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Kentucky’s Theodore Klein Plant Award
In 1995 a plant award program to select and promote outstanding ornamental woody and perennial plants for Kentucky Landscapes was initiated. The plant awards are named to honor the late Theodore Klein, Yew Dell Nursery, Crestwood, KY and are sponsored by the: the Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Association, University of Kentucky Nursery/Landscape Program, and Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.
The goals of the Theodore Klein Plant Award program are: to promote enthusiasm for and interest in plants among gardeners; to encourage development of new cultivars and hybrids by Kentucky Nurserymen; to increase the recognition, reputation, and profitability of the Kentucky nursery and landscape industries.
Plants are selected based on their ability to: be efficiently propagated and produced; be found established in Kentucky and at least two good examples of the plant be established within driving distance of a majority of the Kentucky population; be non-invasive; and be pest resistant. Plants hybridized, selected, or introduced by Kentuckians will be given priority.
The Theodore Klein Plant Award winners are announced at the Kentucky Landscape Industries Winter Conference and Trade Show in January. The nursery/landscape industry is notified of the award winners through the KNLA Nursery Views Newsletter. A Theodore Klein Plant Award web site is maintained by the University of Kentucky, http://www.ca.uky.edu/HLA/Dunwell/TKleinPA.html
2005 Theodore Klein Plant Award Winners
Abies nordmanniana - Nordmann Fir
Cercis canadensis 'Appalachian Red' -Appalachian Red Redbud
Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola', Golden Japanese Forest Grass
Previous winners
1999 Theodore Klein Plant Award Winners
Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye
Amsonia hubrechtii - Arkansas Blue Star
Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' pp 8984 - Hummingbird Summersweet
Dianthus grantianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink' - Bath's Pink
Hydrangea quercifolia - Oakleaf Hydrangea
Ilex opaca 'Judy Evans' - Judy Evans Holly
2000 Theodore Klein Plant Award Winners
Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway' - Gateway Joe Pye Weed
Fothergilla major 'Mount Airy' - Mount Airy Fothergilla
Heuchera americana 'Pewter Veil' pp 8984- Pewter Veil Coral Bells
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' - Virginia Sweetspire
Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' - Japanese Tree Lilac
Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur' -Winterthur Viburnum
2001 Theodore Klein Plant Award Winners
Amelanchier x 'Cumulus' pp 3092 - Cumulus Serviceberry
Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' - Sulphureum Epimedium (Barrenwort)
Malus 'Donald Wyman' - Donald Wyman Crabapple
Viburnum 'Eskimo' - Eskimo Viburnum
2002 Theodore Klein Plant Award Winners
Acer triflorum - Three-flower Maple
Hamamelis x intermedia - Witchhazel hybrids of H. japonica x H. mollis
Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' - Red Sprite Winterberry
Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' - Variegated Fragrant Solomon's Seal
2003 Theodore Klein Plant Award Winners
Aster oblongifolius ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ - Raydon's Favorite Aster
Cercidiphyllum japonica 'Amazing Grace'- Amazing Grace Weeping Katsura
Cornus mas ‘Golden Glory’ - Golden Glory Corneliancherry Dogwood
Ginko biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ - Autumn Gold Ginko
2004 Theodore Klein Plant Award
Cladrastis kentukea - Yellowwood
Helleborus x hybridus - Oriental Lenten Rose
Picea orientalis - Oriental Spruce
Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson' - Shawnee Brave™ - Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
Founding members of the Theodore Klein Plant Award Selection Committee
Casey Schott, KNLA President, Leichhardt Landscape Company
Winston Dunwell, UKCA Dept of Horticulture
Richard Fiest, Hummingbird Nursery
Steve Foltz, Cincinnati Zoo
Mike Hayman, Louisville Courier Journal, Seneca Gardens
Buddy Hubbuch, Bernheim Arboretum Chief Horticulturist (deceased)
Kathy Lowrey, TKPA Chairman, Lowrey Perennial Farm
Melvin Moffitt, Snow Hill Nursery
Tony Nold, Horticulture Design and Development
Dennis Raymond, Raymond Landscape Nursery
Current members of the Theodore Klein Plant Award Selection Committee
Paul Cappiello, Yew Dell Gardens
Hope Crain, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Winston Dunwell, UKCA Dept of Horticulture
Steve Foltz, Cincinnati Zoo
Mike Hayman, Louisville Courier Journal, Seneca Gardens
Mike Land, Hillcrest Nursery
Melvin Moffitt, Snow Hill Nursery
Tony Nold, Horticulture Design and Development
Richard Ammon, Ammon Landscape
Contact: Winston Dunwell, 270.365.7541 x 209, Fax 270.365.2667; e-mail wdunwell@uky.edu or Paul Cappiello, 502.241.4788; e-mail, paulc@yewdellgardens.org