Evidently, Charlie Brown had picked a tree completely opposite from the most common species of Christmas tree – the blue spruce. Known for its pyramidal form and sharp blue-green needles, blue spruce ...

Leaves – Evergreen needles; ½ -1” in length, flat, and attached directly to the twig via a small peg. Needles are dark green above, with prominent glaucous white stomatal bands beneath. Twigs and Buds ...

Ag News Wire By Gary Wyatt, an agroforestry educator University of Minnesota Extension Conifers are planted as shelterbelts, windbreaks, living snow fences and winter wildlife thermal cover on ...