You may have heard that pruning spruce trees in the landscape is an important way of maintaining their health, size, shape, and vigor. But this is more applicable to deciduous trees than evergreens.

In most Chicago suburbs, you can’t drive a block without seeing a spruce tree. Norway spruce, blue spruce and white spruce are among the most popular trees in the area, prized for their winter color ...

A potentially devastating disease epidemic is attacking our region's most common evergreen trees. Colorado, Black Hills and Norway spruce have long been planted in yards and shelterbelts. Most of the ...

Many homeowners in northern Minnesota are asking the questions: Are my spruce trees dying? Should I be spraying something on them to help? Your spruce trees are not dying and it’s too late in the ...

Q: What's killing Colorado blue spruce trees? My parents just had one cut down in front of their house, which made me start to take notice to others dying in the area. I have noticed dying spruces ...

We were pushing through head-high willows along a brushy caribou trail, five days into our week-long trek across Alaska's Noatak valley, when my hiking partner, Brad Meiklejohn, startled me with a ...

Trees contain valuable information about Earth's past, so much so that studying their rings may help fill in hidden gaps in ...