Editor’s note: This article is excerpted from a Central Region newsletter and recounts a discussion at the National Meeting in Ohio in 2016. Question: This growth is on a fir growing on my daughter’s property near Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It looks like a broom, but not quite. What the heck is it? —Jerry Belanger Answer…
It’s a pale ghost-like tree in the coastal redwood forests. It’s a mutant and very rare. It’s a white-needled tree that would make any gathering of coniferites gasp with excitement. It is also a mystery, although one that is slowly becoming unraveled. The albino coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) has been observed for 150 years…
Giving New Plantings the Best Start Planting a tree or shrub in your landscape can be very exciting, but it can also be the start of a painful loss of what was once an interesting, possibly expensive, plant. On the surface planting seems to be a simple task – dig a hole to fit and…
Part I So, you’ve been bitten by the conifer bug and have your own collection of these wonderful plants and you’ve entered the Cone Zone by joining the American Conifer Society. You may also be following conifer forums, groups and blogs on the ACS website ,Houzz, Facebook, and who knows how many other places and…
By Scott McMahan, Manager of International Plant Exploration, Atlanta Botanical Garden I have had the pleasure of botanizing in many areas of southeast Asia over the past 20 years, but few places have provided such botanical surprises as northern Vietnam. Most people would probably guess that the climate throughout Vietnam is tropical and for the…
