The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree India Hayford. Kensington/Scognamiglio, $18.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4967-5312-0 Hayford debuts with a poignant tale of ghosts and found family.

Plus questions on caterpillars on Colorado blue spruce, gorgeous plowers spilling over a boulder wall, on baptisia or blue false indigo and what is the difference between madevilla and dipladenia?

Blue Spruce, believed to have been the first Native American dentist, died June 2 at his home in Surprise, Ariz. He was 94.

The Children's Advisory Commission of Indiana County held its annual Family Nature Palooza on Saturday at Blue Spruce Park.

A giant white spruce tree in Medina was beloved for its massive limbs and easy climbing by several generations, and registered by the state 25 years ago.

A new study suggests trees in the forest can access ancient memories and "talk" to each other hours before a solar eclipse.

Workers from Davey Tree and Deere & Co.'s grounds maintenance staff load a 30-foot blue spruce tree they cut down Monday morning in the front yard of Deere & Co. retiree Dianne Riessen of Davenport.

A beloved Sitka spruce tree at a popular state park is about to get a big farewell. The “iconic” tree, found at the Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site in Newport, has been declared a hazard ...

A National Park Service employee and his wife were killed in a crash on Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.