Neil Bell

Professor (Practice), Community Horticulturalist
neil.bell [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 503-373-3765

I oversee the Master Gardener program in Marion County and Polk County and work with my volunteers to assist homeowners with their garden problems.

My research interests involve evaluating evergreen shrubs for un-irrigated landscape applications in western Oregon. Since 2001, I have done evaluations of Ceanothus, Cistus and Halimium at the Oregon Garden in Silverton and at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora. Currently, I am evaluating Grevillea and Arctostaphylos for hardiness, growth and flowering at NWREC. We have used the results from these evaluations to design low-input landscapes for the region that emphasize year-round ornamental appeal.

Curriculum Vitae: 
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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Horticulture
Career Links: 
Department of Horticulture
Plant Disease Diagnosis Certificate Program
Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture
Urban and Community Horticulture
Master Gardener Program
Nursery, Greenhouse, and Christmas Trees
Northwest Plant Evaluation Program
Courses Taught: 

Together with Dr. Jay Pscheidt, I developed and deliver an online course on plant problem diagnosis which was offered for the first time through E-campus in spring term 2012. The course is HORT 349, Diagnosis of plant problems-an introduction.

Biography

I was raised in Victoria B.C. and earned my B.S. degree from the University of British Columbia in Plant Science in 1990. I came to OSU to study Horticulture and received an M.S. in 1992. The research area for my Masters degree was berry crops, and the thesis looked at yield components of 'Marion' trailing blackberry.

My Publications

2015

Conference Paper

D. M. Sullivan and Bell, N. Charles, “Preplant compost application improves landscape plant establishment and sequesters carbon in compacted soil”, in RAMIRAN, 2015.

2010

Journal Article

N. Charles Bell and Altland, J. E., “Growth, flowering and cold hardiness of Rockrose in western Oregon”, HortTechnology, vol. 20, no. 3, 2010.

2009

Journal Article

N. Charles Bell, “Evaluation of Growth, Flowering and Cold Hardiness of ceanothus in Western Oregon”, HortTechnology , vol. 19, no. 2, 2009.
N. Charles Bell, Sullivan, D. M., and Cook, T. W., “Mulching woody ornamentals with organic materials”, Oregon State University, Extension Service, 2009.
N. Charles Bell, Sullivan, D. M., and Cook, T., “Mulching woody ornamentals with organic materials.”, EC 1629-E, 2009.

2007

Journal Article

N. Charles Bell, “The other rockroses: Halimium and XHalimiocistus”, Pacific Horticulture, vol. 68, no. 2, 2007.

2003

Journal Article

N. Charles Bell, Sullivan, D. M., Brewer, L., and Hart, J. M., “Improving garden soils with organic matter”, Oregon State University, Extension Service, 2003.