Wisdom from the trees Gilbert A and Lesley Bruce SMITH Wisdom from the trees Gilbert A and Lesley Bruce SMITH

The Trees Teach Us in the Wake of the Storm

From above ground, it was the picture of health! Both of us, each with over 40 years of experience saving trees, looked at our 60’ Blue Spruce and never suspected that it was vulnerable. However, as we drove through town we noticed more Spruce trees down than any other species. Now we had to ask, why, what was going on?

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Blue Spruce Blues

Mother Nature’s Moment August 2018
by: Lesley Bruce Smith, ISA Certified Arborist

This year has been a tough one for the Blue Spruce (Picea pungens ‘Glauca’). More accurately, this year appears to have been a tough one for Blue Spruce because we have been called into a lot of situations to evaluate Blue Spruces that are in terrible shape. The problems that they are exhibiting now began at a minimum of 15-18 months ago.

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