Platt Park

Word to the Wise

Oct 17, 2001

Marauding "tree trimmers" have been cutting down our native Douglas-fir trees by convincing unsuspecting residents that they are "unhealthy" or even structurally unsafe blue spruce trees!! While both are needle- and cone-bearing trees (conifers), they have distinct differences, including cone, shape, size, needle & branch characteristics. Healthy Douglas-fir trees are not supposed to be blue!