We planted five blue spruce about 5 years ago on the edge of our property. They were growing great. But this year one tree has dropped its needles - piles of them. This tree sits in the middle of the ...

Scientists have found a connection between bacteria in Norway spruce needles and the development of gold nanoparticles, a discovery that could one day lead to more environmentally friendly ways to ...

In the forests of Finnish Lapland, beneath which some gold is known to lie underground, scientists have found something unexpected happening above the soil. Inside the needles of Norway spruce trees, ...

When Burl Ives sang "Silver and gold decorations, on every Christmas tree" in "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," he surely didn't know that Christmas trees actually have gold inside their needles — but ...

The original Christmas tree was a Spruce, which is distinguished by its cone shape and whorled branches. The needles of a Spruce are attached singly to the branches rather than in bunches, in a spiral ...

Q: We didn’t water our lawn throughout the summer, thinking the grass would just go dormant and come back later. Once we finally got rain recently, parts of our yard are coming back but one area isn’t ...

Q. Two of my dwarf Alberta spruce has a problem that causes the needles to turn brown and fall off. I have tried insecticide and fungicide to control the problem. One of the trees looked much better ...

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 ...