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The following organizations attract conifer enthusiasts (also known as coniferophytes, coneheads and pine nuts). Both sponsor national and regional meetings, tours and seed exchanges and publish journals:
American Conifer Society (ACS)P.O. Box 360
Keswick, VA 22947-0360
Phone/Fax: (804)984-3660 North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS)
P.O. Box 67
Millwood, NY 10546
Two of the most complete books on conifers:
- Krussmann, Gerd. Manual of Cultivated Conifers. Timber Press, 1985.
- van Gelderen, D.M. and van Hoey Smith, J.R.P. Conifers, The Illustrated
Encyclopedia. Timber Press, 1996.
Also useful and comprehensive:
- Ouden, P. Den and Boom, B.K. Manual of Cultivated Conifers. Martinus Nijhoff, 1965.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America, Volume 2. Oxford University Press, 1993.
Good regional guides:
- Cope, Edward. Native and Cultivated Conifers of Northeastern North America. Cornell University Press, 1986.
- Editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine. The Sunset Western Garden
Book. Sunset Publishing, 1995.
- Flint, Harrison. Landscape Plants for Eastern North America. John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
- Odenwald, Neil and Turner, James. Identification and Use of Southern Plants. Claitor's Publishing, 1987.
- Whitcomb, Carl. Know It and Grow It II. Lacebark Publications, 1983. (Useful for the southcentral U.S.)
More useful books:
- Cutler, Sandra McLean. Conifers Coming of Age. Barton-Bradley Crossroads Publishing, 1997. (A guide to mature garden conifers)
- Obrizok, Robert. A Garden of Conifers. Capability's Books, 1993. Welch, Humphrey and Haddow, Gordon. The World Checklist of Conifers. Landsman's Bookshop Ltd., 1993. (A listing of accepted names of species and cultivars)