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Conifer Quarterly COVER_Fall09_final.qxp:CQ 10/15/09 10:36 AM Page cov1 Conifer Quarterly Vol. 26 No. 4 Fall 2009 2010 Collectors Conifer of the Year Larix decidua ‘Puli’ Photo credit: Randall C. Smith, courtesy of Iseli Nursery COVER_Fall09_final.qxp:CQ 10/15/09 10:36 AM Page cov2 2010 Collectors Conifer of the Year Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret’ Photo credit: Randall C. Smith, courtesy of Iseli Nursery CQ_Fall09_Final:CQ 10/13/09 12:46 PM Page 1 The Conifer Quarterly is the publication of the American Conifer Society Contents 6 Experiences with Cones: A seed education at Iseli Nursery by Peter Gregg 12 Do We Have To Chop Up The Cypresses? by Aljos Farjon, FLS Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 19 Dependable Dwarfs Text and Photos by Bert Cregg, Ph.D 24 2010 Collectors Conifers of the Year 26 Conifer Culture Part II Storing, Over-wintering, and Planting by Frank Goodhart 36 Marty Brooks Receives the Award of Merit for Development in the Field of Conifers 37 Kathleen Pottratz Receives the Marvin and Emelie Snyder Award of Merit for Dedicated Support of the ACS American Conifer Society Voices 2 President’s Message 4 Editor’s Memo 40 The Answer Guy 42 2009 National Meeting 45 ACS 2010 National Meeting Vol. 26 No. 4 CONIFER QUARTERLY 1 CQ_Fall09_Final:CQ 10/13/09 12:46 PM Page 2 MUSINGS... Conifer MUSING #1: Saturday morning, September 5 Quarterly This morning, I went to the farmers’ market in downtown Davenport, located a block Fall 2009 north of the Mississippi River. The sky was Volume 26, No 4 a cloudless blue, a light breeze was stirring the smoke from a barbeque grill, and the The Conifer Quarterly (ISSN 8755-0490) is published quarterly by the American Conifer produce was beautiful—watermelons, new Society. The Society is a non-profit organization potatoes, fall raspberries, green beans. incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth Three-gallon containers of chrysanthe- of Pennsylvania and is tax exempt under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code. mums caught my eye, while the Amish- You are invited to join our Society. Please baked goods caught my nose. address membership and other inquiries to the And then I started thinking. There American Conifer Society National Office, 175 Charisma Lane, Lewisville, NC 27023-9611. were no conifers anywhere. No hand-made Membership: US $30 (indiv.), $35 (joint), trough gardens planted artistically with $30 (institutional), $50 (sustaining), $100 miniature conifers. No one-gallon contain- (corporate business) and $130 (patron). If you are moving, please notify the National Office 4 weeks ers of dwarf conifers, though there were in advance. many other kinds of plants. Why not All editorial and advertising matters should be a booth at the local farmers’ market? sent to: Evelyn Cox, 1621 N. Lake Dr., Canton, GA 30115, (770) 772-9747 or email coniferquar- Wouldn’t this be a place to acquaint people [email protected]. with dwarf conifers? Wouldn’t this be a perfect venue for engaging one-on-one, Editor Evelyn Cox perhaps making a convert? Technical Editors MUSING #2: The National Meeting Ethan Johnson Susan Martin The National Meeting on Long Island was R. William Thomas great! Kudos to Ridge Goodwin, Larry Nau, and others of the NE Region who Advisory Committee Ellen Kelley, Committee Chair helped make this meeting such a success. Marvin Snyder Also thanks to those who contributed plants ex officio: Tom Cox and the members who bought them. We ex officio: John Martin raised more than $13,000. Copyright © 2009, American Conifer Society. All We were pleased to have members of rights reserved. No material contained herein may the British and Dutch Conifer Societies be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed with us, and we visited some very elegant by authors and advertisers are not necessarily old estates with some lovely old trees, those of the Society. including an immense Tsuga canadensis Note: Hardiness Zone references in the ‘Sargentii‘, said to have a spread of approx- Conifer Quarterly are USDA classifications unless imately 58 feet! otherwise specified. One of the highlights for me was Ryan Contreras’s presentation on his research 2CONIFER QUARTERLY Vol. 26 No. 4 CQ_Fall09_Final:CQ 10/13/09 12:46 PM Page 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK project, “Non-winter Browning of Cryp- You don’t know how to put together a Pow- tomeria.” Ryan is extremely bright and erPoint presentation? Someone in your poised to do leading research in the conifer region undoubtedly knows this stuff. Volun- field. Our Society can be very proud that an teer to teach a workshop on PowerPoint. ACS scholarship assisted this young man in It’s said that many people would his graduate studies. volunteer if asked. I’m asking. I don’t know who all of you are, but I’m asking you to MUSING #3:ACS Elections come forward and get involved. You’ll be Next spring, each region will have an working with great people. You’ll have fun. election to fill regional offices. You’ll make good friends, as well as help In order to have a thriving organiza- the organization thrive. What more could tion, we need to have the involvement you ask? of many members willing to share their Miss Lily, my office assistant, has knowledge and skills and love of conifers. indicated that I’ve said enough for now. She The American Conifer Society only exists is purring loudly and placing herself for the members, yet only a small portion of between me and the computer key board. our membership is directly involved in Happy volunteering! keeping this organization going. Here is my challenge: that each mem- Ellen Kelley ber find one way to contribute. A major way to volunteer is to serve as a regional officer. This spring, when candidates for your re- gional offices are sought, raise your hand. Don’t be bashful. Don’t wait to be asked. Other opportunities: Newsletters al- most always need help. Or you could help organize a one-day rendezvous, or work on a special project like contacting your local school and volunteering to teach the stu- rd dents about conifers. Organizations are 2009 is our 63 year in business. always looking for speakers. Let the Rotary We offer dwarf and unusual conifers or the local garden club know you are and Japanese maples. available. If you need copies of A Brief Look at Garden Conifers or the membership brochure, just let John Martin know how Please call ahead many you want, and they will appear in (717) 486-5142 your mailbox. Each regional president also has a CD of pictures and information on 816 Holly Pike conifers compiled by past president Don Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065 Wild for use in PowerPoint presentations. www.suncrest-gardens.com Vol. 26 No. 4 CONIFER QUARTERLY 3 CQ_Fall09_Final:CQ 10/13/09 12:46 PM Page 4 EDITOR’S MEMO the dwarf category. Also, continuing from last issue is the second part of Frank Goodhart’s article on Conifer Culture which talks about ways to over-winter your plants and get them into the garden come spring. You may have already drooled over the cover shots of the 2010 CCOY selections. Take a look inside to learn more about their special attributes, and as supply is limited, return the enclosed order form as soon as you can. Plant classification is a complex process, sometimes controversial. Those hen I first became interested in of us not steeped in it must rely upon conifers, many of the ones we had in taxonomic experts to provide a way to Wour collection were small. I delighted in their bring order to plant classification. One of color and the softness of new growth.As they the most recognized names is Aljos continued to mature, something else caught Farjon and we are delighted that he shares Cupressus my eye, the cones. It was then that his insight regarding the genus Conifer Quarterly I began to realize that cones enhance the with the . ornamental features of conifers. From the Don’t forget to mark your calendars purple cones of Picea abies ‘Acrocona’ to for the 2010 ACS National Meeting to be the unusual fruits (cones) of Podocarpus held in Charlotte, North Carolina. For and Cephalotaxus, cones add additional more details, see the article on page 45. interest to this fascinating group of plants. In this issue, Peter Gregg explains how and when to collect conifer seeds from cones for propagation, encouraging Don’t miss your readers to try this on their own and perhaps discover the next great conifer Conifer Quarterly! cultivar. It takes practice and patience, but Contact the Society with Peter tempts us by mentioning some chance selections gleaned from seedling your new address. crops that later got top billing as John Martin Collectors Conifer of the Year selections. For cultivars already in the trade, American Conifer Society Bert Cregg recommends some more for 175 Charisma Lane you in his continuing series on the various size categories of conifers, this time from Lewisville, NC 27023-9611 4CONIFER QUARTERLY Vol. 26 No. 4 CQ_Fall09_Final:CQ 10/13/09 12:46 PM Page 5 BY EVELYN COX Next Issue: Winter 2010 Our next issue will feature: Lesser-known Conifers What conifers do you have experience with that are seldom discussed or written about? Are you an intrepid collector or explorer? Do you have a genus or species that you want to tell others about? We want to hear about conifers that are lesser known and welcome your photos and/or articles about the unusual conifer(s) in your life.
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