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Ptilotus exaltatus Joey

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Benary’s Ptilotus exaltatus ‘Joey’ recently won the Glass Tulip award from FloraHolland in the category of bedding plants.   Benary’s Ptilotus exaltatus ‘Joey’ recently won the Glass Tulip award from FloraHolland in the category of bedding plants. Each year, the FloraHolland flower auction presents the award to the most successful introductions in the categories cut […]

Dwarf Giokumo Cryptomeria

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Giokumo Cryptomeria is an evergreen dwarf Cryptomeria japonica selection with year-round interest introduced by Garden Debut late last year.   Giokumo Cryptomeria is an evergreen dwarf Cryptomeria japonica selection with year-round interest introduced by Garden Debut late last year. This compact, densely pyramidal Japanese Cedar has a vigorous growth rate. Early growth in the first three to […]

Landscape vehicle load safety tips

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By: Andrew Greess Safety is not just a good idea, it’s a great investment. Inattention to safety has huge financial implications: increased expenses (worker’s comp, clean ups, medical bills, lawsuits, repairs, etc.), lost productivity, employee turnover, customer impacts, bad publicity and more. Vehicle load safety in particular includes: visibility; load security; flying objects; and vehicle control […]

Planning for the California Spring Trials

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The horticulture industry’s annual road trip of new varieties takes place next month. The displays have been designed, the speakers have been booked and the new plants are being prepared for their close-ups at this year’s California Spring Trials. The spotlight will shine on 17 stops along more than 400 miles of California highway and […]

Denison Landscaping adds to management team

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  FORT WASHINGTON, MD — Denison Landscaping has announced changes to its management team: Rodrigo Sangy is the new general manager of Denison Maintenance Services, and Jonathan Wright has been promoted to general manager of Denison’s Delaware location. Denison Maintenance was created in 2000 with the purchase of Cust Maintenance Services from brothers John and Lee Howell. […]

ANLA accuses Department of Labor of launching an administrative assault on H-2B

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New rules said to rewrite temporary and seasonal worker programs. The American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) says the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has launched a series of administrative assaults against the H-2 temporary and seasonal worker programs — H-2A for agriculture, H-2B for non-agricultural industries. The programs act as safety nets available to […]

Lawn Dawg continues growth with acquisition of Lush Lawn Service

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Completes fourth deal since 2009 NASHUA, NH — On Feb. 6, Lawn Dawg Inc. announced the acquisition of Lush Lawn Service Inc. The acquisition continues Lawn Dawg’s growth down the east cost into Connecticut and comes just five weeks after Lawn Dawg closed on the acquisition of Capital Green Lawn Care in Rochester, NY. Lush Lawn Care Inc. is […]

Design for sustainability

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The renewed interest in the environment in recent years is not slowing with the pace of the economy. Homeowners and businesses are looking for ways to reduce maintenance and input costs, and a sustainable landscape design is one way to do that. Green roofs are an example of a growth area that owes its popularity […]

2012 PLANET Career Days scheduled for March

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Three-day event allows students to compete in landscape tasks and participate in a career fair. The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) is gearing up for its 36th annual Student Career Days (SCD) to be held March 22–25, 2012, at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS.   SCD is a three-day event for students enrolled in interior […]

ValleyCrest makes executive moves

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Promotes two and adds a senior executive in wake of founder’s death. ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, which bills itself as the largest integrated landscape services company in the U.S., will promote two senior-level executives, and has added another executive to its leadership team. Burton S. Sperber, FASLA, founder and chairman of the Board of Directors of […]

TCIA advises how to keep deer-free landscapes

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Deer damage to ornamental plants is an increasing problem. Deer populations in neighborhoods have grown rapidly due to abandoned farms, hunting restrictions and suburban sprawl. And they are dining on expensive suburban landscapes – especially in areas with heavy snowfall in the woods. In those areas, front and backyard plantings can serve as easy winter […]

Allium Summer Beauty

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Color from an onion? That’s right. Although it is one of the first to come up in spring, Summer Beauty blooms later than other Allium varieties. Its long-lasting lavender-pink globes attract butterflies, but deter deer and rabbits. It grows easily but does not spread because it is sterile. It resists mildew and is drought tolerant, […]

Boxwood Blight Alert

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Pathogen identified in Connecticut, Virginia and North Carolina and feared to be more widespread. Boxwood blight (Cylindrocladium buxicola) has been found in Connecticut, Virginia and North Carolina, and may be more widespread than that. The fungus kills boxwoods, which are often used as landscape hedges. According to ANLA, federal and state plant health officials are considering […]

Blue Palo Verde

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Blue Palo Verde (Cercidium floridum) is a tree that is native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. Blue Palo Verde (Cercidium floridum) is a tree that is native to the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico. It has distinctive blue-green leaves and branches. The branches become covered with small yellow blossoms and seed pods in the […]

Maintain before you dig

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By: Dennis Von Ruden As the last remnants of another winter melt away, another season of landscaping and tree planting is about to begin. Soon it’ll be time to dust off the shovels, wheelbarrows, pruning tools and fertilizer bags. Of more immediate concern, it’s the time of year to attend to some preseason maintenance for various […]

ANLA and OFA form joint venture

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WASHINGTON — OFA — The Association of Horticulture Professionals and the American Nursery and Landscape Association announce the formation of a joint venture, initially focusing on business education and government relations activities. ANLA President Bob Lyons, Sunleaf Nursery (OH), states, “The industry is facing significant opportunities and challenges that require its national trade associations to […]

Researching the box blight pathogen

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HRI accepting donations to combat newly identified pest to the U.S. ornamental industry.   The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) has created the Emerging Issues and Technology Projects Box Blight Fund (EITPBBF), in response to the discovery of the “box blight” pathogen (Cylindrocladium buxicola) in the U.S. The box blight pathogen, also known as box blight, boxwood leaf […]

Changing the way we irrigate, with WaterSense

By Stephanie Tanner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  When water supplies are tight and municipalities are scrambling to find solutions, it’s often easy to target local landscapes with watering restrictions. Nationwide, residential outdoor water use exceeds 7 billion gallons of water each day, most of which is used for landscape irrigation. Experts estimate that as […]

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L.T. Rich Products Z-Spray

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The Z-Spray line of spreader/sprayers provides a wide variety of applications. Spray capacities range from 18 to 75 gallons; fertilizer capacities are from 200 to 300 lbs. All units offer a hydraulic hopper system, varying spray and spread widths, stainless steel chassis, 50-ft. hose reel, GPS speedometer, and a 16-hp Vanguard Commercial engine. A locking […]

ASLA and APLD call for design award entries

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Winning award programs are a great way to market your business. Even if you don’t win, some offer constructive criticism of your landscape designs from the contest judges. Two organizations: the American Society of Landscape Architects (ALSA) and the Association for Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), have issued their call for entries for 2012. Another great […]

How to hire an arborist

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Protect your clients from winter damage. During the winter, deciduous trees are bare. With their entire branch structure visible, it becomes much easier to identify weak branch connections, cracks in limbs, inferior crossing limbs and dead wood. Pruning to remove these branches in winter can avoid serious future damage while improving the health and strength […]

A sustainable approach to large property landscape woes

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Business add-ons: sustainable landscape rehabilitation plans and sustainable landscape maintenance specifications.   Like many of your clients’ properties, a vast number of large private properties in the Bay Area were designed in the 1960s and ’70s, without much thought given to the long-term impacts of their landscape. They are now encountering issues such as overplanting, […]

Awards honor hardscape projects

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Hardscape North America recognizes some amazing hardscape installations. Winners in the 4th Annual HNA Hardscape Project Awards received recognition by their peers along with their awards at the first HNA Hardscape Project Awards breakfast ceremony as part of the Hardscape North America trade show, which was co-located with GIE+EXPO. The Hardscape Project Awards recognize outstanding hardscape […]

Irrigation Association announces 2011–2012 leadership

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FALLS CHURCH, VA. (Dec. 15, 2011) — The Irrigation Association welcomed new board leadership during the General Session of the 2011 Irrigation Show and Innovations in Irrigation Education Conference. The following members represent the new IA Board of Directors: President Phil Burkart, The Toro Company (Riverside, Calif.) President-elect Bob Dobson, Middletown Sprinkler Co. (Port Monmouth, N.J.) Vice […]

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