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The Ornamental Horticulture Team:

Herbaceous Ornamentals, Mints, and Medicinal Plants Services Curation of herbaceous ornamental, non-Mentha mint, and medicinal taxa, including but not limited to the genera Alcea, Anemone, Calendula, Malva, Potentilla, Rumex, Tanacetum, Thalictrum, Agastache, Blephilia, Monarda, Origanum, Stachys, Actaea, Echinacea, Hypericum, and Prunella.     Responsible for acquisition, conservation, management, regeneration, and taxonomic identifty of the herbaceous ornamental mint, and medicinals collections at NCRPIS.    Research Characterization seed development and dormancy as they relate to storage and regeneration.    Develop effective postharvest treatment, storage, seed viability testing, and regeneration protocols for Actaea, Euonymus, Fraxinus, Hypericum, and Staphylea.       Collect descriptive phenological data for Actaea, Hypericum, and Prunella.    For more information contact Jeffrey Carstens, Ornamental Horticulture Curator. Woody Landscape Plants Services Curation of woody landscape plants including, but not limited to, Aronia, Caragana, Cornus, Diervilla, Euonymus, Fraxinus, Gymnocladus, Physocarpus, Rhus, Salix, Spiraea, Staphylea, and Ulmus. Coordination of NC7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials. Coordination of The NPGS Ash Conservation Project. Responsible for taxonomic identity of woody landscape collections maintained at NCRPIS. Responsible for acquisition, conservation, management, and regeneration of woody landscape plants.   Research

• Understanding the roles of environmental variables (climate and soils) and provenance on woody plant adaptation.
• Cryopreservation of Salix spp. dormant winter buds.
• Collecting observation data for woody landscape collections at NCRPIS.
• Developing methods to break dormancy for woody landscape collections at NCRPIS.
• Building comprehensive, germplasm collections of woody landscape collections at NCRPIS.  Current prioritized genera include Gymnocladus, Spiraea, Cornus, and Diervilla.
• For more information contact Jeffrey Carstens, Woody Landscape Plant Curator.