Q: I have always loved the look of blue spruce, and I see many Maryland nurseries stocking them. I’ve heard that I should consider alternatives. Why? A: Every plant has something it can be vulnerable ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — When searching for a Christmas tree to bring home this year, you may face a decline in spruce trees across Indiana as a sickness is causing them to lose their glow. Spruce ...

Blue spruce trees have been especially vulnerable to a fungal disease called rhizosphaera needle cast in which needles turn purplish-brown, beginning on the lower branches and then making their way up ...