The dwarf Alberta spruce ... tree, harvest seeds mid-fall. Spruce seeds grow in cones. Pick them young before they ripen. Extract the seeds from the cones by allowing the cones to dry out, open ...

Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, is one of the fastest-growing evergreens but starts out slowly ... Colorado Blue Spruce, Picea pungens, can reach Christmas tree size in five years at 5 feet ...