Propagating Native Plants

When: 7 P.M. September 16, 2004
Where: Idaho Botanical Garden

Some native plants are tough to propagate. Other’s aren’t. Some are best reproduced by division, other by cuttings or seed. Which techniques and timing will best reqard your efforts? How can you overcome the challenges you encounter?
JOE CARTER, President/CEO of Jayker Wholesale Nursery, and MICHELLE RICHMAN, the nursery’s Assistant Grower, will share tips on propagating native plants. Before joining Jayker in 1990, CARTER earned a master’s degree in horticulture, conducted native plant surveys for the BLM and propagated native plants for Plants of the Wild. RICHMAN, who holds degrees in engineering and horticulture, is in charge of propagation at Jayker and heads a special project on water conservation and native plants.
Join us in the cottage inside the garden — through the gate, up the hill and to the left.
UP NEXT (Oct 21) .. THREE PANEL MEMBERS DESCRIBE THEIR BOOTS-ON-THE-GROUND EXPERIENCES WITH GROWING BLUE GRAMA, BUFFALOGRASS AND SHEEP FESCUE LAWNS.