This super-hot summer also didn't help. Colorado blue spruce is a native to colder areas and doesn't do well in areas hotter than Zone 7. As our climate slides southward (much of the Harrisburg ...

The tree is adaptable to many garden environments. It won’t fair well in standing water but, once established, is drought-tolerant. As with other spruce varieties, it is considered deer-resistant.

Q: Some of the tips of my Colorado blue spruce tree are browning and dying. I'm attaching photos. Could you please tell me if I have insects or a disease attacking it? A: It's usually hard to nail ...

The natural blue shade of color is fading on many local blue spruce trees. That means the trees are dying, and the owner of Hartwood Treecare says it’s all because of fungi. "We’re losing so ...

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 ...

Colorado spruce (Picea pungens), the species with the popular blue-needled cultivars, struggles in Maryland growing conditions. As such, it is at risk for several problems that cause dieback and ...

Colorado Blue Spruce trees have long been landscape favorites because of their stately shape and unusual color. Picea pungens has a symmetrical form that can grow from 30 to 60 feet tall with a 10 ...

These trees grow to 50 feet (16m) by 20 feet (3.5m) wide. Cultivars include Densata which is more compact and grows more ...

WATERVILLE — The giant blue spruce tree cut down Tuesday in Castonguay Square had a storied history, having been transplanted there in the mid-1970s by public works employees who had dug it up ...

The blue spruce, or Colorado blue spruce, is prized for its bluish color. The tree gets it blue color from a waxy coating on its needles. Some blue spruce are subject to attack by cytospera canker ...

SCHENECTADY — A year or two after moving to Wendell Avenue in 1975, Bill and Nancy Winkler dressed up their Center Hall Colonial home by planting two four-foot-tall blue spruce trees on either ...