What’s Growing On

March 25th through March 26th, 2011
Door County Home & Garden Expo, Sturgeon Bay
Stone Harbor Conference Center

April 29th through June 5th, 2011
Festival of Blossoms, Door County

May 26th through May 28th, 2011
Door County Festival of Nature

May 28th, 2011 – 8:00AM to 12:00PM
Master Gardeners Annual Plant Sale, Door County
Door County Peninsular Research Station

June 3rd through 5th, 2011
27th Annual Garden Fair
Green Bay Botanical Garden

June 11th, 2011
Sister Bay Festival of Blossoms

June 25th, 2011 – 9AM to 3PM
6th Annual Parade of Ponds, Door County

July 7th, 2011 – 10AM to 4PM
9th Annual Garden Walk, Door County

July 26th, 2011
51rst Annual House and Garden Walk, Door County

September 10th, 2011 – 1:00 to 4:00PM
Master Gardeners – Taste of the Garden Door
Door County Peninsular Research Station

October 1rst, 2011
Fall Family Festival, Green Bay Botancial Gardens

November 25th through December 19th, 2011
15th Annual Garden of Lights, Green Bay Botanical Gardens

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New Plant Varieties in Meissner Landscape’s Inventory

New Dwarf and Unusual Conifers Including:
White Pine Pendula ‘Angel Falls,’ Japenese Black Pine ‘Thunderhead,’ Arborvitae ‘Whipcord,’
Arborvitae ‘Umbracullifera,’ Lacebark Pine ‘Rowe Arboretum,’ Dwarf Balsam Fir ‘Piccolo,’ Northern
Japenese Hemlock ‘Loowit,’ European Weeping Larch ‘Puli,’ Bosnian Pine ‘Emerald Arrow,’ Juniper
‘Blue Point,’ Juniper ‘Star Power,’ Jack Pine ‘Broom,’ Norway Spruce ‘Tompa,’ Chamaecyparis
‘Green Arrow,’ Chamaecyparis ‘Soft Serve,’ Dwarf Serbian Spruce ‘Kamenz,’ and Colorado Blue
Spruce ‘The Blues’

New Hosta Varieties Including:
Beach Party, Scarlet Ribbons, Triple Ripple, White Feather, Cat and Mouse, Fantabulous, Guardian
Angel, Dancing Queen, Journey’s End, Lonesome Dove, May, Mourning Dove, Night Before
Christmas, Roy Klehm, Vulcan, and Zounds

New Shrubs Including:
Barberry ‘Sunjoy Gold Pillar,’ Beautybush ‘Dreamcatcher,’ Clethra ‘Vanilla Spice,’ Gray Dogwood
‘Irish Setter,’ Hydrangea ‘Cityline Berlin,’ Hydrangea ‘Cilyline Rio,’ Hydrangea ‘Cityline Mars,’
Hydrangea ‘Edgy Orbits,’ Hydrangea ‘Invincibelle,’ Spirit,’ Spirea ‘Solar Flare,’ Viburnum koreanspice,
‘Spice Island,’ Viburnum koreanspice ‘Sugar and Spice,’ Potentilla ‘Dakosta Sunspot,’ Diervilla
‘Cool Splash,’ Rose ‘Rainbow Knockout,’ Easy Elegance Rose Varieties which include ‘Little Mischief,’
‘Sunrise/Sunset,’ and ‘Paint the Town,’ Oso Easy Rose Varieties which include ‘Honey Buns,’ ‘Paprika,’
‘Sweet Fragrance,’ and ‘Fiesta,’ Smokebush ‘Young Lady,’ Spirea ‘Double Play,’ ‘Sorbaria Sem,’ and
Weigela ‘Ghost’

New Ornamental and Shade Trees Including:
Mancana Ash (emerald ash borer resistant), Japanese Maple ‘Pendulum Julian,’ Red Maple ‘Karpick,’
Kousa Dogwood ‘China Girl,’Horsechestnut ‘Briotti,’ Japanese Tree Lilac ‘Golden Eclipse,’ Seedless
Cottonwood ‘Sire William,’ Japanese Pagoda Tree (Sophora), Heritage Oak (Bur/English Cross),
Crabapple ‘Royal Raindrops,’ Korean Maple ‘Purple Bloom,’ Three Flower Maple ‘Triflorum,’ Chinkapin
Oak, Ginkeo ‘Mariken,’ and Musclewood ‘J.N. Select’

New Perennial Selections Including:
Actaea ‘Pink Spike,’ Heleborus ‘Mello Yellow,’ Amsonia ‘Blue Ice,’ Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke,’ Campanula
‘Cherry Bells,’ Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ Sedum ‘Blackjack,’ Echinacea varieties which include
‘Harvest Moon,’ ‘Tomato Soup,’ ‘Summer Sky,’ ‘Tiki Torch,’ ‘Twilight,’ and ‘Doppel Decker,’ Heuchera
‘Obsidian,’ ‘Southern Comfort,’ ‘Obsidian,’ ‘Paris,’ ‘Sparkling Burgundy,’ and ‘Tapestry,’ Campanula ‘Pink
Octopus,’ Campanula ‘Dickson’s Gold,’ Dicentra ‘Burning Hears,’ Nepeta ‘Kit Cat,’ Penstemon ‘Blue
Buckle.’ We also have daylily selections from local hybridizer Ron Mickelson.

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Wisconsin Nursery Association – Plants of the Year

2005

  • Ilex verticillata ‘Red Sprite’ - Red Sprite Winterberry
  • Hosta ‘Patriot’

2006

  • Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ – Northwind Switchgrass
  • Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’ – Winter King Hawthorn

2007

  • Malus ‘Louisa’ – Louisa Crabapple
  • Pulmonaria longifolia ‘Bertram Anderson’ – Lungwort

2008

  • Cornus mas ‘Golden Glory’ – Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
  • Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’ – Blue Star

2009

  • Baptisia australis – Blue False Indigo
  • Chionanthus virginicus - White Fringetree

2010

  • Calamintha nepeta var. nepeta ‘Montrose White’ – Calamint
  • Quercus muehlenbergii – Chinkapin Oak

2011

  • Stachys monnieri ‘Hummelo’ – Hummelo Alpine Betony
  • Acer miyabei ‘Morton’ – State Street® Miyabe Maple
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