Standing water can encourage diseases and create a poor environment for plant roots and microbes
New frontiers for Japanese snowbells
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Meet the leader: Sam Pohlschneider
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— PostedWhat is your background? Worked on the family grass seed farm growing up. Graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in agriculture. Interned at Bailey Nursery in Yamhill, Oregon, in the summer of 1996. After graduating from OSU, went to work at Marion Ag Service as a crop adviser for 4 years. Then, went […]
Some lesser-known trees to consider
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Make the first move
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— PostedThe most important lesson I learn during my visit to JLPN is to be proactive with your customers.
March 2025: The Perennial Issue
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— PostedThis month’s issue is focused on providing growers with new ideas on perennials and their production, and ideas to help nurseries boost the bottom line.
A trade war would be costly
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— PostedAgriculture groups have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s tariff plans could put U.S. farmers in the crosshairs of retaliatory tariffs.
New tools in the battle against thrips
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Nurseries reap the benefits of benchmarking
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Breeders respond to rising demand with an Echinacea explosion
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— PostedThe iconic native plant with star appeal has become the emblem of the pollinator gardening movement, and the cultivars just keep coming.