We all recognize the tree chosen by Charlie Brown in the popular holiday cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Charlie’s evergreen had a short, crooked form, with wimpy branches and needles that easily ...

Engelmann spruce is the dominant tree at timberline in the Front Range at approximately 3,350 m elevation; it occurs as krummholz in the forest-tundra ecotone up to about 3,500 m, and occasional ...

Walking in the shade atop Spruce Mountain almost allows you to forget the sprawl of Greater Denver is coming to get us. Yes, the downside of Front Range prosperity and beauty is on its way. Crowding.

Purdue Landscape Report: Colorado blue spruce is not native to Indiana (no spruce is!), and it often suffers from environmental stresses such as drought, excessive heat, humidity, and compacted or ...

Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Q: Last year, we bought a 3-foot-tall blue spruce tree that turned brown on the back side towards the end of summer and then died over winter. We replanted with a bigger, 7-foot-tall blue spruce, but ...