You suggested a plant called a dwarf Alberta spruce. My question is, can this shrub be grown in a pot? I have two large pots on either side of my front door and am tired of refilling them with ...

Spruce up your yard! With cold-weather hardiness, evergreen beauty and a range of sizes and shapes, the many types of spruce ...

Dwarf Alberta spruce is notably susceptible to winter burn, more so than many other conifers. The tips of the twigs turn brown and dry. There will be a distinct pattern of browning on the parts ...

Because of its small size and Christmas-tree shape, the dwarf Alberta spruce is a favorite evergreen across many parts of the country. This cute little tree keeps its conical shape as it grows ...

Q. My dwarf Alberta spruce, which is about 8 years old, is having some problems. It gets brown on the inside and at the bottom. It got worse through the drought but I don't think that is the problem.

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 ...

Dear Carol: I planted some dwarf Alberta spruce trees about 15 years ago. Today they are about 41/2 feet tall and one has a "relative" growing out of the top of it. About 3 years ago I noticed a ...

I have a dwarf Alberta spruce that I planted about 11 years ago. It is about 7 feet tall. It is planted on the north side of the house within 3 feet of the corner of our garage.

Your dwarf spruce might be close to its maximum height. To be sure it gets no taller, its dimensions can be held at their current size by "mold-and-hold" type pruning, in which you prune the outer ...

Q: Our dwarf Colorado blue spruce is no longer dwarf. It's nearly five feet tall and probably just as wide. Can it be trimmed? If so, when is the best time to do this? - Shirley Smedshammer, Fargo ...