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Perennial Conference 



The University of Connecticut is 

 sponsoring a "Perennial Plant Con- 

 ference" to be held at the University 

 of Connecticut on Tuesday, March 

 18, 2003. This year's conference 

 will be held at the Lewis B. Rome 

 Commons on the Storrs campus. 



This all day educational confer- 

 ence will address a wide range of 

 topics focusing on herbaceous peren- 

 nial production, landscape design 

 and gardening. Topics were selected 

 to appeal to nursery and greenhouse 

 producers, retail garden centers, and 

 professional landscapers and design- 

 ers. Two concurrent educational ses- 

 sions will feature naturally recog- 

 nized speakers from both industry 

 and academia. 



Among the speakers at the confer- 

 ence is Pam Duthis, from the Gifted 

 Gardener in Northbrook, IL. Her 

 current book "Continuous Bloom" 

 which won the Benjamin Franklin 

 Award for best new garden book of 

 the year in 2001 will be for sale at 

 the conference. Pam will be speaking 

 on "Designing for Continuous Bloom" 

 and "A Garden for all Seasons: De- 

 signing the Mixed Border." Gordon 

 Haywood, from Haywood Gardens 

 in Putney, VT will dsicuss "The Uses 

 of Stone in the Garden." He is author 

 of the book Stone in the Garden that 

 will also be available for purchase at 

 the conference. Holly Shimizu, Ex- 

 ecutive Director of the US Botanic 

 Garden in Washington, DC will be 

 speaking on "Herbs as Ornamentals." 

 Pierre Bennerup, from Sunny Border 

 Nursery in Kensington, CT will dis- 

 cuss "Color in the Garden " and 

 "Promising New Perennials." Robert 

 Herman from Uncommon Plants in 

 New Hartford, CT will be speaking 

 on "Asters." Brain Corr from the Ball 



Horticultural Company will be 

 speaking on "Developing Perennial 

 Cultivars for the Market." Bob 

 Solberg, from Green Hill Farm in 

 Chapel Hill, North Carolina will 

 I discuss "Selecting the Best New Hos- 

 tas for the Garden Center and 

 Landscape. " Leo Blanchette from 

 Blanchette Gardens in Carlisle, MA 

 will be speaking on "Propagation of 

 Perennials. " John Bartok, Professor 

 Emeritus, from the University of 

 Connecticut Cooperative Extension, 

 will be speaking on "Insect Pest Man- 

 agement for Herbaceous Perennials. " 



A pre-registration fee of $60 per 

 person is due by March 11'*'. If re- 

 ceived after March 1 1 '** the fee is 

 $70.00 per person. Please make 

 checks payable to the University of 

 Connecticut. Included in the cost of 

 admission: an information packet, 

 lunch, opportunity to purchase 

 autographed books and pesticide re- 

 certification credit for attendees 

 from CT, RI, MA, ME, NH, and 

 VT (pending state approval). Or 

 visit our web site at http:// 

 www.hort.uconn.edu/ppc 



For more information contact Dr. 

 Mark Brand at 860-486-2930 or 

 email: mark.brand@uconn.edu 

 UCONN Press Release, Mark Brand 



2003-2004 Floriculture Guide 



The 2003-2004 New England 

 Greenhouse Floriculture Guide is 

 now available through the Extension 

 Service at New England State Uni- 

 versities. This Guide is prepared ev- 

 ery two years and published by New 

 England Floriculture Inc. in coop- 

 eration with the six New England 

 State Universities. 



This reference guide includes cur- 

 rently labeled products used in the 

 greenhouse production of ornamen- 

 tal plants. The insect management 

 section covers new insect biological 



control information and has been 

 expanded to include "Bio Control of 

 Aphids, Fungus Gnats, Mites, 

 Thrips, and Whiteflies". The Guide 

 also includes complete information 

 on growth regulators, weed control, 

 and disease management of green- 

 house crops. 



The Guide is prepared by faculty 

 and staff involved in floriculture re- 

 search and extension at the six New 

 England State Universities. 

 New England Floriculture Press 

 Release 



Simply Beautiful "stars" in 

 two new DIY Cable Shows 



This year the buzz around Simply 

 Beautiful will be coming from more 

 than just the bees as our easy care 

 line of annuals are the star plants 

 on the two new gardening series on 

 the Do It Yourself Network (DIY). 



Simply Beautiful is being featured 

 in a total of 26 half-hour gardening 

 shows on DIY — 13 Weekend Land- 

 scaping and 13 Weekend Gardening 

 shows. Each show is expected to 

 reach 10 million cable viewers. 

 More importantly for Simply Beau- 

 tiful, both program hosts will direct 

 viewers to the DIY website, 

 (www.diynet.com), which currently 

 attracts 5 million hits per month. 

 There Ball is featured as a plant 

 source with hot links to www. 

 simplybeautifulgardens.com. 



Weekend Landscaping with host 

 Mayita Dinos, began featuring Sim- 

 ply Beautiful in its two-part "French 

 Kitchen Garden" on November 13. 

 Weekend Gardening with Maureen 

 Gilmer will begin airing in January 

 2003. Network executives expect 

 hits at diynet.com to quadruple 

 when both new series begin airing. 

 By the end of 2003, DIY viewership 

 is forecasted to reach 20 million. 



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