Here's PennLive garden writer George Weigel's Plant Pick of the Week for this week: * Common name: Dwarf blue spruce 'Fat Albert' * Botanical name: Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' * What it is: A needled ...

One of the most interesting evergreens is the weeping blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Pendula'). This cultivar of the native Colorado blue spruce was a selected seedling grown in a tree nursery in the ...

It is so disconcerting to see a specimen tree going into decline. One of the prized oak trees in my yard appears to be declining, so I can relate to your concerns. Your description suggests that your ...

This will probably come as no surprise to property owners with Colorado blue spruce in their landscape, but the tree is in trouble. “American Nurseryman,” which covers the nursery trade, posted a ...

To say the weather as of late has been a bit confusing would be a gross understatement. I’ve resorted to leaving my flip flops, sunscreen (for the inevitable February sunburn) and winter boots at the ...

Fall is here and all of those end-of-season projects are looming. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service.

The Plant Patrol recently was hard at work at Blue Spruce Park to remove and treat invasive plants. The Plant Patrol is a group of volunteers, working under the Evergreen Conservancy. The Indiana ...

Question: I have a dwarf Alberta spruce in front of my house, next to the walkway. Last season, I noticed that some of the needles were turning brown and falling off the plant. At first it was just ...