Jim Brackman, the ACS’s intrepid seed collector and head of the Seed Exchange program, is still busy cleaning and sorting the 2018 offerings. He estimates that he is about 4-6 weeks away from finishing. In the meantime, you can still order seeds from the 2017 list. If you haven’t ever grown conifers from seed before,…
Note: this article was written by Brandon Miller, recipient of the 2016 ACS Scholarship As one of the recipients of the 2016 American Conifer Society Scholarship, I am writing this article to introduce myself and provide a glimpse of how I carried out the mission of the ACS and benefitted from the scholarship. I…
2016 Conifer Road Trip In August of last year, a couple of dozen coneheads traveled to the White Mountains of California to view Pinus longaeva, the Great Basin bristlecone pine, in situ. We hiked through the loop near Schulman Grove and saw hundreds of these ancient trees along with incredible views and interesting native…
Jim Brackman is busily working on the latest seed exchange list. Keep checking for it – it’s on its way! If anyone has questions for Jim before the list comes out, you can email him.
Jim Brackman has just released the 2016 inventory for the seed exchange, along with some highlights, background, and the order form. If you haven’t tried growing conifers from seed, you’ve been missing a lot of fun! It’s an easy, inexpensive way to add to your collection and experience conifers in a completely different way. Jim…