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 ...

Striking, globe-shaped Dwarf Colorado Blue Spruce is a slow-growing, low-maintenance shrub. Selected for its shape and color, this cultivar grows more wide than tall. Powder blue needles add ...

To say the weather as of late has been a bit confusing would be a gross understatement. I’ve resorted to leaving my flip flops, sunscreen (for the inevitable February sunburn) and winter boots at the ...

As the gardening season starts to wind down in autumn, many gardeners do what they can to help support wildlife in their area. Doing so not only can add some pleasurable viewing to your winter days, ...

This will probably come as no surprise to property owners with Colorado blue spruce in their landscape, but the tree is in trouble. “American Nurseryman,” which covers the nursery trade, posted a ...