I'll tell you a little secret if you promise not to laugh. Before I studied horticulture I didn't know the difference among evergreens, spruce, pines or conifers. Before you skip today's column ...

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Spruce trees provide two types of food; cones like this one that contain seeds for birds to eat and needles that caterpillars eat. / BILL DANIELSON / For the Gazette Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...