In 1997 a group of nursery professionals, horticultural educators and industry leaders founded the Center for Applied Nursery Research. I have only recently become aware of this group. One member of the CANR Board, Rodger Flotta of Abbey View Farm in Greensboro, Ga., is also a member of the Garden Debut(R) consortium of growers.
CANR is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to:
+ Provide funding and protected facilities for needs-driven horticultural Research in an operational nursery setting following usual nursery practices.
+ Provide a managed facility and funding for ornamental horticulture research based on grower needs and conducted under commercial growing conditions.
+ Generate information to keep growers in Georgia, the Southeast and the U.S. on the forefront of new ornamental plant breeding, evaluation and introduction, as well as new nursery production techniques.
+ Provide a forum for the sharing of research results with the ornamental horticulture industry.
Projects funded for 2010 include:
Development of crop production cost analysis for break-even analysis
Pre and post weed control in nursery liners
Effectiveness and cost comparison of low dose PGR compared to manual pruning
Selection of new/under utilized native and ornamental spp for use in breeding
Evaluation of blueberry selections as edible landscape plants
Relationship between irrigation and leaching of nutrients in container production
100 outstanding conifers for the Southeast
Development of sterile plants
Evaluate non-invasive cultivars within invasive species
Indentify pathogens in irrigation water and their associated risk to nursery plants
Determine the water requirements of hydrangeas, effects of plant age, and environmental conditions
Review new University of Georgia introductions
For more information about CANR, or to read the research results from previous years, visit
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