Some new plants to keep an eye 

 out for include a new purple 

 coneflower, Echinacea purpurea 

 'Rubenstern,' that was just starting 

 to break into the market. It has 

 very thick stems, huge intense 

 blossoms, and the best overall ap- 

 pearance of any echinacea I have 

 ever seen. It will be introduced 

 into the United States in the next 

 couple years and I suspect it will 

 become the standard. 



Another good plant was Orig- 

 anum 'Rosenkopel.' Currently, the 

 only ornamental oregano com- 

 monly available is 'Herrenhausen,' 

 a beautiful and under-used plant 

 with dark foliage and dark pink 

 flowers blooming throughout of 

 the summer. 'Rosenkopel' has all 

 these attributes, but its blooms are 

 nearly twice the size. I suspect this 

 plant will enter the American mar- 

 ket in the next few years as well. 



Plants of particular interest to me 

 were some of the species of Dryas, a 

 circumpolar evergreen plant with 

 anemone-like blooms and cloudy- 

 looking seed heads. It forms a nice 

 groundcover and we are going to try 

 to get some of these and see how 

 well they do in New Hampshire. 



I came home well-fed and with 

 my head swimming with new ideas 

 on plants and systems. It was an 

 experience-of-a-lifetime. I would 

 encourage anyone to do sort of 

 thing — for the fun of it and for 

 the endless educational possibilities. 



Peter van Berkum is co-owner of 

 Van Berkum Nursery, Deerfield. 



Winter/Spring Horticulture Courses 

 at the Thompson School 



T'he Thompson School at UNH offers a wide selection of courses 

 in ornamental horticulture, a portion of which are listed below. 

 Note that some may have prerequisites (experience or course work). 

 The spring semester runs from January 19 through May 10, 1999. 

 Half-term 1 runs from January 19 through March 12; half-term 2, 

 March 22 through May 10. 



HT227B Horticultural Facilities Management M 8-9 2 cr 

 HT234 



HT236 



Pest Management: Diseases TTh 5:40-7pm; one lab: 7-9pm 



(half-term 1) 2 cr 



Pest Management: Insects MWF 10-11; lab: Th 10-12 or 2-4 



(half-term 2) 2 cr 



Floral Design: Weddings TTh 5:40-8pm (half-term 2) 2 cr 



New Directions in Floral Design TTh 5:40-8pm (half-term 1) 2 cr 



Flower Show Design and Construction T 12-1 1 cr 



HT244 



HT246 



HT250 



HT256 Horticultural Pruning F 2-5 2 cr 



HT258 Herbaceous Ornamental Plants Th 10-12 2 cr 



HT261 Interior Plants and Plantscaping T 12:30-3:30 2 cr 



HT266 Garden Design and Culture W 10-12, 1-4 (half-term 2) 2 cr 



HT268 Sustainable Planting Design T 2-5 2 cr 



HT272 Landscape Design Studio F 12-5 4 cr 



HT276 Bedding Plant Production W 10-12, 1-4 (half-term 1) 2 cr 



HT280 Garden Center Management M 10-12, 1-4 (half-term 2) 2 cr 



HT284 Nursery Production and Management M 10-12, 1-4 



(half-term 2) 2 cr 



HT 288 Horticultural Business Management MW 6-8pm 4 cr 



You can enroll by phoning the Division of Continuing Education at 

 603-862-2015. For information on course content, the part-time 

 associate's degree program, or the diploma in landscape horticulture, 

 call 603-862-1035. Additional horticulture courses are offered at the 

 UNH Department of Plant Biology. 



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