48th Annual Meeting of the IPPS Western Region
October 17-30, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The Jungle Session - Plants for the Northwest Tropics
How do we get new bamboos?
Ned Jaquith - Bamboo Garden Nursery
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Propagation: It's the Name of the Game (and the Society) - Part I
Keynote Address: Used to the Propagator Ferris Wheel? Get Ready for a Rock Ride
Mark Krautmann - Heritage Seedlings
The Fine Art of Budding
Carlton Davidson - Carlton Plants
Conifer Seedling Propagation and Production
Jim Fischer - Silver Mountain Tree Farm
The "-ions" of Efficiency, a State of Mind
Don Merrick - Spada Nursery
Mining the Rockies for Plants:
Things to consider
Bill Barnes - Lorax Farms
Propagation : It's the Name of the Game (and the Society) - Part II
Green Roofs and the Propagator
Dr. David Beattie - Penn State University (Emeritus)
Propagating with Controlled Release Fertilizer
Sam Drahn - Bailey Nurseries
Daphne Propagation
Jerry Simnitt - Simnitt Nursery
Layering: Almost a Lost Art
Mike Anderson - Carlton Plants
Respecting Intellectual Property, Some Advice for Professional Propagators
Michael Remmick - Chile
October 19, 2007
Propagation Efficiency and Technique - Part I
Edward H. Scanlon (1903 –1976): Advocate for Noteworthy Urban Trees
Phil Barker- USDA (Retired)
Propagation Efficiencies to Stick Two Million Cuttings per Week
Jim Booman - Booman Floral
Ekstrom Nursery’s Toys:
Tools used for our narrow row nursery that make the job more efficient
Jim Ekstrom - Ekstrom Nursery
CRF in PNW Horticultural Propagation & Liner Production
George Bear - APEX Professional Products
Soil Fumigation with Metam-Sodium at Lawyer Nursery
Bob Buzzo - Lawyer Nursery
Propagation Efficiency and Technique - Part II
A Closer look at the EdaphicEnvironment?
Jim Owen - OSU NWREC
From Lemons to Lemonade: Carlton's Composting Program
Allan Elliott - Carlton Plants
It's a Jungle In There: Who's Living In Your Soil?
Walter Suttle - Monrovia
October 20, 2007
Plants by Discovery, Design and Selection
Plant Breeding Primer
Steve McCulloch - Mountain Shadow Nursery
Sure They Will Grow Here: Evaluating Hebe, Ceanothus and Cistus in Western Oregon
Neil Bell - OSU Extension
Pieris Breeding — Continuing the Legacy of Dr. Robert Ticknor
Sven Svenson — HortSolutions LLC
History and Update on the World of Hellebores
John Elsley - Songsparrow Nursery
Plant Select®
And
Denver Botanic Gardens
Mike Bone - Denver Botanic Garden
Plant Exploration in Tibet and China
Steve Hootman - Rhododendron Species Foundation
Nuggets of Knowledge
Neil Funston - Cornflower Farms
Cynthia Garcia - Carlton Plants
Eric Hammond - Heritage Seedlings
Patrick Peterson - Marion Ag
Jason Julian and Jennifer Blanchard - Monrovia
Steve Hottovy -Beyond Green
Valerie Sikkema - Van Belle Nursery
Mike Anderson - Carlton Plants
Randy Murphy - Bailey Nurseries
Jeff Stoven - Bailey Nurseries
Jill Cross - Classical Farms
Verl Holden - Holden Wholesale
Don Ekstrom - Ekstrom Nursery