This low-maintenance evergreen tree is great for adding height to your landscaping. Meindert van der Haven/Getty Images Dwarf Alberta spruce is a cone-shaped evergreen often used as a miniature ...

This spruce tree will never fill back in after being cut back too severely into the bare inner branches. Q: My dwarf Alberta spruce is obviously not a dwarf anymore. It's grown bigger than I want it ...

Question: I have a dwarf Alberta spruce in front of my house, next to the walkway. Last season, I noticed that some of the needles were turning brown and falling off the plant. At first it was just ...

Every year, winter will strip the city bare, turning lively blocks into gray corridors and tiny gardens into forgotten corners. That’s exactly why evergreens matter so much in urban spaces, especially ...

Here's PennLive garden writer George Weigel's Plant Pick of the Week for this week: * Common name: Dwarf blue spruce 'Fat Albert' * Botanical name: Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' * What it is: A needled ...

I'll tell you a little secret if you promise not to laugh. Before I studied horticulture I didn't know the difference among evergreens, spruce, pines or conifers. Before you skip today's column ...

The dwarf Alberta spruce is an evergreen conifer with a classic pyramidal Christmas tree shape. This spruce tree variety is related to trees that grow 100 feet or taller. The most popular landscape ...