A foggy day quickly created a frosty landscape. The evergreens, like this Blue Spruce, had a good covering of frost on their needles.
Tag Archives: Colorado Blue Spruce
Grapevine Spotlight
I routinely have to cut back vines on my windbreak trees, such as this wild grapevine on my Blue Spruce(Picea pungens). The birds deposit a lot of seeds and the ground it littered with many small trees and vines.
Spruce Grove
Today I planted a lot of Norway Spruce and Colorado Blue Spruce. In the future there should be a nice grove of evergreens for the wildlife.
Frosty White Fir
It has been over a decade ago that this White Fir was planted. The White Fir is part of a windbreak line of evergreens. The other evergreens are Colorado Blue Spruces. Both of these species of conifers grow at a similar slow growth rate, so work good together. These trees are thicker than pine trees, […]
Forsythia Spruce
The Forsythia bushes are blooming heavily. A Colorado Blue Spruce is in the background that is not so blue.
Center of Attention
As normal, January is covered in snow. This is the view in the windbreak. Evergreens feel like a natural fit during our wintery, snowy months. Their branches help stop snow and wind, and their green gives us a dabble of life in the dreary and otherwise dead season.