“We have the balsam fir, scotch pine, white pine, red pine, and white spruce," Kretser explains. I’ve never gotten a Christmas tree just for myself, so I ask Kretser what kind she recommends.

No holiday is complete without picking the best Christmas tree. Here's how to pick a long-lasting, live X-mas tree, whether you want fir, spruce, or pine, according to experts.

Adult pine weevils appear on the host tree throughout April and May as they fly or crawl to the tips of pine and spruce trees. The female chews out holes, deposits her eggs, and then seals the ...

Dwarf blue spruce becomes mound-shaped 3 to 5 feet high and 5 feet wide. Needle length and hue look much like the tree form Colorado Blue Spruce. Now comes the quiz.

Pine, fir, and spruce are strongly antimicrobial, and anti-fungal. The pitch has more concentrated amounts of these substances than the needles and bark. Internal use of the pitch in large amounts ...