ACS January 2025 Lecture Series Now Available on YouTube! We are excited to announce that the ACS Central Region Januar...

Conifer of the Month:  Calocedrus decurrens  'Berrima Gold' Click here to read the article. Article pre...

An alpine area is commonly found in a mountainous area at an altitude near the snow line. The climate is harsh with p...

Blast from the Past: Jerry Morris If there was a Hall of Fame for “Broomers”, Jerry Morris would be the Charter Member...

The planting feature known as a ‘rock garden’ takes on many different forms. But the true rock garden is a representation...

Grafting involves attaching a twig from the desired plant to a seedling that is compatible with that twig. After the twig...

The late Jean Iseli loved to equate altered conifers to living art. He used to talk about grafting different conifer culti...

Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck Purple’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck Purple’ is a ‘Dawyck’ seedling from 1968. In this case the male...

Pinus strobus ‘Sea Urchin’ During the late 1970’s Al Fordham had told me to visit Dr. Sidney Waxman at the University...

"Sick Conifers" From 1974 until 2013, I was an avid conifer collector. I had cutting privileges at several arboretum...

Do you know how to protect yourself from tick-borne diseases? This Boston Globe article provides some tips for ou...

“[The first gathering of conifer enthusiasts] would occur on October 7, 1982. Thirty-two people attended the meeting. It w...

"Things were relatively quiet in the conifer world until 1982, when William Gotelli donated a massive conifer collection t...

"The American Conifer Society has been around for a while, since 1983, to be exact. It was not the first attempt to...

"The yellow color in conifers appears to be due to a lack of chlorophyll, allowing other pigments to dominate. As more chl...

“Broad and pendulous, Picea abies ‘Dandylion’ produces upright shoots but they do not continue upward, producing a growth...

A Special Garden in Iowa: FranMara   "In the small town of Oelwein Iowa, two brothers, Gary and Tom Whittenb...

"Layne Ziegenfuss had considerable influence on me when I started collecting rare and unusual conifers. He was an enthusia...

"New garden selections of conifers are being offered for sale on a regular basis by nurseries all over the world. They or...