SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

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Status: Approved

Basic Information

Project No. and Title: OLD SERA27 : Nursery Crop and Landscape Systems (IEG-63)
Period Covered: 10/01/2013 to 09/01/2014
Date of Report: 08/19/2014
Annual Meeting Dates: 06/03/2014 to 06/06/2014

Advisor(s) Patricia Knight (Mississippi State University) Regina Bracy (LSU AgCenter, Hammond Research Station, Louisiana State University) Representatives Matt Chappell (Extension, University of Georgia) Gary Bachman (Extension, Mississippi State University) Win Dunwell (Extension, University of Kentucky) Allen Owings (Extension, Louisiana State University) Ed Bush (Research, Louisiana State University) Yan Chen (LSU AgCenter, Hammond Research Station, Louisiana State University) Jim Robbins (Extension, University of Arkansas) Gary Knox (Extension, University of Florida) Mike Arnold (Research, Texas A&M University) Gene Blythe (Research, Mississippi State University) Zhanao Deng (Research, University of Florida) Geoff Denny (Mississippi State University)

Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

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[Minutes]

Accomplishments

The 2nd Annual Lecture was held at the Hammond Research Station, Hammond, LA. One hundred and five people attended. Sixty percent of attendees were industry, and 40% were home gardeners/Master Gardeners. Attendees were most interested in magnolias and camellias and indicated that they were very likely to use the information. Industry attendees indicated that they received a positive economic impact from attending. The SERA27 website is up-to-date. Hemerocallis 'Big John' was distributed. Amsonia 'Big John', Muhlenbergia capillaris 'Purple Haze', Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Gregem', Hibiscus syriacus 'DS01BS', Hydrangea macrophylla 'Grenan', Lagerstroemia 'GA 0804', Ophiopogon jaburan 'DOCF', Callicarpa rubella, and Camellia sp. were approved for evaluation in 2014. Centaurea gymnocarpa was approved for evaluation in 2015.

Impacts

Hemerocallis ?Suburban Nancy Gale? was distributed for evaluation at the meeting with nine additional plants scheduled for distribution to cooperators.
The 2nd Annual Lecture sponsored by SERA27 was held following the annual meeting in Hammond, LA. One hundred and five people attended. Eighty-six attendees were involved in the nursery, landscape, garden center industry while 19 were home gardeners or Master Gardeners.
Lecture attendees were surveyed to determine their interest in horticultural topics including xeric and saline landscape plant development, plants from the Big Bend trials, or magnolias and camellias. Magnolias and camellias received a high interested, followed by big bend plants, and xeric and saline landscape plant development. All attendees indicated that the topics were very interesting with magnolias and camellias having the highest level of usefulness.
Lecture attendees all indicated a positive economic impact from attending the lectures.

Publications

None.

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