Every spring the conifer trees at the Arnold Arboretum burst out in buds: hundreds of tiny cones, often bright pink, red or yellow. This year, one young spruce is putting on an extra-special show ...

Identifying the conifer trees most common to North America requires a close investigation of their needles, ... Noble fir and many pine tree cones stand up, while hemlock and spruce cones dangle.

Southern California’s truly iconic tree is the big cone spruce. By Alan Coles . April 27, 2018 4:05 AM PT . ... it is neither a spruce nor a fir, but a unique conifer.

Then you have just met a spikey, square spruce. The species of spruce that are most commonly seen in the Eagle Valley are the blue spruce (the state tree of Colorado) and Engelmann spruce. Spruce ...

But, remember that not every evergreen is a pine tree; some are spruces, firs, hemlocks, or yews. Let’s cover some basic conifer identification and some principles of selection for your landscape. A ...

The length of cone is not a reliable way of differentiating most types of conifers because the length can vary from tree to tree. For example the sugar pine cones range in size from 8 inches long ...

But, remember that not every evergreen is a pine tree; some are spruces, firs, hemlocks, or yews. Let’s cover some basic conifer identification and some principles of selection for your landscape. A ...