Gardening > Trees > Tree HealthOctober 29, 2009

Old Blue Spruce Tree Is Dying

Recently we had a tree cutter remove some branches from the middle portion of our blue spruce tree. It appears that now many of the surrounding branches are beginning to turn brown.

My husband and I are quite upset as we have grown this tree since it was about two feet tall. It is now about forty feet tall and has been growing on our front lawn for about forty-one years. Please help. Thank you in advance.

Hardiness Zone: 7a

By Carol from Commack, NY

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06/18/2010

My brother has a beautiful blue spruce, about 40 to 50 ft. tall and it is also dying from the top down. We have some type of weevil, like a pine weevil, that is destroying a lot of pines in my yard and these pines will show a reddish color on the bark. We had an Arborist come and there is nothing we can do about this bug because it is all over the state, and other states as well. All we can do is cut the infected trees down but this bug moves from tree to tree and isn't easy to see. I would think that someone should be able to help with all the trees it is killing. It started at the top and killed all the branches and tree itself. It's so sad to see and not be able to do anything about it, especially seeing what it has done to the blue spruce!

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10/29/2009

Call up a local nursery. There is a food available for Blue Spruce trees, and I can't remember the name of it.

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My beautiful 50+ year old blue spruce is dying from the top. It's over 50 feet high and it's slowly turning brown and dead from the top down. Is this a natural death?


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