Hi Terry,
Looks like your correspondent found the major ones. The U's releases can be
found in the pub 150 Years of Hardy Plants:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture
/DG7564.html
FWIW,
Beth
> I received the following email and it really made me think. Last week we had a
> discussion on the listserve on plant patents and I know that there are several
> hybridizers in Minnesota, but is there a list somewhere that has just plants
> that have been hybridized here in Minnesota?
>
> If not, I would really like to hear from all of you on who or what Minnesota
> nursery breeds new perennials and what they have introduced.
>
> Terry L. Yockey
> MG Goodhue Co.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pamela McMurry" <mhps@qwest.net>
> To: <tlyockey@northerngardening.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:55 PM
> Subject: Perennials released by MN Nurseries
>
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > I found your website through your byline and a reference to
> > the website in Northern Gardener magazine.
>
> > I was inspired to write to you after reading your recent article on new
> > perennial releases. I'm looking for perennials that have been introduced
> > by Minnesota nurseries--they don't have to be recent releases--and it
> > occurred to me that you might know of some I haven't found yet.
> >
> > To explain, I'm a horticulture student at the U, and I'm working on a
> > design for a garden that will include plants native to MN, plants
> > released by the U or the Arboretum, or plants released by MN nurseries.
> > It's been easy to find lists of native plants and plants released by the
> > U and the Arboretum, but finding releases by the various MN nurseries
> > has been more challenging, since there's no centralized information on
> > this topic.
> >
> > So far, I've found: daylilies, Siberian iris, and Asiatic lilies bred by
> > J. Wadekamper, peonies bred by Roy Pehrson and Robert Tischler, hostas
> > from Shady Oaks and Savory's, Raspberry Regal heuchera from Busse
> > Gardens, and various alpines from Rice Creek Gardens. (I've also found
> > woody plants released by Bailey's and Bergeson Nurseries, but I mostly
> > wanted to ask you about perennials.)
> >
> > Do you know of any other perennial releases by MN nurseries or
> > independent breeders working in MN? If you do, and have time to write a
> > quick reply, it would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Pam McMurry
>
> >
>
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