Cones on the Small Skylands Spruce - Front Yard - December 2024
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The small Skylands Spruce tree that went into the 'island bed' in our front yard has a number of cones clinging to the tips of some of the upper branches that have sort-of 'unfurled' and grown the past few weeks. The cones - once tightly wound - are now a little bit more 'open'. See below for a photo of one of the cones. Note the chicken wire ring to keep the (dang!) rabbits from gnawing away the tips of this tiny tree: