Can trees from warmer places withstand Western Washington's sogginess? Forestry workers are starting a trial to find out.

Growing trees for your landscape is a gardening challenge ... Norway Spruce grows in USDA hardiness zones 2 to 7. Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, can grow up to 6 feet tall in five years.

Richards has been growing Christmas trees as a hobby-business since 1955. Douglas fir and white spruce photos courtesy of the Ministry of Forests for the Province of British Columbia. The balsam fir ...

The agency announced that planting will soon occur across the ... but about 70% of them will likely be Douglas fir trees.

The Douglas fir is an indelible symbol of the Pacific Northwest. The thick-barked native represents the aesthetics of biologically rich Cascadia and the checkered past of overlogging.