gallons are almost
all gone now. We really need to grow more of them
and take the time shearing them into full quality plants.
Heavily shearing hollies is a skill that has come late in
my career. I foresee in my later years spending more
time doing that sort of thing better.
In late September I drove to Yellowstone National
Park with a friend for a photography trip. It’s a lot of
driving when you plan for 9 or 10 days at the park
and get back in about 16 days. Driving that long and
hard, I don’t remember everything about the intervening
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landscape; but the devastation the Emerald Ash Borer
is causing in Pennsylvania and the West is horrendous.
Not every ash tree in every mile is dead, yet; but you
can be sure they soon will be. When you see a still green
tree within yards of dead ones you know its longevity
will not be measured in multiple years.
Tree wise, in the park, you can see the changes from
the 1988 fire that burned wide swaths of the Lodgepole
Pine (Pinus contorta) forests. I had never had a chance
to see the changes such a fire makes. Large areas would
be burned clear of old trees; in others there would be
clumps of 2 or 3 to a few hundred survivors. Surrounding those survivors, would be growing seedlings running from 2 feet and larger up to maybe 12
feet. In places you could see where the fire went up a
mountain in a strip leaving the old forest trees on either
side of the growing, young seedlings. You could see
areas where the fire burned hot enough to scorch the
tree or even to burn down the old forest trees. In the
main area, the fire managed to kill the trees and the
now barkless corpses stood as lifeless sentinels over the
emerging young forest beneath them.
A ranger told us that such large fires occur every 200
to 400 years on average there. I think to reassure us that
they really are a natural happening, lest we complain
that the fires should have been put out. I told him I
was a nurseryman and understood what could occur in
nature. I guess they get a lot of grief from those that the
Smokey the Bear campaign educated too well.
Speaking of trees and bears, the White Bark Pine
(Pinus albicaulis) is being killed by a bark beetle and a
blister rust. The seeds of this pine are very high in fat
and the Grizzly and Black Bears fed heavily on them
before denning up for the winter.
Bears that don’t feed on the seeds don’t reproduce nor do
their cubs survive as well. All this is something I never
knew. The only bear I saw while
there was a young black bear for about 20 seconds as
he ran across a clearing. No photos of him.
Wolf photos were also a bust. The closest we saw
one was a mile away, even with a 60 power spotting
scope two tiny grey blobs was all I saw. With my long
lenses on my camera it really wasn’t worth tripping the
shutter but I did twice, but only for proof that I saw
them. I classify the animal photography part of the trip
as good but not great. The thermal features and landscapes were the best shooting part of the trip. I thank
the photography gods for the invention of the digital
process for I made in excess of 4700 exposures. That
much film and processing would cost in the neighborhood of $1500. That is about the same amount as
the entire trip itself cost. Of course in the old days I
wouldn’t have even taken anywhere near that much
film maybe 60 rolls amounting to 2100 exposures. In
the end I winnowed the 4700 down to 150 great shots
and a couple hundred good ones.
Another thing you see in Yellowstone is where the
thermal features have killed off areas of vegetation with
the very hot, even steaming, chemical laden water they
release. Yet it wasn’t totally uncommon to see tufts of
grass growing on a little high point in a sea of white
chemical devastation. Nature accommodates to great
extremes when given time to do it.
Back to real nursery life, Larry and I have been fix-
ing up greenhouses as needed for the winter. This year
with the increase in stock and sizes we will have to
cover all of them. My job has been to repair the side
boards of one of the large houses where we pot up our
summer rooted cuttings. The three year poly gave up
the ghost after almost ten years. I am also covering one
end with Lexan scraps left over from the other houses
we used it on. It will look better even with the taped
over holes and seams than the stapled on leftover poly
from other years and cut down at least some heat loss.
Wire Lock no longer used on another house will be
used to secure the double covering and prevent air loss;
the older poly was no longer fully inflatable the last
couple years.
It is time to limber up your representative and senator
pens; two things are happening that are a danger to
all agriculture. One is changes in the Total Maximum
Daily Load (TMDL) of nitrogen allowed to be used in
Maryland counties. There has been a huge reduction in
the amount of nitrogen that can be used in future plans.
In Talbot County the reduction number has magically
more than doubled from the original. This would
require that over 60% of our current crop land could
not be used. You had better check what is planned for
your county and start yelling loud and long. Politics has
tossed science out the window again.
The second case dismays me even more. The
University of Maryland is a land grant college but its
law school has joined the River Keepers to sue a farm in
Berlin about its fertilizer use. That the university would
become agricultures enemy is wrong. They get away
with this and it will not stop with chicken farms. ❦
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Growing
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Education
Ginny Rosenkranz
Fall’s
Colorful
Splender
Autumn colors are
most brilliant when
the summer has adequate
rain to balance the sun to
ensure the trees are vigorously
growing, then warm fall days
are followed by cold crisp
nights. The warm autumn
days allow the leaves to create and
accumulate sugars, and the cold crisp
nights prevent the sugars from moving from the leaves into the roots,
allowing the anthocyanin or the
red pigments and the tannins
in the leaves to show. Yellow leaves
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are created
by two yellow pigments,
carotin and
xanthophylls, which are
already in the leaves
but masked by the green
produced by chlorophyll. Once the leaves no longer
manufacture chlorophyll, the green fades away and the
soft or bright yellows emerge on the leaves.
Some native trees never show brilliant autumn colors
but turn brown like the Magnolias, the Basswood,
Walnuts, Pecans, and many Oaks. Other native trees
create spectacular fall color shows including the Maples,
Redbuds, Dogwoods, Sweet Gum, and Sassafras.
Choosing native trees to plant for good autumn color
is only half the work, the rest lies in the design and
placement of the plants. There are many native trees
that display soft to bright yellow fall color. Acer pensylvanicum, or Striped Maple, has vibrant yellow fall
color and is excellent for naturalized plantings and it
can grow 15-20 feet tall. Striped Maple forms a broad
uneven rounded or flat top crown with arching branches. The young bark is green and striped with white
which fades as the trees mature. Acer saccharum, or
Sugar Maple, can reach heights of 60-75 feet and prefers to be planted in slightly acidic, well drained soils.
The fall colors of the Sugar Maple start out as a brilliant yellow and changes to a burnt orange and sometimes has reddish tones later in the season.
There are many cultivars available that have excellent fall color, as well as scorch resistance and frost
cracking, including ‘Wright Brothers’, ‘Majesty’, ‘Lanco
Coilumnar’ and Crescendo ™. Aesculus glaabra, or
Ohio Buckeye, grows 20-40 feet tall and in nature is
found along the banks of creeks and rivers, and needs
moist, well drained, slightly acidic soils. The fall color
is yellow, but can also become a burnt orange red or
a pumpkin orange. Aesculus parviflora, or Bottlebrush
Buckeye, is a small shrubby tree, growing only 8-12
feet tall. It often forms thickets in the same moist, well
drained acidic soils that other. The bright yellow fall
color is outstanding in this small tree.
Amelanchier arborea, or Juneberry, is one of the first
trees to bloom in the spring and one of the first to color
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up in the fall. An understory tree, the Juneberry grows
only 15-25 feet tall and thrives in moist, well drained,
acidic soils in full sun or partial shade. The fall colors
include yellow, apricot orange, and a dull deep red.
There are many cultivars that brighten up the landscape
with red fall colors instead of yellow and include
‘Autumn Brilliance’, ‘Autumn Sunset’, ‘Ballerina’,
‘Princess diana’, ‘Spring Glory’ and Tradition®.
Amelanchier Canadensis, or Shadblow Serviceberry,
is another native understory tree that also needs moist
soils. Growing only 10-20 feet tall, the Shadblow is
an excellent candidate for Rain Gardens or low lying
swampy areas and displays yellow to gold fall foliage.
Asimina triloba, or PawPaw, is a small tree that grows
15-20 feet tall and is famous for its edible fruit that
tastes like banana custard. The tree thrives in moist
fertile, slightly acid soils and has brilliant yellow fall
foliage.
Betula lenta, or Sweet Birch, is found in nature in
the cold mountain areas where it grows 40-50 feet tall
in rich, moist well drained soils. Although this birch
doesn’t have white bark, the fall foliage is a golden yellow and if placed in afternoon shade and on the north
facing slopes, it can thrive in many landscapes. The
inner bark and leaves when rubbed have a wintergreen
fragrance. Betula nigra, or River Birch, reaches heights
of 40-70 feet and grows in a larger range of temperatures, but still needs moist, acidic soils for best performance. The fall color is a buttery yellow and many cultivars show better heat and drought tolerance including
Dura-Heat™, Heritage®, and Fox Valley™.
Cercis Canadensis, or Eastern Redbud, is an
understory tree that can grow 20-30 feet tall in moist
but well drained acidic soils. Best known for the bright
purple red spring flowers, the soft light yellow fall foliage make a quiet statement. Chionanthus virginicus, or
White Fringetree, is a small native tree that is found in
the wild along the banks of streams and needs moist,
fertile, acidic soils. Better known for its white flowers
in the springtime, the fall foliage brightens up the landscape with golds and yellows.
Fagus grandifolia, or American Beech, reaches heights
of 50-70 feet and have a wide, upright oval shape.
The American Beech does best in full sun in moist,
well drained acidic soils. The silver green leaves in the
spring turn to a golden bronze color and the leaves
often persist on the tree all through the winter months.
Liriodendron tulipifera has been called both a Tulip
Poplar for the shape of the flowers and leaves and a
Yellow Poplar for the bright golden yellow fall color.
A tall tree, growing to heights of 70-90 feet, the Yellow
Poplar needs room to grow and thrives in moist well
drained soils in full sun. Some cultivars include ‘Ardis’,
Arnold’ and Majestic Beauty™.
Quercus imbricaria, or Laurel Oak, and Quercus phel-
los, or Willow Oak, both have slightly yellow fall foliage that
turns to a russet red as the weather continues. All of these natives
will grow very well in Maryland, some better in the south and
many in the north and western counties.
Autumn leaves that have anthocyanin and tannins that turn the
leaves from soft burnt orange to red, scarlet and even purple
include many natives. Acer rubrum, or American Swamp Red
Maple, is a large tree growing 40-60 feet tall that likes moist,
well drained slightly acidic soils. The fall color ranges from
red to red orange, scarlet or a burgundy red and each year the
colors can vary. Many wonderful cultivars will show outstanding fall color more predictably than the straight species and the
breeding programs often focus on resistance to leaf hopper burn
and drought tolerance. Some cultivars include Autumn Blaze®,
Autumn Fantasy™, Burgundy Belle®, Celebration™, Firedance®,
Northfire™, October Glory® and Red Sunset®. Acer saccharum,
or Sugar Maple, has foliage that changes from bright yellow to
orange then to red, depending on the weather and length of time
the leaves persist. The tree grows 60-75 feet tall in a rounded to
oval shape. The newer cultivars are more heat and drought tolerant and present their fall colors more uniformly. Some cultivars
include Adirondak®, ‘Commemoration’, Crescendo™, Fairview™,
‘Legacy’, ‘Majesty’, Mountain Park™ and ‘Wright Brothers’.
Carpinus caroliniana, or American Hornbeam, is a small, shrubby tree with a rounded top that only reaches 20 feet. It prefers
to grow in the shade in moist, well drained soils. The dark green
leaves turn yellow, orange, red and reddish purple while the cultivar, Palisade™ has bright yellow fall color. Cornus florida, or
American Dogwood, is a lovely understory tree that may be best
known for its beautiful white, pink or red bracts in the spring,
but the cool fall weather will also bring color to the landscape
with bright red berries and red to burgundy leaves in the fall.
Dogwoods need afternoon shade, moist, well drained acidic soils
and mulch over the roots to keep them cool. The fruit lasts for a
very short time and is gone as soon as
the native birds discover it, but the
foliage will last for quite a while.
There are new cultivars that are more
resistant to diseases and have larger,
showier bracts. Some cultivars include
‘Autumn Gold’, which has golden orange
winter stems and gold yellow fall foliage,
‘Big Bouquet’ with large, pure white bracts,
‘Cherokee Princess’, one of the best cultivars yet, Cherokee Sunset™ which
has fall color ranging from
pink to red to purple and
has good anthracnose resistance, ‘Cloud 9’, very cold hardy
and resistant to canker diseases, ‘Hohman’s
Gold’, with rose and dark red fall color, ‘Junior
Miss, ‘October Glory’, ‘Poinsett’ with yellow
berries and red fall color, ‘September Dog’
which flowers in the fall, ‘Tricolor’ has green
“Autumn leaves
that have
anthocyanin
and tannins
that turn the
leaves from
soft burnt
orange to red,
scarlet and
even purple”
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leaves with a white margin that turns purple with rose
red margins in the fall, and Wonderberry® which has
good berry production.
Crataegus crusgalli, or Cockspur Hawthorn,
Crataegus phaenopyrum and Washington hawthorn
are both grown for their beautiful white flowers in the
spring, colorful berries and bronze red to purple red
foliage in the fall. The thorns make them undesirable
in many landscapes, and some new cultivars, Princeton
Sentry and Crusader™ are both fairly thorn less.
Franklinia alatamaha, or Franklin Tree, is a small tree
with exacting requirements, it must have moist but well
drained slightly acidic soils with a lot of organic matter
mixed in. The fragrant pure white flowers with bright
yellow stamens bloom from July through September and
the fall foliage is orange to bright red and purple.
Liquidambar styraciflua, or American Sweetgum, is a
tall tree, growing 60-70 feet, and loves to grow in low
areas with moist acidic soils and a full sun location. The
bark often has corky wings and the star shaped leaves
display a harlequin color scheme in autumn, turning
yellow, orange, red and purple. The fruit drops off the
tree from November to April and is also star shaped but
very prickly and is sometimes a deterrent to planting
Sweetgum in the landscape. Some cultivars have brilliant
fall color and include Burgandy™, Cherokee™ which
has excellent fall color and very little fruit, ‘Moraine’
and Palo Alto™.
Nyssa sylvatica, or Black Gum, is a medium sized tree
growing only 30-50 feet tall and is the very first tree to
show off its brilliant red, yellow, orange, scarlet and
purple foliage in the fall. The leaves are very thin and
often seem to glow in the sunlight. The cultivars have
been developed for their spectacular fall colors and
include Forum™ and ‘Miss Scarlet’. Black Gum does
best when planted in moist, well drained acidic soils in
full sun to part shade. It does have a strong tap root
making it interesting to transplant, but native nurseries have been working on containers that allow better
transplanting success.
Oxydendrum arboretum, or Sourwood, is a small tree
with 4 seasons of interest. In the spring the fragrant
flowers cascade down and almost smother the green
leaves. In the fall the fruit is yellow and the leaves turn
from a rich green to bright yellow, red, and purple. It
grows best in full sun in moist and well drained acidic
soils, but doesn’t tolerate air pollution well.
Native cherries include Prunus pensylvanica, or Pin
Cherry, and Prunus serotina, or Black Cherry, which
both have excellent wine red fall color, but may not be
the best choice for a landscape. Quercus palustris, or
Pin Oak, Quercus coccinea, or Scarlet Oak, Quercus
shumardii, or Swamp Red Oak, Quercus phellos, or
Willow Oak, Quercus rubra, or Northern Red Oak all
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have varying degrees of anthocyanins and tannins in
their leaves, giving variable fall color of reds, oranges
and some purples.
Sassafras albidum, or Sassafras, is a small tree, growing about 30-50 feet tall and best known for its distinctively shaped leaves with three lobes, mitten shaped
and oval shaped, all on the same tree. In the spring the
fragrant flowers bloom yellow and the leaves and stems
are also aromatic. The roots have been used to make
teas and Rootbeer in the past. The leaves in the fall are
a brilliant yellow, deep orange, scarlet and purple, making this a beautiful 4 season tree. Sassafras grows best
in loamy moist acidic soils and can develop into a single
leader tree or a multi stemmed specimen.
Viburnum lentago, or the Nannyberry Viburnum,
is a small tree growing only 15-25 feet tall that can
easily turn into a thicket. Like most of the native trees,
it likes full sun to part shade and moist well drained
slightly acidic soils. In the spring the tree is covered with
bouquets of white flowers that turn during the summer
and fall into green then yellow, red and pink fruit that
matures to dark blue. The green leaves of summer turn
to purple and red.
Design and placement of plants to produce the brightest colors takes knowledge of the topography and the
alignment of the sun. Placing a tree so it receives full
sun, especially in the late afternoon, will insure that
the leaves absorb as much light as possible and create
sugars that become trapped in the leaves as soon as the
sun goes down and the night temperatures drop from
warm to cold and crisp. This means planting trees on
the south or west side of a property. Often a tree will
show color only on the south and west side of the plant
because the north and east were in the shade for the last
part of the day and didn’t have the chance to create as
much sugars. A tree placed in a low lying area will also
show colors sooner than other trees higher up a hillside,
as the cold slides down hill, settling at the bottom. This
will give the landscape a chance to have bright autumn
colors longer as the trees farther up the hills will color
up later in the month.
Some trees like the Quercus palustris, or Pin Oak,
will show better fall colors if they have been fertilized
in contrast to other Pin Oaks which grow in poor soils.
Knowing the horticulture of the trees will also help with
the design of the fall landscape. Understory trees like the
American Dogwood, Juneberry, Shadblow Serviceberry,
Eastern Redbud, White Fringetree, and the Franklin
Tree all thrive best if given protection from the late
afternoon sun and moist but well drained soils while
the taller trees like the maples, oaks and beech can be
planted to give them that protection. ❦
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Educator, Commercial Horticulture
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Jonathon Bright, American Plant Food
Liza Goetz, Kingstown Farm Home & Garden, Inc.
Carl Hesselein, Stadler Nurseries
Carlos Iraheta, Stadler Nurseries
Christine Michaud, Priapi Gardens
Kenneth Miller, Bob Jackson Landscapes, Inc.
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Rebecca Lange
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Mary Kay Matthews, Eyecatchers
Ronda Prokopchak, Walnut Hill Landscape
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Cavano’s Perennials
It has been four years since the recession “officially”
started in December 2007, and the green industry,
like most everyone else, is still feeling the pinch. Tom
Hensler, president and owner of Cavano’s Perennials
Inc. in Kingsville, Md., said, “It’s been a tough ride. All
I can say is we’re hanging in there.”
Two decades ago, Hensler was recruited into the
family business started by his mother and stepfather,
Tom Hensler
Marlene and George Cavano. In 1972 they had begun
growing cut flowers and field mums on a 5-acre farm,
selling them along with house plants at George’s
business at a market in Baltimore City. They also sold
flowers directly from the farm. According to the company history, in 1978 the
Cavanos built a heated greenhouse for seed starting
and growing house plants. Marlene decided to start growing some perennials in the field for use
as cut flowers. This was
long before
In 1972 Marlene and George Ca
cut flowers and field mums on a
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perennials began to enjoy their current popularity.
Customers started asking for perennials in pots, and
when the farm produced more than they could sell,
George began marketing them to garden centers and
landscapers. Eventually George sold his business at the
market and concentrated on the growing operation,
where perennials became the main focus. The business was incorporated in 1980. In 1990,
Hensler began learning the business, taking over the
company several years later as George and Marlene
approached retirement age.
In 1996, Hensler purchased 25 acres nearby where
he built a new growing facility. Cavano’s Perennials
continues to grow plants at the original farm
and at the new property.
Today the company
avano had begun growing
a 5-acre farm, selling them
arket in Baltimore City.
has approximately 170,000 square feet in greenhouse
space — in 50 greenhouses — and grows plants outside
as well. The staff swells to 50 employees in the spring.
Hensler said he has been luck that a lot of quality
employees have found their way to Cavano’s. “We got
some good, talented, long-term employees here to
contribute daily to our goals. I’m thankful to have
them,” he said.
Hensler said the economic situation has made things
a struggle for businessmen. “It gets harder all the time
here lately. The margins are shrinking any where you
look. The costs of materials and supplies keep going
up, yet you can’t raise prices. If anything, you’re
selling a little cheaper than in the past. When there’s
more demand you have more leverage,” he explained.
“The bottom line, even if the top line is increasing,
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seems to be shrinking. That’s the difficult part to
manage.
You’ve got to get out in the trenches and make things
happen. Any possible way to get creative to generate
sales is what you do.”
Hensler said he hasn’t cut back on the total quantity
of plants but is making adjustments to quantities of
individual plants. Cavano’s carries 900-plus varieties of
plants in various container sizes, some of them in three
different sizes. The top quality perennials, ornamental
grasses, ferns, vines, herbs, fall pansies, low impact,
natives and other seasonal plants are delivered on
Cavano’s own trucks to garden centers, nurseries,
landscape contractors and re-wholesalers from
Maryland to Virginia and West Virginia and as far
north as New England.
As for his strategy, Hensler said, “We’re trying to
develop sales into areas we feel there’s a market for,
rather than what there was a market for five years ago.
The landscape industry seems to be down from what it
was five years ago. There’s still a lot of activity, but not
what it was. We’ve adjusted ‘bread and butter items’
down some and replaced them with other things we
hope there will be a demand for. “It’s a constant adjustment, a moving target which year to year is being scrutinized much closer than it ever was in the past.”
He acknowledged that meeting demand is easier for
him, as a perennial grower, than for a tree or shrub
grower. “That, to me, is tough. We can produce a plant
quicker. But our product expires a lot quicker than
theirs. Mistakes become evident.”
Some plants can’t be propagated because they are
patented. The number of patented plants increases
Cavano’s carries 900-plus varieties of
plants in various container sizes...top quality
perennials, ornamental grasses, ferns, vines,
low impact, natives and other seasonal plants
West Virginia and as far north as New Englan
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every year, Hensler noted, and they are
more expensive than the plants they replace.
“Many of the older varieties are disappearing from the market. There’s only so much
room out there. We can’t hold on to what we
had, we’ve got to get rid of something. The industry as
a whole does the same thing. With some old varieties,
it’s not necessarily a bad thing, as they’re being replaced
by newer, more exciting and in many cases improved
varieties. Yet they’re more expensive, so the price of the
average plant goes up.
Hensler’s team is presently regrouping for next
year’s catalog, looking at new varieties for the season.
He explained that the selection process has changed
also. “With the sheer quantity of new plants that
come out every year, and the speed at which they are
released, we have to look at things differently than
we used to. It used to be, when a new plant came out,
we trialed it for a while so we would ‘know’ it when
we sell it to a customer. Now, we can’t wait. We don’t
have time on our side. If we wait, we miss the bus.
So we have to sort through and make decisions at a
faster rate on what we will carry and what we won’t and do the best we can to select based on what we think will be
winners for your customers.”
Among the
considerations are whether the new offerings are compatible for all the areas into which Cavano’s ships. The
reputations of vendors also figure into the equation.
“Producers may exaggerate, and you must weigh that
with past experience. We’re being sold to just like we
sell to other folks.”
Cavano’s also works through site visits, networking
and exploring people, institutions, processes and publications to understand a plant’s impact in a “green”
defined planting or landscape. The company is dedicated
to sharing current information to its employees and
customers and sees a bright future for native and low
impact plants.
Hensler said he hasn’t been heavily involved in
MNLA, but acknowledged, “it’s great to have industry
reps out there, and great to have a resource to go to
when necessary — a group of folks who will step up in
an emergency and to the things that need to be done in
order (for us) to sustain ourselves.”
Cavano’s is located at 6845 Sunshine Avenue in
Kingsville, telephone (410) 592-8077. Visit online at
www.cavanos.com. ❦
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Perfecting Landscape Soils
My last article described how landscape soils can be
improved through the addition of compost as a top
dressing agent of change over a long time frame. The
article generated inquires related to how to build landscape soils before planting. Further, when landscape
contractors visit us to select plant material, the conversation almost always goes to our growing system when
they see the compost production area. This leads to conversation related to how they can achieve the benefits. It
is not altogether a simple, one size fits all answer. The
information can be acquired through soil testing, compost testing and an assessment of the site related to soil
type and drainage. Three important factors need to be
recognized;
1. What is the analysis of the proposed organic matter
to be incorporated?
2. What is the general soil type and is it well drained?
3. How will the compost be incorporated?
I find that many contractors are using organic soil
amendments as part of a planting program but do not
necessarily understand why from a technical perspective
and how they can make the program better with minor
changes in practice.
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The production of high quality compost is not routinely practiced in this country as compared to Europe
where it has long been a major source of agricultural
crop nutrient supply and soil improvement. Having said
that, one should not be afraid to engage compost utilization out of fear of compost quality issues. The goal is to
be an informed buyer, use organics with an eye toward
gaining insight into the benefits, and developing practical/salable growing systems in the landscape. Landscape
contractors are growers just like nursery operators but
move the growing operation into someone’s yard.
Quick review from previous articles –
Benefits of Compost
1. Increase soil water holding capacity.
2. Decrease bulk density – simply stated bulk density
measures compaction.
3. Increase Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) – soils ability to hold and release nutrients.
4. Makes trace elements available over a wider pH
range.
5. Increase drainage.
6. Decrease potential for erosion.
7. Provides nutrition over long periods of time.
8. Increase humic and fulvic acid – the catalyst for top-
soil production and movement of nutrients to the root
zone plus increased root branching.
9. Introduces beneficial fungi including mycorrhizae to
the soil system.
Composts vary widely in many ways.
Composts vary depending on the feedstocks that are
used. In recent years some have promoted the notion
that composts can be either fungal or bacterial dominated as a function of feedstock sources and that different plant types have a preference for one over the
other. While this may have merit, I will discuss compost
generically with the understanding that plants are very
resourceful in their ability find and utilize nutrients.
If you choose to research and experiment with the
above concept, it is believed that fungal dominated soils
favor the growth of woody plants and perennials while
bacterial dominated soils favor the growth of food bearing plants, annuals and grasses.
An example of how decaying organic matter produces
nutrients is seen in lawns as a ‘fairy ring’ (shown below).
Deep shades of green and sometimes fugal bodies in
the form of ‘mushrooms’ are seen in a circle. This is the
result of decaying wood under the surface, often decaying tree stumps or construction debris releasing nitrogen.
Typical ‘Fairy Rings’ found in turfgrass.
The critical variation in compost you need to be aware
of is its maturity or stability. The compost vendor should
have lab tests available for buyers and the tests should
be current within a couple weeks of the sale – but this
is not common practice. I use A&L Labs in Richmond,
Virginia who provides a very quick turnaround, usually
just 3 days. It is smart to have a full test but the determining factor as to compost readiness is the carbon to
nitrogen ratio (C/N ratio). The C/N ratio should 20:1 or
less and the pile temperature should be in the range of
ambient air temperature. When mature compost is disturbed, there should be little water vapor seen.
Compost produced from garbage dominated feedstocks will be low in nutrient value and one would
either not choose such a material or be prepared to
blend it with higher nutrient value compost.
The test results seen below are an actual test of compost produced here at the farm. I focus on the nutrient
values and the C/N ratio which in the sample is 25:1.
This test shows the compost has 25.4 pounds of
nitrogen, 12.3 pounds of phosphorus, and 26.2 pounds
of potassium as well as many micronutrients (pounds
per ton, dry basis) and 1.3 pounds of ammoniacal N.
Thinking about the nutrient quantities as a typical synthetic fertilizer these numbers may seem high. However,
the nutrients are organically bound and will release at
the rate of 8-10% per year and constantly feed plants
for 10 to 12 years.
From the test results shown on page 34, the C/N
ratio being 25:1, the compost is not fully stabilized
which I can confirm because when the sample was
taken the pile temperature was 135 degrees F.
One should also look at the compost lab test to see
the moisture content and calculate tons per cubic yard
although I think one’s focus should be on yardage. 50%
moisture content generally converts to 2 cubic yards per
ton. In the test shown above, the moisture content was
64% which means that one ton equaled about 1.4 cubic
yards. Moisture content will vary by location in the
compost pile. The surface will be drier and the interior
will be wetter. From the start of my work with compost
I have been confused over recommendations that relate
only to tonnage. Immediately recognizing the moisture
content variability I have, for the most part, used the
cubic yardage measurement when calculating application
rates knowing that wetter material will have the impact
of increasing yardage a bit over drier, fluffier material.
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plantings and as an experiment, did not irrigate – ever.
No dead plants! It’s unlikely anyone could win a bid
proposing that much compost but it does sort of answer
the lead question to this paragraph – the real answer is
I don’t know and it likely depends on the soil and
drainage.
If the site is dominated by clay loam or heavy clay
soils and does not drain well the amount of compost
should be reduced to 2 cubic yards per 1000 sq. ft. This
sounds counter intuitive because this soil would seem
to need more improvement with organic matter. Such is
true but too much compost in a wet environment could
cause anaerobic conditions which may cause toxic compounds to be produced. In this situation, the soil should
be amended with both good soil and compost to achieve
a desirable long term result.
If the soil type is dominated by sand, the higher rate
of compost cited above should be used. However, even
sandy soils can be poorly drained due to a compacted
layer below the surface. This can be remedied with deep
tillage.
Know the soil type and drainage issues in
advance.
Soil type and drainage does matter. If the soil is generally well drained and of silt loam composition, it is perfect for compost amendment in quantities up to 4 cubic
yards per 1000 sq. ft.
You are thinking, that’s a lot of compost and on the
order of $120-$150 per 1000 sq. ft. What is the value of
plant material in 1000 sq. ft.? The cost of compost is not
a huge per cent of the project.
How much is too much compost for deep amendment? In 2006 I purchased a new home devoid of a
landscape. The first project was to build a berm 8 foot
high by 40 feet wide at the base. Foolishly I agreed to
buy ‘topsoil’ from a reliable source without inspecting
the material. It turned out to be mostly red clay that
could become shale in a million years when under high
pressure although a soil test showed it was not as bad
as it looked. The area to be initially planted was about
15,000 square feet. In total ignorance, I secured about
400 cubic yards of compost thinking, what the heck, the
more the better! The compost was spread to a depth of
8 inches and aggressively spade plowed in to a depth of
20 inches. With hindsight, it was a ridiculous amount
of compost and I should be wondering about the all
the bad things that could have happened. The plants
absolutely flourished with minimal drip irrigation in the
first year only. Subsequently, I have made additional
34 • Winter 2011
Incorporation of compost should not be
looked at casually.
I have seen small amounts of compost literally sprinkled
on a planting area – with great expectation. A little is
better than none but the real benefits come from getting
the volume right. The key is to incorporate the material
uniformly and to a depth that matches up with where
the majority of the roots will flourish. This is usually
within the upper twelve inches or less. Tools for uniform incorporation are limited. Although the roto tiller is the most soil punishing device ever invented, it is
the easiest method. The downside of roto tillers is they
tend to grind the soil too finely, sometimes to a powder,
which destroys any existing desirable soil granulation.
However, the end result of amending what is likely a
less than perfect soil with a one-time beating is better
than not amending it at all.
Here at the farm we incorporate compost with a
rotary spading machine that reaches down into the profile about 20 inches. This is a large device operated with
a 65hp tractor. If the landscape site to be amended is
large enough to accommodate larger machines, this is
the perfect method. The company that manufactures the
machine we use also produces a walk-behind machine
and small tractor units. I am told the walk-behind
machine requires rock free soil as hitting one will do a
lot of potential damage to the operator. A smaller tractor model is seen below and works to a depth of 14
inches.
Upcoming Topics
My next few articles will focus on the science of
great soils. It will include in-depth discussions of how
microbes make what has become known as the ‘soil
food web’ and the long term benefits of focusing on
the build up of humic acid. You may be amazed to
find that good soil is a happy living organism.
Sell a growing system to your customers –
not just plants.
Amending soils in the landscape will add cost to the
project. Set yourself apart from the competition by selling the need for soil amendment (if needed). It’s all
about the ‘green’ movement. Residential property owners in our region almost always complain about their soil
even if they have no clue about soil science. Use this to
your advantage by communicating a fix. The benefits of
amending soils could include the following:
1. Every 1% of organic matter in the soil retains almost 7 inches of rainfall to be released for the plants use when needed – reduced water use and related expense. 200 cubic yards per acre equals 1%. Soil water holding capacity is increased while
drainage is improved at the same time.
2. Reduced disease incidence of susceptible plants is a known.
3. Plant nutrition can be 100% sourced from organic matter released precisely when the plant needs it; not in excess soluble forms.
4. Plants will require less pruning because they grow more naturally.
5. Compost amendment sequesters carbon!
6. Protect the Chesapeake Bay by preventing degraded water runoff quality containing soluble nutrients.
7. The new landscape will stand out from the neighbors for decades as the benefits can be very long term. ❦
We’ll also visit some local landscape contractors who
produce and use their own compost in landscape
installations.
Finally, we’ll delve into the magical, mystical and often
misunderstood world of mycorrhizae.
I am greatly indebted to Dr. Frank Gouin for reviewing
this article, supporting me in my quest to improve our
growing system here at Waverly Farm and helping me to
share what we have learned with others.
Jerry Faulring
Waverly Farms
Adamstown, Md
Wikipedia
Free State • 35
Press Releases
The Southern Nursery Association –
Rebuilding the Marketplace
The Southern Nursery Association (SNA) is moving
beyond the small steps it has taken over the past few
months to rebuild the association and has begun taking
larger steps to focus on rebuilding the marketplace in
the Southeast.
Founded in 1899,
the SNA was a prominent industry leader
for more than 100
years. After a transition of leadership in
2006, and several
years of economic
downturn, coupled
with industry consolidation, a decline in
membership and the
cancellation of the annual SNA trade show, the 112year old association found itself in a downward spiral
and a stagnant condition. In November of 2010, Danny
and Karen Summers, who served the association from
1988 to 2006, contacted the current board of directors
and a core group of past presidents and members to
encourage them to pull together to save the association.
In February of this year, Karen Summers was
appointed Interim Executive Vice President. Danny
Summers was appointed Board Advisor. Since then, the
group has been hard at work to set new directives for
organizational change to rebuild the association and
once again become an integral part of the horticulture
industry in the southeast. The future focus will be on
member services to promote sales and profitability,
and monitoring issues that cross state lines and impact
the region. Taking advantage of the digital age, vital
industry services, current news and relevant information
will be delivered online through the new SNA website
(www.sna.org). The new website features a virtual
marketplace with a robust search engine for locating
people, products and services, as well as more than
10,000 pages of horticultural research. Member forums,
blogs, and email alerts add to the functionality of the
new system.
To assure regional participation and input, several
new committees have been created and will be functioning soon. These new committees will assist with efforts
to provide communication, education, information
and marketing opportunities throughout the region. In
addition, the annual SNA Business Meeting and SNA
Research Conference have been scheduled and will
be held in conjunction with the GSHE in Mobile, AL
in January of 2012. A special roundtable discussion,
exploring ways to stimulate the marketplace to create
more business opportunities in the Southeast is planned
to take place during this time. More details to follow.
You can expect to see many changes and lots of
activity in the coming months with the launch of the
new website, new committee development, member surveys, regional news and information disseminated once
again, and industry leaders recognized through the SNA
awards program.
The Southern Nursery Association is a non-profit, professional trade association representing the horticultural
industry in the southern U.S. SNA provides member
services to wholesale growers, brokers, retailers, landscape contractors, landscape architects, grounds maintenance contractors, interiorscapers and allied suppliers.
Established in 1899, the SNA strives to provide educational, marketing and networking opportunities essential
to the survival of the horticultural industry.
For further information on SNA, contact the Southern
Nursery Association, Inc. at 894 Liberty Farm Road, Oak
Grove, VA 22443-5200,
Voice: 804.224.9352, Fax: 804.224.9352, Email: mail@
sna.org or visit the SNA Website at http://www.sna.org.
57th Annual SNA Research Conference
January 18, 2012 • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center, Room 203B • One South Water Street • Mobile, AL 36602
Presentations include:
Container Grown Plant Production • Field Production • Economics & Marketing • Engineering, Structures & Innovations
Entomology • Floriculture • Growth Regulators • Landscape • Pathology & Nematology
Plant Breeding & Evaluation • Plant Propagation • Water Management • Weed Control
36 • Winter 2011
Alan Jones Honored by IPPS
Alan Jones, owner of Manor View Farm in Monkton,
Maryland, was recently presented with the prestigious
Award of Merit from the Eastern Region of the
International Plant Propagators’ Society. The Award
of Merit is the highest honor the Eastern Region can
bestow upon a member.
“It’s an honor
to be recognized
by the members
of this wonderful
organization,”
Jones says. “I
continue to be
amazed by what you can learn from IPPS and how
the Society has benefited the industry. I look forward
to being involved with IPPS for years to come.” Alan
accepted his award before an audience of IPPS members
and guests in Louisville, Kentucky.
One member from the Eastern Region is selected
each year for significant contributions to the field of
plant propagation and production. This can be in the
form of the development of new practices or techniques;
services rendered to the science and practice of plant
propagation and production; and/or extraordinary
service to the Society. Jones is recognized this year for
his contribution to all of these areas.
Manor View Farm is a 100 acre nursery that
includes a Landscape Distribution Center, field
production and a propagation division. They strive to
provide customers with the ultimate in quality products
and services and welcome the challenge of locating hard
to find plant varieties, finding larger sizes or meeting
critical deadlines. They are continually looking for new
and better plant varieties, new and unique growers and
suppliers, more efficient equipment and better delivery
systems. An IPPS member since 1979, Jones’ service to the
Society has been extraordinary. He is a past president
of the Eastern Region, has served on the regional board
of directors and eleven different committees. He also
currently represents the Eastern Region while serving
on the International IPPS Board of Directors. In 2000,
he was awarded the IPPS Eastern Region Fellow
Award. Today he remains active on the Eastern Region
Foundation Board as well.
Alan was born in London, England and developed
his passion for horticulture working in the Royal
Gardens at Windsor Castle before going off to college.
In 1978 he graduated from Pershore College of
Horticulture
in Worcester
and went
on to work
for Oakover
nurseries in
Kent as their
propagator.
He became
involved
with the IPPS
Region of
Great Britain
and Ireland
in 1978. He
immigrated
to the United
States in 1984 where he worked at Princeton Nurseries,
rising to the rank of Vice President. In 1995, Alan
became the Production Manager for Manor View Farms.
He is currently one of the owners of Manor View.
Dedicating his life to plants, Jones is a true
horticulturalist who demonstrates a keen eye for new
and improved plants. He discovered a fastigiate form of
Quercus palustris growing in Princeton’s fields that
is known today as Quercus palustris ‘Green Pillar’.
Jones introduced Thuja x ‘Steeplechase’ and more
recently Chionanthus virginicus ‘White Knight’. Jones is a member of many state and national
associations and has been recognized as a leader in
the nursery industry. He most recently received the
Horticultural Industries Leadership award for Maryland
for his outstanding contributions to the industry and
to his community. The recipients of this award were
said to be “both loved and respected by their peers and
customers—and that they were successful, in almost
every way imaginable.” Jones is a strong supporter of
ANLA as well as a member of the Royal Horticultural
society in England. He has been named a Fellow of the
Institute of Horticulture in the UK.
The International Plant Propagators’ Society is a
non-profit organization of nearly 2300 members
organized into eight separate regions around the world. The membership is made up of those with a professional
interest in plant propagation and production from
businesses, colleges and universities, botanic gardens
and arboreta. The motto of this non-commercial organization is “To Seek and To Share” knowledge and
experience in plant propagation and production. ❦
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Press Releases
Website Provides Resource for Fall Planting in
Greener Fashion – “Greener Plants” Initiative
Featured in Save the Bay Magazine
Fall is prime planting season and a recently launched
website offers tips for growing in a greener fashion to
help protect America’s great watersheds such as the
Chesapeake Bay. Greener Plants® (www.greenerplants.
com), an initiative featured in the September issue of
Save the Bay Magazine, is designed to help consumers
and organizations learn how to steward the Bay and
other waterways from their own backyards.
Greener Plants was developed by Eastern Shore Nursery
of Virginia with the support of the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation®. All of the nursery’s 400 varieties of trees
and shrubs are grown under an award-winning nutrient
and water management plan that minimizes impact on
the environment and Chesapeake Bay. The larger aim is
to instruct and encourage environmentally responsible
growing practices at home that will help clean up and
preserve America’s watersheds.
The www.greenerplants.com website provides a wide
range of detailed educational information, including
in-depth guidance for better and greener fall planting.
The site explains proper recycling, disposal, water conservation, fertilization and pesticide practices, as well
as specific steps to a healthier lawn, xeriscaping, creating buffer strips and rain gardens. There is also contact
information for area conservation and watershed organizations.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation advised Eastern
Shore Nursery of Virginia on the content of the Greener
Plants website.
“The Chesapeake Bay Foundation applauds Eastern
Shore Nursery of Virginia as a model plant grower for
managing nutrients in a manner that protects water
quality in streams, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay,”
says William C. Baker, President of the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation. “Their website is a very easy and useful
tool for helping people achieve better results with less
impact on our waterways.”
The initiative is capturing the interest and support
of a range of environmental groups on the Bay and
nearby watersheds. The Partnership for the Delaware
Estuary, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Massachusetts
Watershed Coalition, Mullica River Watershed
Coalition, Friends of Bombay Hook, Potomac
Riverkeeper, Shenandoah Riverkeeper, Lynnhaven
River Now and the Elizabeth River Project are among
the groups.
“From the yard, streams, rivers, bays to the
ocean, better growing care at home will help generate an improved water environment for all,” says
Nick Covatta, co-owner of Eastern Shore Nursery of
Virginia. “The website was created as a how-to guide
for consumers and groups to be better stewards at a
grassroots level.”
Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia was established
in 1966 in Keller, Virginia on the watershed of the
Chesapeake Bay. The wholesale nursery grows more
than 400 varieties of trees and shrubs for garden
centers, re-wholesalers and landscapers from North
Carolina to Illinois to Maine. The nursery is owned and
operated by Covatta and his wife Robin Rinaca, along
with partner Mark Hopkins.
For more information, or to interview Nick Covatta
or senior staff at Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia
or the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, contact Scott
McCaskey at Goldman & Associates Public Relations
at 757-625-2518 or at: scott@goldmanandassociates.
com.For more information on Eastern Shore Nursery of
Virginia and Greener Plants, visit: www.esnursery.com
or contact Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia at 800323-3008 or 757-787-4732. Visit Greener Plants at
www.greenerplants.com and visit the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation at: www.cbf.org. ❦
Contact: Scott McCaskey at Goldman & Associates
Public Relations at 757-625-2518 or at:
[email protected]
Spotlight
on
Annapolis
State Senator James Carew Rosapepe
State Senator James Carew Rosapepe,
D-21, has been called “one of the
strongest environmental champions
in the Maryland Senate,” by Cindy
Schwartz, executive director of the
Maryland League of Conservation
Voters. Schwartz said, “He’s helped
pass some of the strongest laws in the
country to fight climate change, boost
mass transit and biking, crack down on polluters, protect parkland and save the Chesapeake Bay.”
Born in Rome, Italy in 1951, Rosapepe was elected
to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1986. He served
two full terms and one partial term before leaving the
position to accept an appointment by then President Bill
Clinton as Ambassador to Romania. He served there
until 2001, working closely with American citizens and
businesses, the U.S. military, America’s allies, and the
Romanians. During his term, the United States stopped
ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia, Romania became more
democratic and prosperous, and American investment
and exports to Romania increased.
While there, he and his wife, Sheilah Kast, began
work on a travel literature book about Romania,
Dracula Is Dead: How Romanians Survived
Communism, Ended It, and Emerged since 1989 as the
New Italy, which was published in 2009.
Upon his return to Maryland, Rosapepe was
appointed to serve on the Board of
Regents of the University System of
Maryland. In 2004, public universities
in Maryland under Gov. Bob Ehrlich
were faced with reductions in state
funding. The only alternatives for
the universities were to cut spending,
increase tuition, or some combination
of the two. Rosapepe put together a
grassroots organization to lobby policy
makers to “keep tuitions affordable.”
Through a combination of student
activists, alumni, parents and a prominent public advisory board, an organized campaign was put together which
got the attention of the Maryland
General Assembly.
When Martin O’Malley ran for governor in 2006, he used the issue as one
way to highlight the differences between
himself and Ehrlich. Since O’Malley’s
election, the Board of Regents has received sufficient
funding to impose a tuition freeze at all the University
System of Maryland institutions.
While Rosapepe was on the Board of Regents, he said
in a telephone interview, the university was considering
developing a research park with offices and laboratories
on the South Farm of Beltsville Agricultural Research
Center. He helped lead opposition to the site, which
would have taken away “nationally important agricultural research property,” he said. Instead, the research
park was located near the College Park Metro Station.
Rosapepe’s district, Prince George’s and Anne
Arundel counties, includes BARC, which he called
the most prominent agriculture research center in the
world. “The (agriculture) industry is very concerned
about protecting it because of research relevant to the
industry,” he said.
Rosapepe has been deeply involved in protecting
BARC from development. There have been repeated
efforts, he said, by developers to turn land there into
shopping malls or office parks. When he was in the
House, there was an effort to sell off a chunk of the
property, he explained, “so we worked two ways” to
introduce both federal and state legislation to protect
BARC.
With Steny Hoyer’s help, federal legislation was
introduced which prohibits any BARC land deals
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without action by Congress, so the President can’t do it
alone.
Through state legislation which Rosapepe co-sponsored, a law was created which says if BARC land
is ever sold, it will immediately go into Rural Development, and to change that, the owner would have to
come back through the county council for a zoning
change. “The danger 20 years ago,” Rosapepe continued,
“was that BARC was not subject to zoning laws because
it was federal land. Now it is protected both ways.”
Rosapepe left the Board of Regents to run against
incumbent Sen. John Giannetti in the 2006 election.
Rosapepe won the primary and then, when Giannetti
switched parties to run against him as a Republican,
Rosapepe won again. He currently sits on the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and
serves as a Deputy Majority Whip. He also serves on
the Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure
and the Joint Audit Committee. He is Senate Chair of
the Joint Information Technology and Biotechnology
Committee and chaired the Joint Technology Oversight
Committee from 2007 to 2009.
Over the years, Rosapepe said, “like most Marylanders,
I have been a very strong supporter of trying to clean
up the Chesapeake Bay. We’ve made progress, but
there’s more to make. There are a lot of sources of the
problem — some of it comes from homeowners, some
from farmers, some from truck drivers, some from other
states. There are a lot of pieces. Everyone needs to do
their fair share, be part of the solution, and not just
dump on one industry.”
Specific bills that Rosapepe has co-sponsored that
interest industry members include:
• SB 0784 in 20007 which required the Department
of the Environment to adopt regulations that specify
criteria for stormwater management plans;
• SB 0002, describing and expressing the support of
the Maryland General Assembly for the research
and education programs of BARC and the National
Agricultural Library; urging the Governor to request
increased funding for both; and
• SB 339, authorizing specified state and local authorities to use the Forest Conservation Fund to fund the
planting of shrubs and similar plants along streets and
in medians if the Department of Natural Resources
determines that the planting of trees is practicable in
these areas. ❦
Carol Kinsley
Senator Rosapepe may be reached at 1-800-492-7122,
ext. 3141 (toll free) or
e-mail: [email protected]
40 • Winter 2011
NOTICE
The deadline for
submissions for
the Summer issue
of Free State
Nursery and
Landscape News
is March 1, 2012.
Send your information
or articles to:
Free State
Maryland Nursery and
Landscape Association
P.O. Box 726,
Brooklandville, MD 21022
or e-mail: [email protected]
New Members
Taylor’s Greenhouse LLC Linda Taylor
265 Fairground Rd
Biglersville, PA 17307
717-677-7471
Commerce Corporation
David Mummert
7603 Energy Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21226
410-255-3500
Good Earth Gardeners Kara Crissey
1424 Ridgeway East
Arnold, MD 21012
410-212-7014
www.goodearthgardeners.com
Cleary Chemical Company
Paul Albanese
16923 Beulah Blvd
Milton, DE 19968
302-396-0118
ASB Greenworld, Inc.
Trina Saxon
4236 Hickory Grove Road
Valdosta, GA 31606
229-247-6218
www.asbgreenworld.com
HMD Landscaping
Daniel Strickler
2713 Fox Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
410-243-9993
www.oncalllawnmowing.com
Arbor Valley Tree Service, Inc.
Frank Dudek
PO Box 749
Parkton, MD 21120
410-357-8445
www.arborvalleytreeservice.com
Greenscapes, LLC
Douglas Storck
30 Skyview Drive
McHenry, MD 21541
301-387-8090
www.greenscapesllc.com
The Denison Group
Ron Banks
8911 Oxen Hill Road
Ft. Washington, MD 20744
301-567-0210
www.denison.com
JMH Development, LLC
Jeff Hohrein
PO Box 24097
Halethorpe, MD 21227
10-227-8396
www.jmhdevelopment.net
Prince George’s Parks and
Recreation Assoc.
Greg Kernan
6600 Kenilworth Avenue
Riverdale, MD 20737
301-780-2330
Linda Branagan
10740 Faulkner Ridge Circle
Columbia, MD 21044
Laurie Boswell (student)
410-396-0180
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42 • Winter 2011
2012-13 Maryland Commercial Horticulture
Conferences, Short Courses and Events
January 3 - 6, 2012
Advanced Landscape Plant IPM PHC Short Course
Contact: Avis Koeiman, 301-405-3913,
[email protected]
January 9 – 12
35th Annual Maryland Turfgrass Conference and Trade
Show
Location: U of MD, College Park, Stamp Student Union
Contact: January 11 – 13, 2012
MANTS – Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show
Location: Baltimore Convention Center
Contact: www.mants.com
or 410-296-6959
January 18 – 19, 2012
MAA Winter Conference
and Pesticide
Recertification
Location: Turf Valley
Contact: [email protected] or 410-321-8082
January 25, 2012
FALCAN Pesticide Recertification Conference
Location: Frederick Fairgrounds, Frederick
January 29 – February 2. 2012
Mid Atlantic Horticulture Short Course
Location: Newport News, VA
Contact: www.mahsc.org
February 2, 2012
A Taste of Maryland – 2012 Maryland Ag Dinner
Sponsored by the MD Agriculture Council
Location: Michael’s Eighth Avenue
Contact: www.mdagcouncil.com
February 9 and 10, 2012
Chesapeake Green 2012 –
A Horticulture Symposium
Location: Maritime Institute of Technology,
Linthicum, MD
Contact: www.chesapeakegreen.org
February 16, 2012
LCA Winter Pesticide
Recertification Conference
Location: National 4-H Youth
Conference Center, Chevy Chase
www.lcamddcva.org/programs/recertification.cfm
✁
Listings include conferences sponsored by Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association, Maryland Arborist
Association, Maryland Greenhouse Growers Association, University of Maryland Cooperative Extension
For a full and updated calendar of events, and to find registration information and event links, please visit the
MNLA website at www.mnlaonline.org
February 21 – 24, 2012
ASCA Academy
American Society of Consulting Arborists
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Contact: www.asca-consultants.org
March 6 – 8, 2012
MAC-ISA Arborist Certification Course
Location: to be determined
Contact: 703-753-0499 or www.mac-isa.org
April 14, 2012 (rain date - April 15)
MAC-ISA Tree Climbing Championship
Location: Wheaton, MD
Contact: 703-753-0499 or www.mac-isa.org
April 17, 2012
CPH Basic Exam
Must be pre-registered to participate
Contact: www.mnlaonline.org, [email protected]
or 410-823-8684
June or July 2012
MNLA Summer Field Day
Venue and date to be determined
July 17, 2012
CPH Specialist examinations (2 will be offered)
Integrated Pest Management and Herbaceous Perennials
Must be pre-registered to participate
Contact: www.mnlaonline.org, [email protected],
or 410-823-8684
August 11 – 15, 2012
International Society of Arboriculture
88th Annual Conference
Location: Portland, OR
Contact: www.isa-arbor.com
October 16, 2012
CPH Basic Exam
Must be pre-registered to participate
Contact: www.mnlaonline.org, [email protected]
or 410-823-8684
October 16, 2012
Specialist Exam – Advanced Plant Identification
Must be pre-registered to participate
Contact: www.mnlaonline.org, [email protected]
or 410-823-8684
November 1, 2012
MD Ag Education Foundation (MAEF) Annual Banquet
Contact: www.maefonline.com
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Education
Educating the Public With “Expert Plant Picks”
and Sustainable Lawn Care Posters
“Expert Plant Picks” banner will
print at 12” X 36”
The “Expert Plant Picks” poster series was developed
to provide alternative choices for landscape plants
that have few if any pest problems, require little care
once established, and provide diversity in the landscape. There are fifteen plants in the series: 5 trees, 5
shrubs, and 5 perennials. Most of the plants range
from zones 4 through 7. The plant selection list has
been reviewed by specialists in horticulture from
Cornell University, Longwood Gardens, Brookside
Gardens, the United States Botanic Garden, the
National Arboretum, and University of Maryland
Horticulturists. Trees:
American Holly, Ilex opaca
Carolina Silverbell, Halesia tetraptera
White fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus
Persian parrotia, Parrotia persica
White fir, Abies concolor
Shrubs:
Bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
Dwarf fothergilla, Fotheriglla gardenia
Oak leaf hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia
Virginia sweetspire, Itea virginica
Winterberry holly, Ilex verticillata
Perennials:
“Mow Right, Feed Right, Water Right”
poster will print up to 24” X 28”.
44 • Winter 2011
False indigo, Baptisia australis
Allegheny foam flower, Tirallea cordifolia
Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium purpureum
Showy stonecrop, Hylotelephium spectabile (formerly sedum)
Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides
In addition to the “Expert Plant Picks” poster series,
there is a set of eight sustainable lawn care posters.
These posters focus on best management practices for
residential lawns. The idea is to take the mystery out
of lawn care and to provide information on how to
do it correctly and simply. These posters summarize
important steps for maintaining lawns with minimal
inputs. The posters are in an easy to read format with
color photos. Subjects covered in the lawn care posters
include:
resolution print quality and low resolution versions
are available for multi-use: posters in retail nurseries,
gardens, arboreta, various events, and as information
sheets to give to the public. Over 400 individuals from
California to Puerto Rico have downloaded the posters. The audience ranges from K-12 teachers, university
professors, extension educators, water quality professionals, landscape companies, arboreta, botanic gardens,
etc. To download the posters, individuals must fill out a
form requesting contact and usage information. These
statistics will provide valuable impact data on the poster
outreach project.
Mary Kay Malinoski and David L. Clement, Extension
Specialists, University of Maryland Extension, Home
and Garden Information Center, Ellicott City Maryland.
“Benefits of Lawns”
“Know Your Turf”
“Mow Right! Feed Right! Water Right!
“Mowing”
“Feeding Your Lawn”
“Watering”
“Managing Insect Pests and Diseases in Your
Lawn”
“Controlling Weeds in Your Lawn”
Both sets of posters have been very popular at
various field events and provide an alternative
way of getting information out to the public,
green industry, arborists, forestry professionals, gardens, etc. The posters have been on
display at the United States Botanic Garden
2010-2011 where they have been a huge hit
with garden staff and visitors alike.
The poster projects were supported by
funding from the University of Maryland
Extension, and Northeastern IPM
Center grants program. The posters
are available for download on our
Plant Diagnostic web site at: http://
plantdiagnostics.umd.edu/. Both high
Persian parrotia poster will print up
to 24” X 28”.
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Chairmen & Committees
Educational Events
Steve Arrington
Scott Bunting
Hank Doong
Stanton Gill
Cindy King
Marion Mullan
Greg Stacho
Nominating
Mark Dougherty – Chair
Richard J. Watson
Finance and Planning
John Marshall – Chair
John C. Akehurst
Garet Bunting
Larry Hemming
Ed Snodgrass
Link/Shanks Scholarship
Mark Dougherty – Chair
Interiorscape
John Akehurst - Chair
Tom Blessington
Stanton Gill
Scott Harwerth
Suzanne Klick
CPH
Dr. William F. Gimpel, Jr.
George Mayo
James McWilliams
Dr. John Lea-Cox
Bob Trumbule
Gaye Williams
Ron Jayne
George Mayo
Jim McWilliams
Scholarship
Jan S. Carter
Ralph M. Quinn
William A. M. Verbrugge
Membership Committee
Advisors to the Board
Rich Poulin
Greg Stacho
Awards - Professional
Achievement,
Carville M. Akehurst
Michael Marshall– Co-Chair
Kevin Clark - Co-Chair
Historian
George Mayo – Chair
Legislative/MaGIC
James R. McWilliams– Chair
Signe Hanson
Alan Jones
Bernard Kohl, Jr.
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ANLA
John Rausch
Gov. Intergovernmental Comm.
on Agriculture
Vanessa Finney
LEAD Maryland
Vanessa Finney
Maryland Agriculture Commission
Jerry Faulring
John Marshall
Market Survey Oversight
Bernie Kohl, Jr. – Chair
Paul Babikow
Jessica Barley
Leslie Hunter-Cario
George Mayo
John Rausch
MANTS
Advisors to Others
Maryland Farm Bureau
Larry Hemming
MAEF
Hank Doong
MGGA
Tina Paul
Maryland Invasive Species Council
(MISC)
John Peter Thompson
Carol Holko
MD Department of Agriculture
Dr. John Lea-Cox
University of Maryland
Signe Hanson
Independent Horticultural
Consultant
MDA Nutrient Management
Advisory Committee
Signe Hanson
Young Farmers Advisory Council
Jim McWilliams
Directory of Advertisers
Maryland Nursery
and Landscape
Association, Inc.
Firm Name
Angelica Nurseries, Inc.
Page
Outside Back Cover
Arbor Valley Tree Service
29
ASB Greenworld
14
Mission Statement
Babikow Greenhouses
Braun Horticulture
40
The purpose of the Maryland Nursery and
Landscape Association is to promote the use of
ornamental plants, products, and services. The
association supports all constituent groups of the
horticulture industry including landscape, garden centers, interiorscape, grounds maintenance,
nursery, greenhouse, and arboriculture. The association communicates the role of the horticulture
industry in improving people’s quality of life.
Cam Too Camellia Nursery
18
Cavano’s Perennials
19
Chesapeake Green Symposium
20
CPH
22
EP Henry /MAHTS Show
23
Folcomer Equipment
42
Foxborough Nursery
48
Genesis Turf Grass
29
Green & Growin’ /North Carolina NLA
31
Gregory J. Cannizarro Design
29
Hanover Farms
48
Hawksridge Farm
30
Holly Hill Farms
3
Specific Goals
Promote professionalism through education
programs for members and the public and by
encouraging enrollment in educational
institutions.
Monitor state and local laws relating to
horticulture industry.
Participate actively in legislative and regulatory
processes.
Promote the use of environmentally sound
practices in the horticulture industry.
Monitor and communicate to members
developments in allied industries including
agritechnology.
Inside Front Cover
Hortica Insurance & Employee Benefits
41
MANTS
15
MD Ag Ed Foundation 20
MidAtlantic Farm Credit
13
OHP
8, 28
Pender Nursery
17
Perennial Farm
Inside Back Cover
Sitelight ld
15
Taylor’s Greenhouse
19
Water Crest Farms
18-19
Waverly Farm
21
X-Calibur Plant Health Company
28
Support donations of plant products and
services to state and community programs.
Support research relevant to the horticulture
industry.
Participate in Maryland agricultural
organizations.
To join the growing list of companies who advertise
in the Free State Nursery and Landscape News or for
more information, please call Vanessa or Kelly in the
MNLA office at 410-823-8684. Visit the redesigned
association website at: www.mnlaonline.org.
E-mail: [email protected].
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