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