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What's Hot, What's Not

Trend reports make for fascinating reading! One leading trend is horticulture's own, "The Green Industry."

As a plant society, it is important that we gardeners listen to what our industry is saying. Yes, this is what's hot -- one of the more valuable trends.

I present to you several examples as researched by the University of Illinois. They didn't fare very well in the Rose Bowl but here, in GREEN, they are scoring!

Landscaping
  Go Low Maintenance
  Make Carefree Designs
  Use Native Plants/Grasses

General Gardening
  Select Drought-Resistant Plants
  Plug in our "Iron-Clad" Lilies
  Buy ID (Insect-Disease Resistant) Plants

Let's seek to convey such useful information to our fellow gardeners at our bulb sales and educational seminars.

Other Guidelines
  Use Organic Fertilizers and Pesticides
  Opt for Biological Controls
  Be More Selective (Ash Borers like Ash Trees)
  Redesign topography to drain water into collective (low) areas rather than allowing it to rush into storm sewers and flood downstream.

Your Board has The Green Industry on its agenda. I'm betting, too, that Dennis Fitzgibbons incorporates this in his upcoming seminar on March 1. You won't want to miss it.
 
Fred Winterowd

25th ANNIVERSARY
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'Best In Show' Design Division
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Design by Claudia Chopp

'Best In Show' Horticultural Division
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'Emerald Temple' grown by Carol Appelbaum

The Mid America Regional Lily Society is affiliated with the North America Lily Society.