The bird's nest spruce is a dwarf cultivar of the Norway spruce and largely thrives in similar conditions to its larger relative. Both trees are quite cold tolerant, with the common Norway spruce ...

George Weigel Last summer's intense heat caused this needle browning on a birds nest spruce. Q: We have two 'Little Gem' dwarf spruce plants that have been fine and very low maintenance up to now.

One is birds nest spruce, a medium-green needled evergreen with a rounded habit and a somewhat flat top - almost like somebody sat on them. These don't spray out or spread out like junipers but ...

If they find an old nest, they’ll just spruce it up and use it. If there’s no nest, they’ll build a new one. I do think it’s a good idea to clean out the old nest, though.

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.