Tennessee Greentimes - Winter 2016

VOL. 17/NO. 4

Winter 2016

Green-Industry Voices:

Garden Trends

Managing (and Living with)

Rose Rosette Virus

Plus, Highlights from the

TN Green Industry Expo

October 6–7, 2016

VOL. 17/NO. 4 •

In the Garden Green-Industry Voices: Garden Trends

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Pest in the Spotlight Managing (and Living with) Rose Rosette Virus

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Recent Event TNLA/HRI Golf Classic — October 4, 2016.................................................................20

Departments From the President, Kim Holden.....................................................................................6 Index of Advertisers.........................................................................................................17 Welcome, New TNLA Members.....................................................................................21 Calendar of Events...........................................................................................................22

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Recent Event Highlights from the TN Green Industry Expo, October 6–7, 2016

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The Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association serves its members in the industry through education, promotion and representation. The statements and opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the association, its staff, or its board of directors, Tennessee GreenTimes, or its editors. Likewise, the appearance of advertisers, or their identification as Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association members, does not constitute an endorsement of the products or services featured in this, past or subsequent issues of this quarterly publication. Copyright ©2016 by the Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association.

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From the President Kim Holden

After

a Great Event,

Moving

TNLA Would like to

Thank

the following companies for being

Membership Sponsors Gold Membership Sponsors Barky Beaver Mulch & Soil Mix, Inc. Blankenship Farms Flower City Nurseries Fuston’s Nursery Monrovia Nufarm Americas, Inc. Putnals Premium Pine Straw, Inc. Randall Walker Farms Samara Farms Southern Ag Swafford Nursery, Inc. Tennessee 811 Warren County Nursery, Inc. Youngblood & Associates, PLLC

Silver Membership Sponsors BWI of Memphis Dayton Bag & Burlap Co. Nashville Landscape Systems, Inc.

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seems like just a few weeks ago that I took the position as president of our association, but as of this December, my one-year term will end. This will be my final letter for our GreenTimes quarterly magazine.

I would like to thank and recognize several people for their contributions to the TNLA. I would like to thank Bob Elliot, our associate director for a two-year term, for his time and dedication, and I would like to thank James Hines, our treasure for a three-year term, also for his time and dedication. We will also be saying goodbye to our past president, Jeff Harrell, who has served the past year as our president ex-officio. This concludes a five-year term on our board for Jeff, and he has served our association well, with many hours of work and a very strong effort to keep our association moving forward.

As of January, our new president for 2017 will be Josh Woodlee. I have gotten to know Josh over the last few years, and I can assure everyone that our association will be in good hands.

The Tennessee Green Industry Expo was held on October 6–7 at the McMinnville Civic Center. This was the joint tradeshow for the TNLA and the MTNA; both associations also had their annual meetings and the awards for the year. You can refer to the article in this issue, on page 18, to see all of TNLA’s award winners for 2016.

In that same article, I would also ask you to look at the listing for the sponsors of our events and to pass on a big thanks to each and every one of them. The number of sponsors and what they provided give me a good feel for the future of our association.

The whole week of events went off with very few problems and seemed to me, as well as others, to be a success. I would like to take the credit for the success, but I must give credit where it is due — the tradeshow committee was the key to the whole event falling into place. They met monthly and put many volunteer hours into planning almost every detail of all the events. I would like to thank Dale Bennett, John Turner, Jon Flanders and Josh Woodlee for a job well done, and I hope they are available for next year.

In closing, I would like to say that it has been a pleasure working for an association that represents our great industry. I really like the people; they are all just like me, and we all have a desire to make things grow and enjoy life. As always, I am only a call or email away.

Kim Holden 2016 TNLA President

The Tennessee Greentimes is the official publication of The Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association, Inc. 115 Lyon Street McMinnville, Tennessee 37110 (931) 473-3951 Fax (931) 473-5883 www.tnla.com Email: mail@tnla.com Published by Leading Edge Communications, LLC 206 Bridge Street Franklin, Tennessee 37064 (615) 790-3718 Fax (615) 794-4524 Email: info@leadingedge communications.com Editors Dr. Bill Klingeman Dr. Amy Fulcher Associate Editors Dr. Donna Fare Dr. Nick Gawel Dr. Frank Hale Dr. John Sorochan TNLA Officers President Kim Holden Holden Nursery 1st Vice President Josh Woodlee David’s Nursery 2nd Vice President Justin Stelter JS Gardening, LLC 3rd Vice President Jon Flanders Botanico, Inc. Secretary-Treasurer James Hines Hale & Hines Nursery Associate Director Bob Elliott Ewing Irrigation Ex-Officio Jeff Harrell Tennessee Valley Nursery Executive Director Louree Walker

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In the Garden

Green-Industry Voices:

Garden Trends

By Andy Pulte, Ph.D., Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee

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UT Gardens is busy at work trialing new plants, helping consumers differentiate between plants that are truly improvements and plants that are just simply new. Meanwhile, landscape designers, retailers and educators around the Southeast have their own perspective on the way the tides are turning in horticulture and the green industry. Here is a look at what many are seeing in the way of gardening and green-industry trends in the region.

Retail

Recently, I spoke to Robyn Brown, buyer and manager at Moore & Moore Garden Center in Nashville, TN. Moore & Moore is a family-owned retail garden center known for its unique selection of plants and pottery. When asked what she was seeing from her customer base in the greater Nashville area, she first pointed out that a large number of her customers wish to “do no harm.” Citing moreeducated consumers who are aware of the environment, Brown said, “They are wanting organic methods when possible, even if it costs them a little more. They are looking for plants with the least impact on the environment and [requiring] the

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least amount of care — not necessarily natives, but plants that are more drought tolerant, less prone to diseases and help wildlife and pollinators, possibly excluding deer. People are busy and want nice gardens, but they haven’t the time to coddle their plants. Right plants, right place.”

Brown also mentioned that this has led to more calls for garden maintenance for exactly the same reasons.

On the retail side, Brown mentioned consumers’ continued interest in food gardening. “Small vegetable gardens still seem to be trending, especially with younger families,” she pointed out. She is seeing couples coming in with their children to pick up some of their child’s favorite food. “Blueberries and strawberries seem to be a big hit,” she commented.

“I love the fact that parents are introducing them to gardening.”

Further discussion with Robyn revealed she is seeing a return to past trends with a more modern feel. “We are seeing a renewed interest in interior gardening by younger clients,” she said. “Tillandsias as well as succulents are big, but they are also buying basic houseplants. These customers are really interested in proper care and exact names.”

Finally, Robyn said, “Whether our

industry wants to believe it or not, trends run from horticulture to fashion. Green is trending, be it the concept or the color.

Natural, organic and earthy — I see it in our industry, and I see it in home décor, and I’m seeing it in women’s fashion as it trends back to the 1960s.”

Robyn was clear that she is seeing at least some younger people shopping at Moore & Moore, but that they need help. So, how do we serve these younger clients? I additionally reached out to industry leader Leslie Halleck, of Halleck Horticulture, in Dallas, TX, about the topic of helping retailers serve younger clients. “You start from the inside out to attract a younger crowd,” Leslie said.

“It takes time to break down the idea that gardening is too much work. There is a gateway to every hobby, and outdoor lifestyle and indoor growing can be the entry point.” Indoor growing seems to be a strong trend that can influence younger consumers.

Landscape design

I also recently spoke with Troy Marden, a garden communicator and landscape designer in the greater Nashville area. I asked him specifically about trends he is seeing on the landscape design side of

things that plant retailers should be aware of as they seek out plants for consumers.

“One of the most important garden trends I see is an interest in plants that have an extended season of interest,” Troy said. “Some that immediately come to mind are shrubs such as the new ‘Ruby Slippers’ oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’), whose flowers emerge green, turn creamy white and eventually age, over a period of two to three months, to a deep red. This extended flowering display is followed by spectacular ruby-red fall foliage color that can last into early December, giving the plant five or six months of interest in the landscape. Other plants that come to mind include the new dark-leaved cultivars of crapemyrtle that give both flower and foliage interest throughout the growing season. An additionally astounding selection of new redbud cultivars has come

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In the Garden Continued to market in recent years, whose leaf colors include gold, orange, burgundy and variegated, and whose growth habits range from upright tree forms to nearly prostrate weeping types. With plants like these and many others, the season of interest in the garden or landscape has been expanded from just a few weeks to several months.”

UT Gardens (State Botanical Garden of Tennessee) and public trial gardens This year, I planted a Straight-8 cucumber in my vegetable garden, a plant that has been a home-garden favorite for years. In fact, it was an All American Selections (AAS) vegetable award winner in 1935. Founded in 1932, AAS is the oldest plant-trialing organization in the country and includes a network of trial gardens across the country. It is designed to provide unbiased information to help the industry and homeowners know what grows best in different regions of the country.

Public gardens should be one of the first places where green-industry professional go to seek out information on new plants. The University of Tennessee Gardens, for example, is a major trialing grounds for plants that may (or may not) find their way onto retail garden-center racks. The UT Gardens in Knoxville has been an AAS trial garden since 1983 and has seen many current garden favorites pass through its garden beds before they were well known.

In 2016, AAS trial program included 45 seed-grown ornamentals, 28 edibles (vegetables), 24 herbaceous perennials and 18 vegetatively grown ornamentals.

UT Gardens previously put more focus on seed-grown ornamentals but has expanded its program to include all of the AAS trial categories. Vegetable trials in Knoxville are headed up by Dr. Natalie Bumgarner.

“Carrying out All-American Selection trials provides a great opportunity to stay engaged with new crops and observe and share emerging trends in the consumer vegetable market,” said Dr. Bumgarner.

“For home gardeners, there is a strong

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focus on novelty to provide crops with traits distinct from those currently on the market. However, through trials, our goal is to evaluate durability and performance in the garden because novelty drives purchases in year one, but performance keeps cultivars on the market.”

At UT Gardens Jackson, garden research horticulturist Jason Reeves displays AAS winners and has been recently impressed with many of the vegetables in the program. “Over the last few years, the number of vegetable winners jumped by leaps and bounds, keeping up with the public’s desire to grow more of their own produce,” he said. “In the last three years, 37 out of 48 AAS winners were vegetables. The 2016 winner ‘Chef’s Choice Green’ tomato has been a big hit by our tasters. Its tangy sweet flavor has just about everyone who has tried it wanting more.”

Assistant Garden Director James Newburn heads up trial programs in Knoxville and is excited about AAS new perennial trials. “One of the most exciting

developments in many years to the AAS testing program is the initiation of perennial trials. This three-year testing program will facilitate in bringing breeder innovations in perennial flowers to the market and home gardener. Improvements in blooming-season length, growth habit and color selection will help, I think, push perennials to the forefront over the next few years. We at UT are excited to be a part of the inaugural group of test gardens in this limited site trial.”

Trial information is already starting to arrive to give growers and consumers information for 2017. For example, a pea named ‘Patio Pride’ has now been listed as a Southeast regional winner. This is a pea that homeowners can grow in containers and harvest at around 40 days.

In the meantime, UT Gardens’ staff is busy at work, caring for and evaluating dozens of varieties as we try to determine the best growers across the state. For more information on All American Selections and to keep up to date on winners visit: http://all-americaselections.org. C

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Pest in the Spotlight

Managing (and Living with)

Rose Rosette Vi r u s

By Mark Windham, Ph.D., Alan Windham, Ph.D., and Frank Hale, Ph.D., Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology, The University of Tennessee Photo

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After initial symptoms of rose rosette disease appear, canes will die during winter months. In this photo of ‘The Fairy’ shrub roses, 100% of plants are symptomatic for rose rosette virus, and cane death was apparent in many shrubs.

All photos by Mark and Alan Windham.

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ose rosette disease is a serious threat to the U.S. rose industry and poses significant challenges to the future use and success of shrub rose plantings in residential and commercial landscapes. In Tennessee alone, this disease has been responsible for the death of thousands of roses (Photo 1) and has led numerous landscapers to abandon the use of shrub roses in their projects.

What causes rose rosette disease?

Rose rosette disease is complex, consisting of a viral plant disease, Rose Rosette Virus (RRV), that is vectored by the eriophyid mite, Phyllocoptes fructiphilus.

Although the disease has been known since the early 1940s, the virus was not fully characterized until 2011. Genetic studies placed the virus in the genus, Emaravirus. Other members in this genus are transmitted only by grafting and possibly by eriophyid mites.

Like other eriophyid mites, P. fructiphilus is very tiny (about the size of a dust particle), conical in shape and wingless, and it has four legs (Photo 2). This mite is known to infest Rosa species and brambles (Rubus species).

What does a plant with rose rosette look like?

Phyllocoptes fructiphilus eriophyid mites are commonly found under immature sepals and at the base of leaves on the stems. In this image, the floral sepals have been peeled away to expose the mites. In the insert, the mites can be seen to be conical in shape, are wingless and have four legs.

Symptoms of rose rosette disease can appear in many forms. The most common symptoms associated with rose rosette are

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The most recognizable symptom of rose rosette virus is a large witch’s broom. The witch’s broom also harbors large populations of the eriophyid mite, Phyllocoptes fructiphilus.

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large witch’s brooms that develop on virus infected plants (Photo 3). These witch’s brooms can be numerous on the same plant and may reach the size of a bushel basket. The weight of the witch’s broom may cause canes on the plant to lean and distort the shrub canopy.

However, for management purposes, an observation of witch’s brooms comes too late to be of practical use. Close discrimination is needed to catch key initial symptoms, including thin (strapped) leaves, increased thorniness of stems, thickening of stems and distortions of flower buds (Photo 4).

Once these symptoms appear, management action is needed to reduce the impact of rose rosette. At this stage, mite populations have not yet increased to the life stage when ballooning (mites moving in air currents) occurs. Infected plants can be removed before they become a source of inoculum for other plants in the bed.

If plants are not culled when symptoms appear, cane and root death will become

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Initial symptoms include (A) unusually thin leaflets, (B) increased stem thorniness, (C) distorted flower buds and (D) thicken stems. If a rose has two or more of these symptoms, it likely is infected with rose rosette virus. For confirmation, contact your county agent.

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apparent in subsequent years. Rose plants usually die within two to five years after symptoms appear.

Where can rose rosette virus hide?

The most common weedy host plant for RRV and P. fructiphilus is Rosa multiflora, multiflora rose or ‘Seven Sisters’.

Multiflora rose can be found in pastures, forested areas and in eroded fields.

During the 1930s, millions of multiflora rose plants were planted in Tennessee for erosion control. This practice also occurred in many other southern states.

A mature multiflora rose plant may produce up to 250,000 seeds annually.

The seeds usually do not germinate as long as seeds are shaded by the mother plant. Still, viable seeds may persist in soil for 20 and more years. This can make eradication of multiflora rose difficult.

In the western U.S., RRV and P. fructiphilus may also be found on Rosa californica and R. woodsii.

Rose rosette virus and P. fructiphilus may also persist for years in large commercial plantings of shrub roses. It is not uncommon to find new outbreaks of rose rosette disease in rose plantings within sight of other roses that have been symptomatic for several years. The virus and mite can also be spread in commerce

through infected/infested plants that do not have symptoms (latent infections).

In the latent condition, plants have been shipped from nurseries in areas where rose rosette was known to be a problem.

Indeed, these hidden infections are considered responsible for outbreaks of rose rosette disease in Florida and Louisiana.

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How can rose rosette virus be managed?

The first step to a rose rosette management plan is early detection. Plants should be inspected on a regular basis (at least monthly) for initial symptoms of rose rosette disease. Plants with at least two of the initial symptoms should be culled, or rogued. Plants adjacent to the location of a rogued plant should be tagged and observed closely for several months.

To prevent mites that carry the virus from spreading to other plants in the garden or landscape bed, plants flagged for removal should first be covered with a large, heavy-gauge plastic bag, with the stem severed at the soil line. After removal of the bagged plant, the root system can be dug and removed, and this portion may remain unbagged. When diseased plants are rogued, not only is the grower removing a source of the virus, but a source of the vector is also destroyed.

Eriophyid mites are more likely to be found in high populations on the witch’s

brooms of infested plants than on healthy foliage. A new rose can be planted in the same site (hole) one week after plant removal.

Miticides (bifenthrin, fenpyroximate, spiromesifen and spirotetramat) have recently been found to prevent rose rosette disease. Consult with your county agent to determine which miticide is labeled for your greenhouse, nursery or landscape roses.

Since the eriophyid mite vector is wingless and passively rides on air currents (ballooning), obstructions such as wood fences, buildings and/or large nonhost plants can serve as a barrier that will intercept mites ballooning on air currents.

From our recent work, green barriers of Miscanthus sinensis that were planted on the windward side of rose beds reduced rose rosette incidence by 77%. Barriers, by themselves, will not prevent the introduction of rose rosette disease into a garden, yet they may reduce the rate of spread of the virus.

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Research plots located at the University of Tennessee Plateau Research and Education Center located near Crossville, TN. Current research includes screening roses for resistance to rose rosette virus and the mite that vectors the virus, efficacy and application timing of miticides, mite ecology and effectiveness of antiviral compounds.

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We also evaluated pruning to manage RRV. When symptomatic canes were pruned (removed at detection of initial symptoms), symptoms did not reappear in the pruned plants for at least 12 months among 68% of pruned plants. If symptomatic canes are allowed to persist on the plants for 4 to 6 weeks after detection, then 72% of the pruned plants developed symptoms of rose rosette disease within one year.

Despite some reductions in RRV persistence that occurred when diseased canes were pruned, attempting to save diseased plants by pruning out diseased canes is recommend only if the rose cultivar is rare or the plant has extreme sentimental value (i.e., the only surviving clone of “great grandmother’s rose”). When a plant is rescued from rose rosette disease via pruning, the plant should be quarantined for at least one year. If symptoms reappear, the plant should be destroyed.

Who is working on rose rosette virus, and where can I get more information?

In 2014, the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative funded a multidisciplinary grant on rose rosette disease for five years. This proposal is headquartered at Texas A&M University and also includes scientists with USDA-ARS, University of Arkansas, University of Delaware, University of Florida, Oklahoma State University and University of Tennessee. The role of the University of Tennessee is to evaluate Rosa species, rose cultivars and rose seedlings from breeding efforts (currently more than 450 entries in a replicated trial, see Photo 5), testing new miticides for control of rose rosette disease, determining optimum rates and timing of application of miticides for maximum control, evaluating novel antiviral compounds for their success in imposing immunity to naturally susceptible plants and to study mite ecology.

As new strategies to manage rose rosette disease are developed, they are first reported on the Combating Rose Rosette Facebook page (https://www.facebook. com/CombatingRoseRosette/). C

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Smith Seed Services..................................................................................22 www.smithseed.com

Surface Nursery Inc...................................................................................11 www.surfacenursery.com

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Thomas Nursery..........................................................................................22 www.thomasnurserytrees.com

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Recent Event

Highlights from the

Tennessee Green Industry Expo October 6–7, 2016 • McMinnville Civic Center • McMinnville, TN Congratulations to TNLA’s 2016 Award Winners!

Presented on October 7 during the TNLA Annual Business Meeting. (Shown below with 2016 TNLA President Kim Holden.)

Retailer of the Year Boyd & Boyd Nursery McMinnville, TN (Tommy Boyd, accepting the award)

Landscape Contractor of the Year Puryear Farms Gallatin, TN (John Puryear, accepting the award)

Young Nursery Professional of the Year Cody Walker Walker Nursery • Morrison, TN

Committee Chair of the Year John Turner Turner & Son’s Nursery McMinnville, TN

Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Bob Flanders Botanico, Inc. McMinnville, TN

Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Mack Harney, Jr. Harney’s Nursery Smithville, TN

Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Aaron Swafford Swafford Nursery, Inc. McDonald, TN

Wholesale Nurseryman of the Year Matt Dawson Samara Farms Nashville, TN

William James “Bill” Reilly Jr. Salesperson of the Year David Woodlee TN Valley Tractor & Equipment McMinnville, TN

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Congratulations to Our Booth Winners

1st Place Green Goods winner: Magness Nursery McMinnville, TN

2nd Place Green Goods winner: Turner & Son’s Nursery Smithville, TN

3rd Place Green Goods winner: Florida Cool Rings/ Butler Tree Farm Lakeland, FL

1st Place Hard Goods winner: General Equipment Co. McMinnville, TN

2nd Place Hard Goods winner: Tennessee Valley Tractor & Equipment McMinnville, TN

3rd Place Hard Goods winner: Wacker Neuson Menomonee Falls, WI

Thanks to Our TNGIE Sponsors!

Gold

Bronze

Farm Credit Mid-America TN Dept. of Agriculture

BASF Cedar Valley Nurseries Cedarwood Nursery Cherokee Manufacturing Classic Groundcovers Dutchman/ Newby Tree Farm Eason Horticultural Resources Eller Trees, LLC

Silver Bert Driver Nursery Boyd & Boyd Nursery Botanico, Inc. Dry Shave Mountain Nursery Pleasant Cove Nursery Southern Agricultural Insecticides

Evins Mill Nursery Faron Green Nursery Harrell’s Fertilizer, LLC Mary’s Greenhouse NYP Corp.

Rusty Mangrum Nursery Simpson Nurseries Trivett’s Nursery Turner & Son’s Nursery

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Recent Event

Thanks to Our TNGIE Exhibitors!

Anderson Mulch & Soil, LLC Arrowhead Ornamentals Barky Beaver Mulch & Soil Blade Hulk Blankenship Farms & Nursery Botanico, Inc. Boyd & Boyd Nursery Bradford Farms Briggs Nursery BWI Companies Cam Too Camellia Nursery Cedar Valley Nurseries Cedarwood Nursery Cherokee Manufacturing Cinch Packaging Classic Groundcovers, Inc. Cowart Mulch Products, Inc. Dayton Bag & Burlap Decker’s Nursery Don Yancy & Son’s Nursery Douglas & Lanier Agency, Inc. Dow AgroSciences Dry Shave Mountain Nursery Dutchman Tree Spade Dykes & Son Nursery Ellepot USA Eller Trees, LLC Ewing Irrigation Fall Creek Nursery Farm Credit Mid-America Florida Cool Rings/ Butler Tree Farm Forest Nursery Co., Inc. General Equipment Co. Georgia Green Industry Assn.

Great Lakes Fastening Green Earth Solar Greenleaf Nursery Co., Inc. Griffin Greenhouse Supplies GrowTech Solutions, LLC Guerva Nursery Hale & Hines Nursery Co. Hans Nelson & Sons Nursery

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Harrell’s Haston Farm Nursery Herd Farms Nursery Heritage Farms Hidden Valley Nursery, LLC Homeland Community Bank ITB Co./Birchmeier Jimmy Boyd Nursery JSC Nursery Kenneth Myers & Sons Nursery Kinsey Gardens, inc.

Lightwave Solar Liners USA Little River Nursery Co. LMN Magness Nursery MASLabor H-2A, LLC McMinnvilleWarren County Medley’s Nursery Middle Tennessee Nursery Assn.

Mid-South Nursery Mingo Nursery Mize Farm & Garden Morton’s Horticultural Products Musser Forests, Inc. National Nursery Products, Inc. Native Forest Nursery Nufarm Americas Nursery Supplies, Inc. NYP Corp.

Odom Nursery Company OHP Pack Manufacturing Co., Inc. Panter & Sunderland Nursery Pattillo Tree Farm, LLC Plant & Supply Locator PlantANT Pleasant Cove Nursery, Inc. Power Equipment Company Prichard’s Nursery Equipment ProSolutions Randall Walker Farms Ray Bracken Nursery, Inc.

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Richey Nursery Company, LLC Rubley’s Nursery Rusty Mangrum Nursery Samara Farms Scenic Hills Nursery Select Seedlings Shady Rest Nursery Shahan Nursery Simpson Nurseries SiteOne Landscape Supply Sleepy Hollow Nursery Southern Agricultural Insecticides Specialty Tag & Label, Inc. Spring Creek Nursery Starling Nursery Steve Myers & Son Nursery Stewart’s Nursery Superior Trees, Inc. Surface Nursery, Inc. Swan Mill Nursery Tennessee 811 Tenn. Dept. of Agriculture Marketing Tenn. Dept. of Agriculture/ Plant Certification Tenn. Nursery & Landscape Assn.

Tenn. State University Research Center Tenn. Turfgrass Association Tenn. Valley Nursery, Inc. Tenn. Valley Tractor & Equipment The Greenhouse Company of South Carolina The HC Companies Thomas Nursery Trademark Printing Tri-County Rental Center Tupper Tree Farm Turner & Son’s Nursery Underwood True Value Hardware & Nursery Supply Wacker Neuson Walker Nursery Company West Tennessee Forest Seed Wilcher’s Nursery, LLC Youngblood & Assoc., PLLC, Immigration Attorneys Zenport Industries

Thanks to Our TNLA/ HRI Golf Classic Sponsors, (held October 4 at the McMinnville Country Club) Botanico, Inc. Bouldin’s Gateway Tire Dayton Bag & Burlap Co. Denning & Cantrell CPAs, PLLC East Jordan Plastics Florikan ESA, LLC Griffin Greenhouse Supplies Hale & Hines Nursery Co. Hans Nelson & Sons Nursery, Inc. Hillis Trucking Huff & Puff Trucking John Holmlund Nursery, LLC Mize Farm & Garden Nursery Supplies, Inc. Pleasant Cove Nursery, Inc. Randall Walker Farms Riverbend Nurseries, LLC Samara Farms Security Federal Savings Bank Swafford Nursery, Inc. Tennessee Valley Nursery Tennessee Valley Tractor Walker Nursery Co.

New TNLA Members

Welcome, TNLA New Members!

ACTIVE MEMBER Youngblood Farms Keith Youngblood 661 South Fair Street Morrison, TN 37357

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Dow AgroSciences Jordan Symon P.O. Box 94591 Atlanta, GA 30377 ProSolutions, LLC Lenzi Long 2966 Hillsboro Highway Manchester, TN 37355 Vermeer Heartland Ryan Vande Kamp 1600 Heil Quaker Blvd.

LaVergne, TN 37086 Youngblood & Associates, PLLC Immigration Attorneys Kara Youngblood​ 203 E. Morford Street McMinnville, TN 37110

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Calendar of Events

January 9–11

51st Annual TTA Conference and Tradeshow (TN Turfgrass Assn.)

Embassy Suites Hotel Murfreesboro, TN Contact: (615) 790-8600 www.ttaonline.org

January 11–13

Mid-America Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD Contact: (800) 431-0066 www.mants.com

January 16–18

MGIX (formerly CENTS) Midwest Green Industry Xperience (Ohio Nursery & Landscape Assn.)

Greater Columbus Conv. Cntr.

Columbus, OH Contact: (800) 825-5062 www.centshow.org

January 16–20

Green & Growin’ Show (NC Nursery & Landscape Assn.)

Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel and Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Contact: (919) 816-9119 www.ncnla.com

January 25–26

KNLA Spring Training & Showplace (KY Nursery & Landscape Assn.)

Ramada Plaza Hotel Louisville, KY Contact: (502) 320-3733 Email: mail.knla@gmail.com

February 1–3

SC Horticulture Industry Trade Show & Seminars (SC Nursery and Landscape Assn.)

Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC Contact: (803) 743-4284 www.scnla.com

February 1–3

iLandscape 2017 (the Illinois and Wisconsin Landscape Show) Schaumburg Convention Center Schaumburg, IL Contact: (630) 472-2851 www.ilandscapeshow.com

June 20

TN Green Industry Field Day Univ. of Tennessee Gardens Knoxville, TN

July 15–18

Cultivate ‘17 AmericanHort Next Level (formerly ANLA and OFA) Columbus, OH www.americanhort.org

OCTOBER 5–6

Tennessee Green Industry Expo To be held in conjunction with The Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (MTNA) Civic Center McMinnville, TN Contact: (931) 473-3951 Fax: (931) 473-5833 Email: mail@tnla.com www.tngie.com

October 20–24, 2018

International Plant Propagators’ Society January 25–27 Conference and WINTERgreen 2017 Nursery Tours (Georgia Green Industry Assn.) Chattanooga, TN Infinite Energy Center www.ipps.org Duluth, GA Email: info@ggia.org www.ggia.org

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