Spruce trees, including this dwarf variety, are slow-growing, long-lived trees. It grows on average about 2 to 4 inches per year. It can take about 30 years to reach its maximum size of 10 to 13 ...

These stalks form only after four to five years of infection. Dwarf mistletoe can also attack white pine, red pine, jack pine, eastern larch, balsam fir and Colorado blue spruce. These trees are ...

Problem is, you may not have the space to grow a full-sized fir or large Colorado blue spruce ... or dwarf, trees are slower growing and smaller in stature than their full-size counterparts ...

Heavily infected trees generally die over time, especially those with large or multiple brooms. Other stands of spruce away from the water may contain only occasional trees with small brooms. Such ...