Lots of people love the look of a blue spruce. The magnificent color of the silver-blue-green needles truly makes this evergreen an American favorite. The biggest problem we often get asked about is ...

Q A week or two ago, you wrote in your column that spruce needle cast could be controlled with a good spray program. What do we use and when? A The product of choice is Daconil. Spray your trees twice ...

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 ...

Q: We have a spruce lined border to the back of our subdivision that our yard is a part of. Many of the trees are beginning to lose all the needles on a few low branches on each tree. It looks like ...

Tree problems can be very sneaky. A lot of the time they creep in, and before you know it, the problem is staring you in the face, demanding attention. I've had several calls in the past two weeks ...

ROCKFORD — If you peer past the ornaments and outer branches at the base of the city's official Christmas tree — a broad and bulky 40-foot-tall blue spruce — you'll find yellow and brown needles along ...