Allan Armitage

Allan Armitage Allan M. Armitage (born June 1, 1946) is a Canadian-American professor of horticulture at the USA's University of Georgia, international lecturer, and author of numerous books. He received the Garden Club of America's Medal of Honor in 1998. Quotes Aconitum has a number of common names, one of which is monkshood, so called because of the enlarged sepal that resembles a hood, under which the rest of the floral parts are hidden. Roots were used as poison bait for wolves, thus accounting for another popular name, wolfsbane. All aconitums have poisonous roots, leaves, and stems and warnings concerning their poisonous properties have been sounded since the late 1500s. Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on Their Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes Stipes Publishing 2008 9781588747761 https://books.google.com/books?id=zQXHjuqht40C&pg=PA19 19 (1109 pages; 1st edition 1989) Baptisiafalse indigoI always enjoy a good story, and the history of the blue false indigo, Baptisia australis, makes for good reading. This blue-flowered species was the first plant to be subsidized by the English government in the 1700s, the farmers in the colonies of Georgia and South Carolina grew it as a row crop for the British Empire to supplement true indigo (Indigofera). It was a good substitute, but not of the quality of true indigo, and thus came to be known as false indigo, or wild indigo. The false indigos come in three main colors—blue, white, and yellow—but new hybrids and selections are bringing this fine plant into mainstream gardening. Armitage's Garden Perennials illustrated, revised Timber Press 2011 9781604690385 https://books.google.com/books?id=yiEeEbyp3pEC&pg=PA61 61 (347 pages; 1st edition 2000) The new crop program at the University of Georgia (UGA) consists of plant evaluation and new crop introduction. The definition of “new crop” used in the program is taxa that are new to the floriculture/landscape industry. New introductions are first evaluated in the greenhouse for ease of propagation and placed in the trial gardens the subsequent spring. In the past, commercial growers were allowed to gather cuttings of new material and sell them under the names given to the new plant. The market determined the success or failure of the plant. Examples of successful plants which resulted from this “Open Grower” concept included Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’, Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas ‘Margarita’, and new selections of Solenostemon (Coleus). No charge for cuttings was applied and no funding returned to the department. However, an excellent working relationship between the department and industry developed. 2003 New Ornamental Crop Introduction: A Model of Cooperation between Industry and Academia Acta Horticulturae 624 25–27 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.624.2 https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.624.2 External links Allan Armitage's website Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Academics from Canada Category:Academics from the United States Category:Botanists from Canada Category:Botanists from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from Canada Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States