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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Conference features evaluations of new landscape, garden plants</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(News Distributed 11/06/2009) HAMMOND, La. – Landscape and nursery professionals heard about the latest plant varieties and LSU AgCenter plant evaluations at a plant materials conference here Oct. 29. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter awarded more than $300,000 in specialty crop grants</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 10/28/09) The LSU AgCenter has received two specialty crop block grants for two research and promotion projects to enhance the competitiveness of Louisiana-grown sweet potatoes and nursery crops. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Azalea Garden Established at Hammond Research Station</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:39:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station has established the Margie Yates Jenkins Azalea Garden in recognition of one of Tangipahoa Parish’s most widely known nursery owners. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>New uses for proven plants highlighted at Hammond field day</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 07/01/09) HAMMOND, La. – Ornamental plants like cannas can provide a simple, effective and aesthetic method of removing excess nutrients in storm water or nursery production runoff, according to research conducted at the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Release of new photinias is promising</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Video 04/20/09) Trying to figure out  what type of shrub you want to plant?  On this edition of Get it Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill takes a look at a shrub that was popular, then later unpopular and now, thanks to a new variety, may become popular again. (Runtime: 1 minute, 42 seconds) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Knock Out roses have a lot to offer</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Video 04/13/09) Roses are beautiful in the landscape.  But which ones are right for you? On this edition of Get it Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill takes a look at the shade-tolerant and relatively disease-resistant, Knock Out rose and its different variations. (Runtime: 1 minute, 41 seconds) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Fruit, Truck Experiment Station Grows into Horticulture Center</title>
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      <title>Nursery Crop Outlook - 2009</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:37:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter provides annual outlooks for different agriculture commodities in Louisiana. 2008 was a tough year for nursery growers with the national economic slowdown, along with damage to the industry from Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike and snowfall in December. Here is an overview of the current national and state situation. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Hammond field day features landscape horticulture</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:25:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 06/18/08) Landscape professionals and consumers alike received valuable information at the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station’s second annual landscape horticulture field day on June 11. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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