The Baltimore Convention Center was filled with booths representing different nurseries and as you make your way through the space you can amass a very heavy load of plant catalogs. Since I design from catalogs, quite regularly, it was great to find special growers like the one below - who has an excellent Camellia selection. Of course, there's also no shortage of candy at things like this -- jars filled with mini chocolates, luring you towards the booth, are ubiquitous!
The University of Maryland and the USDA also had booths, keeping interested people up to speed on local insect threats such as Emerald Ash Borer and Asian Longhorned Beetle. It's always good to check in on their literature and get up to speed on another disease currently receiving a lot of attention: sudden oak death.
Curious if the disease hitting the bat population affects any plant life?
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