The LSU AgCenter's 2006 poinsettia open house is scheduled for Dec. 8, 2006 at the Burden Conference Center in Baton Rouge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cut flowers can be a profitable crop in the Southern U.S. This manual provides basic information on the production of specialty cut flowers.

The LSU AgCenter has named the top performing petunias, violas and pansies in its evaluation of 200 cool-season cultivars tested between September, 2006 and May, 2007 at the Burden Center in Baton Rouge.

The basics of poinsettia production for growers in the Gulf South, from cultivar selection and scheduling to height control and fertilization (2004).

This is a list of new poinsettia cultivars grown at LSU in 2007. It includes pictures and grower evaluations based on how the cultivars performed at the Burden Center greenhouses. Twenty cultivars were selected for a consumer survey. A response of 1 indicated a strong dislike to the cultivar and a 7 indicated consumer strongly liked the cultivar.

LSU AgCenter experts say soil contamination in Jefferson and Orleans parishes from flooding after this summer’s hurricanes may not be as serious as originally feared. Initial results of tests conducted in October indicate no need for special preparations to the soils prior to planting and that there should be no danger for individuals digging or planting in the soil.

Efforts in 2003 and 2004 included evaluation of cannas, coleus, angelonias, purslane, lantanas, perennial verbena, annual and perennial salvia, vinca, zinnias, melampodium, petunias, rudbeckia, phlox, daylilies, dianthus, ornamental kale, ornamental cabbage, calendula, violas, pansies, ornamental sweet potatoes, garden mums, African and French marigolds and others.

Interest in daylilies is still strong despite rust problems over the past several years. New daylily selections and All-American daylily winners need to be evaluated in the Gulf South for landscape performance.

This publication provides cultural practices for growing Globba 'White Dragon' as a flowering potted plant.

Ornamental gingers encompass a diverse and versatile group of plants that are gaining increased recognition in the flowering pot plant, landscape and cut flower markets. This publication provides timely information for producing some of the species and hybrids of Curcuma, Globba and Keampferia as flowering pot plants.