Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hand pruning a spruce tree. You may have heard that pruning spruce trees in the landscape is an important way of maintaining ...

Spruce shrubs and trees are conifers from the genus Picea, which includes 35 species. Spruce trees and shrubs are characterized by a branch structure, called a pulvinus, where the needles attach. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This low-maintenance evergreen tree is great for adding height to your landscaping. Meindert van der Haven/Getty Images Dwarf ...

Blue spruce (Picea pungens f. glauca), also called Colorado blue spruce, is a beautiful tree with blue-gray needles. Being colorful and relatively drought tolerant, it’s a favorite of many homeowners ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Red spruce, Picea rubens, is a common forest tree of the Acadian forest ...

In recent years, most all spruce varieties have been having difficulty fighting off the fungal disease Rhizosphaera needle cast. This fungal disease causes premature death and casting of needles of ...