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Southeastern Conifer
Volume 17
Special Edition 2013
American Conifer Society—Southeastern Region
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Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
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SE Region Meeting in Memphis TN
Inside This Issue
Editor’s Notes about the SE Meeting in
Memphis TN
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List of SE Reference Gardens
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Barbie Colvin, GA receives 2013
SE Merit Award
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The Dixon Galleries and Gardens,
Memphis, TN
Pages 3, 4, 5
The Memphis Botanic Garden, TN
Pages 6 , 7
Private Gardens in Memphis and Jackson
Pages 8, 9
The 2013 SE Region meeting took place in Memphis, TN on
October 11 and 12, 2013. For the first time, the convention part, lectures, meals and plant auctions did not take place in a hotel, but in an
elegant gallery setting, at DIXON Galleries and Gardens, a splendid
place to have had the events. Outgoing SE President Sue Hamilton of
Knoxville TN, local ACS member Kennon Hampton , Jason Reeves
and many volunteers arranged everything, including the visits, bus
transportation, food arrangements, plant auctions. We owe them a big
‘Thank You’. The meeting had 75 attendants, even non-members of
ACS from AR, FL, GA, KY, MO, MS, NC, VA and WI. 1/3 came
from many locations in TN.
The program included visits of the Dixon Gardens, the Memphis Botanic Garden, the UT Research and Education Center in Jackson, TN, under the tutelage of Jason Reeves, Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery
in Olive Branch, MS, and private gardens in Memphis and Jackson.
Carol Reese, Specialist of the UT Ornamental Horticulture for
West TN, gave a delightful slide talk show about “Plants with Stories
to Tell“. Newly elected SE President Dr. John Ruter, GA, introduced
the new book “Landscaping with Conifers and Gingko for the Southeast” which he and Tom Cox, GA published this year. Tom Cox, GA
prepared the audience for the ACS National Meeting 2014 in Atlanta,
Photos by
GA.
Another highlight were as usual the silent and verbal plant aucJim Hanger, VA, Maud Henne, VA
tions. And not to forget: the SE Merit Award, given this year to Barbie
and Janice Lecoq, FL
Colvin for her achievements as coordinator for the Reference Garden
Program. The Southeast has 15 Reference Gardens, more than any of
Events
the other regions. The presenter was John Quackenbush, outgoing SE
Treasurer and recipient of the 2012 Award.
UT Research Garden Jackson, TN
Pages 10, 11
Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery, MS
Page 12
ACS National Meeting,
Atlanta, GA
June 13 and 14, 2014
Maud Henne
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The ACS SE Region
Conifer Reference Gardens
Florida
Gardens of the Big Bend, Quincy, FL
Georgia
Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA
Lockerly Arboretum, Milledgeville, GA
Smith Gilbert Gardens, Kennesaw, GA
State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens, GA
North Carolina
JC Raulston Arboretum , Raleigh, NC
South Carolina
Hatcher Garden, Spartanburg, SC
South Carolina Botanical Gardens, Clemson, SC
Tennessee
East Tennessee State University Arboretum
Johnson City, TN
University of TN-Jackson West TN Research &
Ed Center Gardens, Jackson, TN
University of Tennessee Gardens, Knoxville, TN
Virginia
Al Gardner Memorial Garden-J.Sargeant Reynolds
Community College, Goochland, VA
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA
Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
State Arboretum of Virginia, Boyce, VA
All of these gardens have websites with
addresses, directions and events.
American Conifer Society—SE Region
www.conifersociety.org
SE President: Dr.John Ruter, GA [email protected]
SE Vice President: Dr. Sue Hamilton, TN–[email protected]
SE Regional Director: Tom [email protected]
SE Treasurer: Jeff and Jennifer Harvey, [email protected]
SE Reference Gardens: Beth Jimenez, [email protected]
SE Webmaster: Ben Ford, [email protected]
SE Newsletter Editor: Maud Henne,[email protected]
SE Technical Advisor: Tom Cox, [email protected]
2013 SE Merit Award
Barbie Colvin, GA, receives the 2013
Merit Award from 2012 recipient and past
Treasurer John Quackenbush, GA for her
forts and achievements as coordinator for
SE Reference Garden program.
Congratulations, Barbie, and thanks.
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At the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis TN
The Dixon Gallery and Gardens were as mentioned before,
the place where our meeting events: lectures, dinners and
auctions took place. The Dixon is a Fine Arts Museum and a
public garden of 17 acres with 10 % conifers within the
plant collection. The conifers in decorative urns, see below,
found many admirers.
The Dixon Gardens go back to Margret and Hugo Dixon
when they purchased the 17 then wooded acres in 1939 to
build their home in what was then the outskirts of Memphis.
Cedrus atlantica
‘Glauca Pendula’
Taxodium distichum
‘Fallingwater’
Cupressus arizonica var. glabra
‘Raywood’s Weeping’
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At the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis TN
Cupressus nootkatensis
Tsuga canadensis
Picea pungens ‘The Blues’
Alaska Cedar
Eastern Hemlock
Colorado Blue Spruce
Above Left
Cryptomeria japonica
‘Globosa Nana’
Japanese Cedar
Above Right
Picea orientalis
‘Atrovirens’
Oriental Spruce
Water Features
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At the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis TN
While the daytimes were spent with
visiting public and private gardens, the evenings were filled with good food, lectures and
the silent and verbal plant auctions . People
had a good time.
The meeting had 75 registered attendants, some of them not even being ACS
members but curious members of local garden
clubs.
The meeting had an income of
$12,760, including $9,173 from the plant auctions. Expenses for transportation, meals, a
donation to the Dixon Gardens amounted to
$9,654 which left the SE Region with a net
earning of $3,106.
The numbers were provided by outgoing SE Treasurer John Quackenbush.
Our very attractive centerpieces for the dinner
tables were done by Celia Chastain, the Dixon’s
floriculturist and new ACS member. This one
shows a dwarf Cunninghamia .
Tom Cox, Cox Arboretum, GA, promotes the next
ACS National Meeting which will take place in
Atlanta, GA, on June 13 and 14, 2014.
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At The Memphis Botanic Garden
This 96 acre property across from the
Dixon Gallery and Gardens includes 28
specialty gardens. An arboretum was established in 1957. The Conifer Collection was added in 1982 and updated in
2002 to include many dwarf varieties that
are now available for the home landscape .
New plants are added on a continuous basis. At the present, the collection is estimated to have 300 individual plants with
at least 100 species represented.
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At The Memphis Botanic Garden
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Visits of Private and Public Gardens in Memphis and Jackson, TN.
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Visits of Private and Public Gardens in Memphis and Jackson, TN
We visited 2 private gardens each in Memphis and Jackson
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University of TN Research Center, Jackson, TN
Like everywhere at this time of the year, it is pumpkin time. This is what we found at the entrance of the University of TN’s
Research Center in Jackson, TN. The center was established in 1907 and focuses on research of ornamentals as well as agronomic and horticultural crops for the South. Our host and guide was Jason Reeves. The Research Center and its conifer collection is one of the SE Region’s 15 Reference Gardens.
Gingko biloba .
Jason Reeves told us that they tried to get rid of this tree and
tried to cut it down. Instead it developed into what we see
and admire today.
Dr. John Ruter University of Athens, GA, now SE President, Tom Cox of Cox Arboretum in Canton GA and outgoing SE Treasurer John Quackenbush of Bishop GA,
passing under the same Gingko.
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University of TN Research Center, Jackson, TN
Jason Reeves was our tour guide
Center top:
Cupressus arizonica var. glabra
‘Golden Pyramid’
Center bottom:
Platycladus orientalis ‘Franky
Boy’
Center:
Cupressus arizonica var.glabra
‘Chaparral’
Bottom
Cupressus arizonica var. glabra
‘Limelight’
Right:
Closeup of Platycladus orientalis
‘Franky Boy’
(formerly Thuja orientalis)
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Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery, MS
Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery
located in Olive Branch,
MS, has over 175,000 SF
of greenhouses devoted
to bonsai and has been a
destination for hobbyists
for over 30 years.
The nursery includes
an extensive collection of ancient miniature trees like this
pine to the left.