Many spruce trees in our area suffer from a common needle disease and are in decline. We get several calls each year with trees showing these symptoms. This information from our Extension Plant ...

Q: We have a spruce lined border to the back of our subdivision that our yard is a part of. Many of the trees are beginning to lose all the needles on a few low branches on each tree. It looks like ...

In recent years, most all spruce varieties have been having difficulty fighting off the fungal disease Rhizosphaera needle cast. This fungal disease causes premature death and casting of needles of ...

Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Concerned about the health of his favorite tree, a reader recently contacted me. “My blue spruce is losing some needles. Can you help me save my tree?” Not only have I had multiple readers complain ...

Of all the tree issues that concern property owners, unquestionably Colorado blue spruce and the green variety of Colorado spruce year after year top the list. Enjoy unlimited reading on ...

ROCKFORD — If you peer past the ornaments and outer branches at the base of the city's official Christmas tree — a broad and bulky 40-foot-tall blue spruce — you'll find yellow and brown needles along ...

Living in the humid mid-Atlantic area, we have lots of fungal and bacterial diseases to contend with. There is one in particular that I have seen increase in our area. It is a fungal pathogen called ...

Q A week or two ago, you wrote in your column that spruce needle cast could be controlled with a good spray program. What do we use and when? A The product of choice is Daconil. Spray your trees twice ...