Montrose Charm White Spruce Shows Off With Cones On Its Tips In Springtime - April 2026
Yesterday, I posted a couple of photos showing the purple (or are they red?) cones on our Weeping Norway Spruce trees that are planted in the IB2DWs bed in our front yard. Those trees went in the ground in Fall of 2023. But, so did a few other conifers in that same "Fall Planting" cycle. One of those conifer trees that also went in the ground in October 2023 was a small, ball-and-burlap Montrose Charm White Spruce tree . It was a pretty small tree in Fall of 2023. And, a little mal-shaped. Today, in its third full growing season, it has taken on a more traditional profile and shape as an upright, narrow conifer tree. It has also put on some mass and height. Below is a look at the current view of the tree - showing the full conifer from ground to tip: But, something else is happening this Spring. Something that didn't happen in previous years. That's the green cones have burst from the tips of this tree and are putt...