One of the most interesting evergreens is the weeping blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Pendula'). This cultivar of the native Colorado blue spruce was a selected seedling grown in a tree nursery in the ...

Plants "weep" in many different forms. Visualize a tree or shrub with a cultivar name like 'Pendula,' 'Prostatus' or 'Procumbens' and what do you see? It could be a tall, narrow tree with drooping ...

Learn how to use small trees for landscaping to create the ideal backyard in every season — even if you don't have much space ...

"Read ‘em and weep," the poker players say. People who plant a weeping tree in their yard certainly won’t cry. Rather, weeping trees with their long drooping branches add a note of peace and ...

Then there’s weeping blue atlas cedar. These put out arms that can be trained and pruned up and over the fence. You can prune them into whatever size and shape you want, including espaliered. ‘Dragon ...

Spilling over rocks, they gentle the hard surface. Pendulous above water, they enhance a still surface or rushing stream, and their shimmering reflection is a watercolor to remember. In this column ...

Several people contacted me after the November windstorm about alternatives to blue spruce that took a beating in the wind. But before we talk about replacing the trees, let’s look at why a number of ...