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Cooperative effort. The Landscape Plant Development Center, headquartered in Mound, Minn., is a nonprofit organization with research stations in Donald, Ore. and Lake Elmo, Minn. Sarah Doane is the station manager in Donald, Ore. The center also partners with several universities, including Washington State University – Puyallup, where Rita Hummel performs intensive Pyrus studies. The center develops and evaluates plants that are adapted in different geographic regions. Breeding projects include Pyrus, Carpinus, maple, mountain ash, clematis, Weigela, Diervilla, Buddleia and oak. The center has introduced ‘Center Glow’ ninebark, ‘Silver Ball’ pear, ‘Center Star’ clematis and ‘Cool Splash’ diervilla. 
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The author is editor of Nursery Management magazine. Send her an e-mail at krodda@gie.net. |
Researchers at the Landscape Plant Development Center are in the business of stressing out. It’s not the hours or the workload. They’re putting plants through the rigors of environmental and biological stresses and looking for the most tolerant selections.
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