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Healing Landscapes, Healthy Crops, and a Safe Environment
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2008 Great Plants for the Great Plains
The GreatPlants program is a joint effort of the Nebraska Nursery & Landscape Association and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum that selects and promotes exceptional plants – reliably hardy, easy to care for, and ornamentally worthwhile – for Plants of the Year and for GreatPlants Releases and Introductions. Ask for them at your local nursery!
Prairie Smoke, Geum triflorum
Prairie Smoke,
Geum triflorum		 American Hophornbeam
American Hophornbeam,
Ostrya virginiana		 Lacebark Pine
Lacebark Pine,
Pinus bungeana		 Eastern Wahoo
Eastern Wahoo,
Euonymous atropupurea
Arbor Day Foundation

International Society for Arboriculture

Lauritzen Gardens- Omaha's Botanical Center

Nebraska Arborist Association

Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environment Education

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Nebraska Forest Service

Nebraska Game & Parks Commission

Nebraska Golf Course Superintendants Association
 Nebraska H2O

Nebraska Natural Resource District Offices (NRD)

Nebraska Nursery & Landscape Association

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum

Nebraska Turfgrass Association

Nebraska Winery & Grape Growers Association

UNL Food Processing Center

UNL Viticulture Program

USDA Natural Resouce Conservation Service