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Sprucing up the Winter Garden

As gardeners, we seem to often want what we can’t have, and that’s certainly the case for us, and spruces of the genus, Picea. A hot, humid, sandy loam tobacco field in coastal North Carolina isn’t exactly ground zero for growing a lot of spruces well. We’ve learned quite a bit via trial and error

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Sprucing up the Garden

The Serbian spruce, Picea omorika ‘Blue Sky’ is looking lovely at the base of the Mt. Michelle waterfall this week. We think the color of the spruce foliage nicely echos the nearby agave–a combination you won’t see in most gardens. We’re always on the lookout for more spruces that tolerate our heat and humidity.