Every few feet, he pointed to the tops of young spruce trees, five to eight feet tall, with their tops hacked off. An illegally cut spruce tree on private property near Eveleth, Minnesota, as seen ...

Dear Carol: I planted some dwarf Alberta spruce trees about 15 years ago. Today they are about 41/2 feet tall and one has a "relative" growing out of the top of it.

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — In the minutes after the chain saw ran through the base of the Norway spruce tree headed for holiday fame, the 71-foot giant hung in stasis before it finally laid horizontal. It was ...

Trees must also be cut within 6 inches of where their tunk goes into the ground. Some species are completely off limits — such as the Ponderosa Pine, the Colorado Blue Spruce, or the Douglas Fir ...

There are all manner of reasons why a spruce tree's needles turn brown, from sawflies and budworms to fungi, viruses, mites and bad weather. I have noticed a few things in general, however.

Villwock eventually picked six trees as possible contenders, and the 74-foot Lutz spruce was chosen by Ted Bechtol, superintendent of Capitol grounds, who flew to Alaska to choose the tree, she said.

Back 100 years ago, the Norway spruce (picea abies) evergreen tree was popular and over-planted. For example, our 1-acre property had nine of these large trees when we moved here in 1960.

Cut your own conifer and pick up a bundle of firewood while you’re at it. This farm’s pre-cut selection of Fraser firs range from six to twelve feet in height, while the cut-your-own varieties of ...