Conifer Collections & Gardens to Visit Arboretum Trompenberg, Rotterdam, Holland Atlanta Botanic Garden, Atlanta, Georgia Bickelhaupt Arboretum, Heartland Collection, Clinton, Iowa Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio Foggy Bottom, Gardens of Bressingham, near Diss in Norfolk, England Gotelli Collection, National Arboretum, Washington DC Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan State University, Harper Collection,Tipton, Michigan North Carolina State University Arboretum, Raleigh, North Carolina Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, Illinois Longenecker Gardens, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois Missouri Botanic Garden, St. Louis, Missouri Oregon Garden, Silverton, Oregon Royal Botanic Garden in Wisley, England Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, California Recommended Readings Conifer Society: Quarterly Bulletin Published since 1983 provided with membership $30/yr. Excellent articles on conifers plus educational events and garden tours across the USA. This includes an informative quarterly Bulletin and a website. The ACS website contains a dynamic database of conifers that currently contains over 4500 records and over 1000 photos and is available to everyone for reference. Visit it today! Contact: John Martin, PO Box 3422, Crofton, MD 21114-0422 Phone 410-721-6621 Fax 410-721-9636 Email: conifersociety@aol.com Conifers D.M. van Gelderen & J.R.P. van Hoey Smith (Timber Press, 1996) Two volume set. This reference has very little text with outstanding color photos. Hardy Trees and Shrubs by Michael Dirr (Timber Press, 1997) This reference is an excellent general plant reference. Gardening with Conifers by Adrian Bloom. Shows how conifers can be used to enhance gardens of any size and emphasizes their role in all seasons with practical tips of care for 650 cultivars listed. Dwarf and Unusual Conifers Coming of Age Cutler (Barton Bradley Crossroads Publishing, 1997) Great color photos of mature dwarf conifers at the US National Arboretum in Washington DC. A Garden of Conifers Obrizok (Capability Books, 1994) A cultivar checklist with some good photos of garden settings. Growing Conifers: Four-Season Plants (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Series: Thomas, Martin, Tripp, 1997) Practical handbook with good descriptions of trees and how to use them as focal points. Tips on culture plus control of pests and diseases. Japanese Maples Vertrees (Timber Press, 1978) A definitive study on Japanese maples with good color photos and accurate descriptions. Manual of Cultivated Conifers Krussman (Timber Press, 1985) Very technical and one of the most complete listings of conifer species. Native and Cultivated Conifers of Northeastern North America Cope (Cornell University Press, 1986) Useful checklist with black and white photos and line drawings. The World Checklist of Conifers by Humphrey Welch and Gordon Haddow (Landsman's Bookshop, Ltd., 1993) On behalf of the World Conifer Data Pool. A useful checklist for cultivar nomenclature. Conifers for Gardens: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Richard Bitner (Timber Press, 2007) Great photographs, especially of many new varieties.