Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Finding the perfect Christmas tree is a wonderful tradition for many families. But at tree farms around the country this season, a favorite type is diseased. The problem isn't easy to catch, but ...

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 ...

The Allegan Conservation District is introducing a monthly news article program to keep area residents informed on current environmental issues in Allegan County. This month's article discusses a ...

Colorado Blue Spruce trees have long been landscape favorites because of their stately shape and unusual color. Picea pungens has a symmetrical form that can grow from 30 to 60 feet tall with a 10 to ...

Within a few days, a blue spruce was transformed from a bright and handsome tree to a sad, brown structure, retaining only its oldest needles on its lower branches. A horde of Douglas-fir tussock ...

We all recognize the tree chosen by Charlie Brown in the popular holiday cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Charlie’s evergreen had a short, crooked form, with wimpy branches and needles that easily ...

One of the dominant tree species in our Colorado Rocky Mountain subalpine forests is the spruce. A spruce is an evergreen tree or conifer belonging to genus Picea and there are about 35 species ...