2004
APS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA
Ornamental Tour
Sponsored by the Diseases of Ornamental Plants Committee
Jan Hall, Paul Eche Ranch;
Stephen Wegulo, UC Riverside;
& John Kabashima, UC
Orange County; tour leaders
Pictures and captions by John Hartman,
University of Kentucky
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| Bordiers Nursery, Inc. | |
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| Mechanized growing media mixing and potting area for hundreds of acres of container nursery stock. | Topiary plants and water recycling holding pond. |
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| Part of APS ornamentals tour group and mode of transport at nursery. | Arbor vitae and surrounding nursery stock. |
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Poinsettia greenhouse. (left) |
| El Modino Gardens, Inc. | |
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| View of annuals and perennials in bloom. | APS ornamentals tour group. |
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| Nursery stock and sprinkler irrigation. All water is collected and reused so none gets into the Upper Newport Bay watershed. | Duckweed in irrigation run-off collection basin. Duckweed consumes fertilizers and, if healthy indicates low Pythium levels in run-off water. |
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| Irrigation run-off collection basin. The system of water recycling was devised with help from the University of California Cooperative Extension Service. | Collection basin overflows into a channel filled with potted canna plants which use more of the water and fertilizers. |
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| Potted cannas growing in irrigation run-off water. | Note the small quantity of water running from the irrigation run-off holding pond into the run-off channel. This small trickle of water is typical for the irrigation practice used at this nursery. |
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Final plastic-lined holding pond with duckweed containing all the run-off water from acres and acres of irrigated nursery stock. This water is pumped into a tanker truck and spread on the nursery roadways for dust abatement. Thus, no nursery irrigation run-off appears outside the nursery. (left) |
| Hines Horticulture, Inc. | |
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| Leaf tip necrosis on clematis. | Leaf spot on bulb stock. |
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Nursery plants under a huge shade cloth structure. (left) |
| Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve | |
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| Upper Newport Bay and Pacific Ocean in the distance. | Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, built underground and into the side of the hill. |
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Estuary and wildlife from bus window. (left) |
| Roger's Gardens | |
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| Upscale garden center serving Newport Beach region of Orange County. Rose sales and display area. | Garden center display gardens. |
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Garden center pergola and plants for sale. (left) |
| Web page by Mike Benson | |