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Prsrt. Std Your Roots Are In Virginia! U.S. Postage PAID Blacksburg, VA Permit No. 107 383 Coal Hollow Rd. Christiansburg, VA 24073-6721 Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association NEWSLETTER May / June 2010 - Vol.80, No. 3 Keep growing. One day you may outgrow your current operation. Farm Credit will be there to help you expand. Phone: 434-842-8733 Whether you need to purchase real estate, build new houses, buy more equipment or need a revolving line of credit for plant Fax: 434-842-3823 stock, we have the financing you need. email: [email protected] Every business has growing pains. Give us a call and we’ll be sure www.Bremotrees.com your financing isn’t one of those. Bremo Bluff, VA 800-919-FARM Lending support to rural America™ farmcredit.com VNLA Field Day and Summer Tour pages 27- 35 Phlox Candy StoreTM A Sweet Offer in 2010 Chosen as the best new introduction for 2010 at the NMPro New Plant Pavilion at this year’s DISTINCTIVE PLANTS FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE ANLA Management Clinic, the new Phlox Candy StoreTM Series is a treat gardeners will � ELECTIONS � 2010 S gobble up this spring and summer. As part of the Novalis® grower network, Carolina Nurseries offers this series of four varieties exclusively to independent retailers and landscapers in 2010. Candy StoreTM is the best mildew resistant Phlox to date and offers months of delicious Unique Varieties for 2010 Corylopsis pauciflora, Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’ Eucomis ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ color and fragrance to the summer garden. Buttercup Winterhazel Autumn Fern Purple Pineapple Lily Check with David Wraith for For more information on the new Candy These and Other Great Offerings StoreTM Series and our wide selection of premium perennials, shrubs, and trees, contact your Carolina Nurseries representative. Rudbeckia subtomentosa ‘Henry Eilers’ Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ Mahonia ‘Soft Caress’ Hydrangea White Diamonds™ Sweet Coneflower Blue Bluestem Novalis® Exclusive Smaller in stature and more introduction for 2010- manageable than most unique, slender foliage- hydrangea- only from Novalis®- evergreen shrub many more to choose from — 2009 Plants of Distinction — Cercis chinensis ‘Don Egolf’ - Chinese Redbud David Wraith Helleborus x hybridusPine Knot Strains - Lenten Rose 1-888-845-1989 Fax 1-843-482-1014 Ilex x ‘Virginia’ - Holly [email protected] Agapanthus x ‘Monmid’ Midknight Blue® - Lily Of The Nile 739 Gaillard Rd., Moncks Corner, SC 29461 Hydrangea quercifolia‘Snowflake’ - Oakleaf Hydrangea Thuja x ‘Steeplechase’ (PP) - Giant Western Arborvitae 1-800-845-2065 www.carolinanurseries.com Buxus x ‘Green Velvet’ - Boxwood Double & Pink Double Variegated Japanese Knock Out® Rose Aralia ‘Variegata’ Stokesia laevis ‘Peachie’s Pick’ - Stokes’ Aster The revolutionary The new variegated Fatsia- Musa basjoo - Hardy Banana landscape shrub roses bold addition for the shade A Licensed Grower of introduced by Novalis® garden and containers Phlox Candy StoreTM Grape Lollipop (background) Buxus sempervirens ‘Dee Runk’ Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’ One of four Novalis® Candy StoreTM Exclusives - American Boxwood Eastern Redbud www.novalis.com the best mildew-resistance of any Phlox to date V IRGINIA P LANT I NTRODUCTION P ROGRAM www.beautifulgardens.org 20102010 VNLA VNLA Officers Officer & Directors& Directors OFFICERS 1 YR DIRECTORS 2 YR DIRECTORS VIRGINIA REGIONAL President MATT SAWYER – Research SONYA L WESTERVELT ASSOCIATIONS Bennett’s Creek Nursery ‘07 –Technology ‘10 ED TANKARD 5635 Shoulders Hill Rd Saunders Brothers Inc – Legislative Suffolk, VA 23435-1807 2717 Tye Brook Highway Central Virginia Nursery Tankard Nurseries ‘07 757-483-1425 Piney River, VA 22964 & Landscape Association PO Box 649 Fax: 757-483-9058 (434) 277-5455 Jason Anderson Exmore VA 23350-0649 [email protected] fax: (434) 277-5394 804-261-4890 800-552-2088x17 [email protected] [email protected] Fax:757-442-5372 CHERYL LAJOIE Eastern Shore [email protected] Certification ‘09 STEVEN MOORE - Legislative ‘10 Nurserymen’s Association Vice President Lancaster Farms 5800 Knotts Neck Rd Hortica Insurance John Owen MARK MASLOW Suffolk VA 23435-1353 10800 Midlothian Tpk Ste 140 757-442-6717 Public Relations 757-484-4421 Richmond, VA 23235-2724 [email protected] Southern Landscape Group Fax: 7575-686-8637 (804) 690-0071 Hampton Roads Fax: (877) 221-5843 PO Box 397 [email protected] Nursery & Landscape Assoc smoore@hortica- Evington VA 24550-0397 Wes Bray 434-821-6004 insurance.com JOHN BARBIERI (757) 422-2117 Fax: 434-821-2133 Membership ‘08 [email protected] [email protected] TOM THOMPSON, Riverbend Nursery Environmental Affairs ‘10 Northern Virginia 5408 Meadow Chase Rd Natural Art Landscaping Nursery & Landscape Assoc Secretary/ Treasurer Midlothian, VA 23112-6316 3540 S Belmont Rd 804-363-6758 Fax: 804-639-5905 Paul Eden STEVE GRIGG – Education Richmond VA 23234-2912 [email protected] (703) 327-5161 x299 Grigg Design Inc ‘09 (804) 674-5703 peden@ Naturalartlandscaping 8193 Euclid Ct #A MATT SHRECKHISE southridingnurseries.com Manassas Park, VA 20111-4810 – Communications ‘08 @yahoo.com 703-368-7539 Shreckhise Nurseries Piedmont Landscape Assoc Fax:703-368-2894 PO Box 428 DOUG HENSEL Tim Reese [email protected] Grottoes, VA 24441-0428 Beautiful Gardens ‘08 434-295-2159 Great Big Greenhouse & Nrsy 540-249-5761 fax:540-249-5762 [email protected] [email protected] 2051 Huguenot Rd Ex-Officio Richmond, VA 23235-4305 Shenandoah Valley 804-320-1317 Nursery & Greenhouse Assoc MANTS’ DIRECTORS FAX: 804-320-9580 Matt Shreckhise Past President [email protected] 540-249-5761 [email protected] DUANE SHUMAKER ‘06 DOUG HENSEL’92 RSG Landscaping & Lawn Care The Great Big Greenhouse & Nursery PO Box 110 Beautiful Gardens® Concord, VA 24538-0110 2051 Huguenot Rd Educational Advisors 434-993-2753 Richmond, VA 23235-4305 804-320-1317 Plant Introduction Program Fax: 434-993-3489 DR. ROGER HARRIS [email protected] FAX: 804-323-6247 LISA LIPSEY Program Coordinator VA Tech JOHN LANCASTER ‘02 VA Tech Interim Horticulture Dept Head Bennett’s Creek Nursery Dept of Horticulture (0327) Saunders Hall (0327) Executive Director 3613 Bridge Road Blacksburg, VA 24061 Blacksburg, VA 24061-0001 Suffolk, VA 23435-1807 540-231-5451 540-231- 6961 757-483-1425 Fax: 540-231-3083 JEFFREY B. MILLER Fax: 540-231-3083 FAX: 757-483-9058 [email protected] Horticulture Management [email protected] Associates LLC TOM SAUNDERS ’96 DR. BONNIE APPLETON 383 Coal Hollow Road Saunders’ Brothers Inc. Christiansburg, VA 24073-6721 2508 Tye Brook Hwy HRAREC 1-800-476-0055 Piney River, VA 1444 Diamond Springs Rd Fax: 540-382-2716 22964-2301 VA Beach, VA 23455-3363 [email protected] 804-277-5455 757-363-3906 FAX: 804-277-8010 FAX: 757-363-3950 [email protected] VNLAVNLA NewsletterNewsletter May May/June / June 2010 2010 3 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents Ad - Bennett's Creek Nursery ..................................... 37 Ad - Bremo Trees ....................................................... 76 News - Joyce Latimer receives VA Tech's 2010 Ad - Buds & Blooms Nursery .................................... 55 Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence ........ 12 Ad - Cam Too Camellia Nursery ................................ 13 News - OSHA to Increase Inspections & Penalties . 40 Ad - Carolina Bark Products ...................................... 65 News - Recycling Nursery Pots in Richmond ........... 56 Ad - Carolina Nurseries .............................................. 75 News - Social Networking Site for Gardeners ........... 36 Ad - Colonial Farm Credit .......................................... 76 News - The Great Big Greenhouse Sold .................... 8 Ad - Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia ...................... 21 News - VA Tech Horticulture Department ................. 16 Ad - Erle D Anderson Lumber Products..................... 11 News - ValleyCrest settles Ad - Factoring Solutions ............................................. 51 on discrimination case in Virginia................. 16 Ad - Fair View Nursery .............................................. 65 News - Virginia Tech Department of Horticulture .... 15 Ad - Goodson & Associates ........................................ 22 News – VA’s 2007 Green Industry Survey Results .... 61 Ad - Gossett's Landscape Nursery .............................. 57 News - VT Horticulture: NurseryTour ....................... 10 Ad - Griffin Greenhouse and Nursery Supplies.......... 42 News - Why the "Winter Rose" Ad - Guthrie Nursery .................................................. 47 May Grow the Southside Economy ............. 18 Ad - Hanover Farms ................................................... 7 News - VT CALS Dean assumes Ad - Hardwood Mulch ................................................ 45 temporary Leadership of Extension ............. 12 Ad - Hawksridge Farms .............................................. 72 Obituary – Steve Evans .............................................. 22 Ad - Johnston Count Nursery Marketing Asociation.. 59 Tips - Don't Send Money Down the Drain! ............... 44 Ad - Lancaster Farms ................................................. 50 Tips - Planet Crystal Ball Report #29 ........................ 58 Ad - Maryland Plants & Supplies ............................... 19 Tips - VSLD Design .................................................. 42 Ad - Mid-Atlantic Solutions ....................................... 69 Tips - Water Withdrawal Reporting Regulations