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Presentations from 2008 IPPS Annual Meeting in Denver, CO

Part 1: Plants and Horticulture of the Rocky Mountains

The Nursery Business in the Rocky Mountain Region Yesterday & Today
Kelly Grummons, Timberline Gardens

Colorado Natives and Their Applications
Dan Johnson, Denver Botanic Gardens

Propagating a Botanic Garden: The Mount Goliath Project
Mike Bone, Denver Botanic Gardens

The Hardy Boy Trial Program
Al Gerace, Welby Gardens

Concurrent Session: Joint East-West Session
Production Ideas that Make a Difference


New Research in the Use of Mycorrhizae for Nursery Production
Lea Corkidi, Tree of Life Nursery

New Chemical Tools for Control of Plant Diseases
Ann Chase, Chase Horticultural Research

Concurrent Session: Western Region
Mining the West Slope and the Pacific for New Ideas


Propagating Northwest Natives
Robert Buzzo, Lawyer Nursery

Southwestern Natives: Propagation and Introduction
George Hull, Mountain States Wholesale Nursery

Propagation Protocol for Several CA Native Species
Neal Funston, Cornflower Farms

Creative Germination Techniques for Difficult Seeds
Mark Krautmann, Heritage Seedlings Inc.

Tissue Culture for Challenging Woody Plants
Lynne A. Caton, Briggs Nursery, Inc.

Propagating Grasses, Rushes, and Sedges
John Low, Sempervirens Botanical Company

Propagating Arctostaphylos and Ceanothus
Nevin Smith, Suncrest Nurseries, Inc.

Part 1: The Lure of the Mountains

Bringing Alpines Down to Earth
Kirk Fieseler , Laporte Avenue Nursery

Bringing New Plants from Japan
Douglas Justice, U.B.C. Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research

Part 3: Some Genera of Interest

Propagating Japanese Maples
Guy Meacham, J. Frank Schmidt and Son Co.