identifying these blue rings allows us to spot cold summers in the past. By looking at pine trees and juniper shrubs from northern Norway, scientists identified two extremely cold summers in 1902 ...

Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the weather of the past by looking at tree rings — which can tell us far more than just the trees’ age. ‘Blue’ ...

Best of all, they recall Tuscan landscaping ... juniper trees are unforgiving about sun exposure. They require a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight to maintain their silverish-blue façade ...

identifying these blue rings allows us to spot cold summers in the past. By looking at pine trees and juniper shrubs from northern Norway, scientists identified two extremely cold summers in 1902 ...

Juniper shrubs are getting a second look ... durable groundcover brings lovely texture and a refreshing blue-green tone to a landscape with moss-like foliage that is soft to the touch.