Columbus resident Beverly Perry is going to need a new marker to help visitors find her house. Ever since she moved into her current house about seven years ago, she’s described it to others as “the ...

People who drive along Randall Road in Elgin have most likely already seen the Colorado blue spruce that Elgin was putting up as its holiday tree on Thursday along DuPage Court downtown. Since the ...

If the tree that’s been selected to be the city’s official Christmas tree this year was any more Chicago, it would have an accent and maybe say “tree” instead of three. The 54-foot tree will be ...

Diane Novak, a 25-year resident of La Grange had a beautiful Colorado blue spruce in her front yard, towering over her neighbor’s two-story house. But in recent years, it had grown too close to ...

Blue spruce (Picea pungens f. glauca), also called Colorado blue spruce, is a beautiful tree with blue-gray needles. Being colorful and relatively drought tolerant, it’s a favorite of many homeowners ...

Rita Guentte’s grandchildren, Alyssa and Nick Miller, stand in front of her Colorado Blue Spruce tree in 1990, long before it reached 40 feet. The tree grew in both height and circumference when it ...

It took a year longer than she wanted, but Dianne Riessen finally has her big Colorado blue spruce tree out of her yard and in a prominent position. The Davenport woman retired last year as an ...