Page 5 - Free State Spring 2022 - June FINAL

Contents

9 THIS BUSINESS OF OURS Mike Hemming
Taking in Some History on the East Coast

14 TOTAL PLANT MANAGEMENT Stanton Gill
Ilex in the Nursery – Fits in an IPM Approach
17 GROWING FORWARD Leslie Hunter Cario
Connecting with the Holly Society of America

24 MNLGA ANNUAL MEETING
page 9
26 MANTS RECAP Kelly Finney
MANTS Means Business Face to Face
37 FEATURED MEMBER Carol Kinsley
American Native Plants

40 MNLGA MEMBERS WELL REPRESENTED AT MANTS

44 AMERICANHORT
page 26 page 40 News from the Hill

46 GROWING WITH EDUCATION Ginny Rosenkranz
Hellebores are Not Easy to Overlook

56 IT’S TIME FOR SHARING Jerry Faulring
What’s Up (or down) with the Root Flare?

60 CHESAPEAKE GREEN RECAP Chelsea Bailey

DEPARTMENTS
page 17 4 President’s Message
6 Director’s Message
page 46 page 56 8 Association Officers
8 Directory of Advertisers
33 Obituary
34 Industry News
36 CPH
43 Annual MNLGA Sponsors
64 Maryland Green Industry Calendar of Events
66 New Members
70 Affinity Programs
71 MNLGA Mission Statement
73 MNLGA Chairs and Committees
73 MNLGA Board of Directors

Executive Director: Vanessa A. Finney
ON THE COVER: Quercus Management Staff: E. Kelly Finney, Chelsea Bailey, and Michelle Paris
MNLGA Member, Brittany Lefebvre of Schott Nurseries at MANTS 2022 Phone: 410-823-8684 | Fax: 410-296-8288 | E-mail: office@mnlga.org
Web: mnlga.org | Free State e-mail: freestate@mnlga.org
See the more photos of members beginning on page 40.
Design: Gregory J. Cannizzaro Graphic Design (contact information page 21)
© 2022 Maryland Nursery, Landscape and Greenhouse Association, Inc.
Get Active. Stay Involved. • SPRING 2022 5