Spruce up your yard! With cold-weather hardiness, evergreen beauty and a range of sizes and shapes, the many types of spruce trees offer something for every landscape. Spruces are tall, symmetrical ...

Height: 6-8 feet Spread: 4-5 feet Soil: moist, well-drained soil Dwarf Alberta Spruce stands out for its dense foliage and pyramidal habit of growth that usually serves in the garden or landscape.

For instance, Dwarf Alberta spruce is a naturally formed, juvenile version of the white spruce. It has been in the landscape for years. Perhaps you have seen one that has reverted to the white spruce?

Dear Helen: I’ve noticed some greyish fuzzy material at the tip growth of my Dwarf Alberta spruce plant. They are hard to see, but I think there are tiny, powdery grey insects in the fuzz.

The dwarf Alberta spruce is a compact conifer that develops a classic pyramidal shape. Growing at just 2 to 4 inches per year, this evergreen makes the perfect container-friendly tree and adds a ...

In the race to mitigate the damage from future fires, stewards of Alberta’s parks have turned to loggers to create fire guards like Carrot Creek.

Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire BANFF — Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White ...

Examples of plants that are sensitive to the use of horticulture oils are: Japanese maples, sugar maples, red maples, junipers, redbuds, smoke trees, dwarf Alberta spruce and of course blue spruce.

Trying to grow grass under a spruce tree is problematic for a few reasons. Firstly, the spruce, with its extensive root system, is very good at sucking up every last bit of moisture in the area ...

Take your small home to new heights with these dwarf plants for front yard landscaping in small yards and single story homes.

Portland Parks & Recreation replaced it with this dwarf Alberta spruce in 2024. Long may she reign.

Dwarf Alberta spruce (Picea glauca) naturally grows upright in a conical shape and is a perfect small Christmas tree.