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When we first bought our home, a small handsome spruce was thriving close to our house and sidewalk. At the time I didn鈥檛 know there were such things as dwarf spruce trees, so I anticipated this specimen would become huge and have to be removed in a matter of a few years. Much to my relief, I learned it was a dwarf Alberta spruce, which is quite popular in my neighborhood. At seven feet, it is now full-grown and serves admirably both as an outdoor Christmas tree adorned with colorful lights, and as a pop of green amidst our rather drab-brown winter landscape.
Cindy Murray is a biologist and has been a Coconino Master Gardener since 2010. She is married and has two amazing grown children and two grown grandchildren. Cindy enjoys photographing Arizona’s great outdoors, especially sunsets, birds, and insects. She is a member of Arbor Day Foundation, Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, and The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Lisa Miller edited this column.
Gardening questions can be sent to [email protected] or submitted to the Master Gardener Hotline: 928-773-6115.
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