2019-2020 Walters Gardens Catalog
The official 2019-2020 Walters Gardens Catalog, featuring the complete line up of new Proven Winners Perennials.
The official 2019-2020 Walters Gardens Catalog, featuring the complete line up of new Proven Winners Perennials.
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Plant Health<br />
<strong>Walters</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, Inc. has made a strong commitment to provide<br />
only the most healthy, vigorous product to our customers. All of<br />
our crops are tested regularly for the most common viruses as<br />
well as additional genus-specific viruses where needed. Our fields<br />
and greenhouses are also regularly scouted for signs of pests<br />
or diseases. In addition to the dedicated efforts of our Growers<br />
and Plant Health Team, we make an effort company-wide to<br />
maintain clean and preventative practices to limit the spread and<br />
introduction of pests, diseases, and viruses.<br />
How to Identify<br />
Virus-Indexed Plants (VIP)<br />
A virus-indexed variety is one that has been tested and deemed<br />
free of the viruses listed (right) up to the point of testing. A bow<br />
tie symbol is located in the key code of each variety that has<br />
been virus-indexed.<br />
Sustainable Production Practice<br />
and Integrated Pest Management<br />
In the Fields<br />
Understanding the vital importance of plant health, we remain<br />
vigilant in preventing problems in our fields. Before a crop is<br />
planted in the field, we make sure our planting stock is clean<br />
and disease-free. We then diversify our plantings so that disease<br />
prone items are never planted in the same place twice. All of<br />
the equipment used to plant and harvest our hosta stock blocks<br />
is sanitized between cultivars. We also scout weekly for weeds,<br />
insect damage, unusual variations in growth, trueness to type, and<br />
overall plant health.<br />
In the Greenhouse<br />
Prevention is key when it comes to pest and disease management<br />
in our greenhouses. We do weekly scouting for any pest, disease, or<br />
nutritional issues and do preventative spraying in regular intervals<br />
to prevent the onset of disease. Our goal is to catch problems at the<br />
earliest stage possible and to target the treatment to the specific<br />
crop before it spreads to other plants. When treatment is needed,<br />
we use beneficial insects or reduced-risk pesticides which target<br />
specific pests rather than using broad spectrum chemicals. We<br />
have not used neonicotinoid containing products on our production<br />
crops since 2014.<br />
Virus Prevention and Index<br />
We take great pride in the attentiveness of our Plant Health and<br />
Greenhouse staff when it comes to identifying and preventing<br />
viruses in our plants. All of our plants are tested on a regular basis<br />
regardless of appearance or history. Because there is always risk of<br />
a crop being exposed to a virus, and more so in a field environment,<br />
we will not give VIP status to a variety if we feel there is too much<br />
risk of infection between testing and shipping. If a variety is prone<br />
to viral infection, extra steps are taken to ensure that our stock and<br />
production lines always start with clean material.<br />
Plants are tested here at <strong>Walters</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, Inc. for the viruses listed<br />
below and are designated with a bow tie symbol.<br />
General Perennials<br />
• Alfalfa Mosaic Virus (AMV)<br />
• Alternanthera/Papaya Mosaic Virus (AltMV/PapMV)<br />
• Arabis Mosaic Virus (ArMV)<br />
• Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV)<br />
• Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV)<br />
• Potyvirus Group (POTY)<br />
• Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)<br />
• Tobacco Ringspot Virus (TRSV)<br />
• Tobacco Streak Virus (TSV)<br />
• Tomato Aspermy Virus (TAV)<br />
• Tomato Ringspot Virus (ToRSV)<br />
• Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV)<br />
Dianthus<br />
• 12 General Perennial tests<br />
• Carnation Etched Ring Virus (CERV)<br />
• Carnation Latent Virus (CLV)<br />
• Carnation Mottle Virus (CarMV)<br />
• Carnation Necrotic Fleck Virus (CNFV)<br />
• Carnation Ringspot Virus (CRSV)<br />
Hosta<br />
• Arabis Mosaic Virus (ArMV)<br />
• Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV)<br />
• Hosta Virus X (HVX)<br />
• Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV)<br />
• Tobacco Ringspot Virus (TRSV)<br />
• Tobacco Streak Virus (TSV)<br />
• Tomato Ringspot Virus (ToRSV)<br />
• Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV)<br />
Anemone, Astilbe, Dicentra, Epimedium, Iris, Paeonia<br />
• 12 General Perennial tests<br />
• Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV)<br />
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