(White Spruce)

White spruce is a tall evergreen conifer native to the northern United States and Canada. Broadly pyramidal when young, it becomes more columnar with age. Its cones are relatively small. Crushed needles emit a pungent, skunky smell. Many cultivars of white spruce are available, including those with smaller mature sizes or dwarfed and weeping habits.

White spruce grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil that is acidic to neutral in pH. It tolerates drought, salt spray, extreme cold,...

(White Spruce)

White spruce is a tall evergreen conifer native to the northern United States and Canada. Broadly pyramidal when young, it becomes more columnar with age. Its cones are relatively small. Crushed needles emit a pungent, skunky smell. Many cultivars of white spruce are available, including those with smaller mature sizes or dwarfed and weeping habits.

White spruce grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil that is acidic to neutral in pH. It tolerates drought, salt spray, extreme cold,...

(White Spruce)

White spruce is a tall evergreen conifer native to the northern United States and Canada. Broadly pyramidal when young, it becomes more columnar with age. Its cones are relatively small. Crushed needles emit a pungent, skunky smell. Many cultivars of white spruce are available, including those with smaller mature sizes or dwarfed and weeping habits.

White spruce grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil that is acidic to neutral in pH. It tolerates drought, salt spray, extreme cold,...

(White Spruce)

White spruce is a tall evergreen conifer native to the northern United States and Canada. Broadly pyramidal when young, it becomes more columnar with age. Its cones are relatively small. Crushed needles emit a pungent, skunky smell. Many cultivars of white spruce are available, including those with smaller mature sizes or dwarfed and weeping habits.

White spruce grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil that is acidic to neutral in pH. It tolerates drought, salt spray, extreme cold,...

(White Spruce)

White spruce is a tall evergreen conifer native to the northern United States and a great expanse of Canada. 'Rainbow's End' is a cultivar grown for the dense foliage; in summer, the second flushing of new needles are often colored yellow-green and boldly contrast against the older dark green needles.

White spruce likes sun and moist, well drained soil, and tolerates drought, salt, extreme cold, and other environmental stresses. It is useful for small, hedges, foundation plantings, short windbreaks...

(White Spruce)

selection of white spruce slowly forms a dense conical shrub or small tree whose irregular mossy-textured surface gives it added architectural interest. The fine needles emerge slate-blue but mature slowly to olive-green, creating a multi-colored tapestry-like effect.

This cultivar likes sun and moist, well drained soil, and tolerates drought, salt, extreme cold, and other environmental stresses. It is useful for foundation plantings, containers, hedges, mixed borders, entryways, and rock gardens.

(Alberta Spruce)

A variety of white spruce, this large evergreen conifer is native to Southwest Canada, Montana, and Wyoming. It is best known for its slow-growing cultivar 'Conica', commonly known as dwarf Alberta spruce.

Broadly pyramidal when young, Alberta spruce becomes more columnar with age. Its cones are relatively small. Crushed needles emit a pungent, skunky smell. Many cultivars of white spruce are available, including the compact, pyramidal 'Conica'.

White spruce grows best in sun and moist, well-drained...

(Alberta Spruce, Dwarf Alberta Spruce)

Alberta spruce is a large evergreen conifer from southwestern Canada, Montana, and Wyoming. Its dwarf cultivar 'Conica' is widely planted and admired for its compact, pyramidal habit.

Discovered in Alberta in 1904, 'Conica' grows slowly into a large conical shrub whose fine, dense, bright green foliage gives it a mossy appearance. Crushed needles emit a pungent, skunky smell.

White spruce grows its finest in full sun and moist, well-drained soil enriched with organic matter. This dwarf conifer...

(Alberta Spruce)

Originating in 1981 from a witch's broom of dwarf Alberta spruce, 'Jean's Dilly' is narrower, slower-growing, and finer-textured than its parent. Dwarf Alberta spruce is a widely planted, compact selection of Picea glauca var. albertiana, a large evergreen conifer native to southwestern Canada, Montana, and Wyoming.

Growing about a thumb's length per year, 'Jean's Dilly' eventually forms a dense, narrowly conical, shoulder-high shrub. Its tiny, whorled, green to dark-green needles...

(Black Spruce, Maryland Spruce)

The black spruce is an elegant evergreen tree that is spire-like with drooping branches that upcurve like eyelashes at their tips. It is a native of northern North America, from Alaska to the northernmost tier of the eastern United States. Often found growing in cool, moist soils, it has a shallow root system and is easily toppled by winds. This is a boreal species.

The needles of black spruce are four-sided, shiny and dark blue-green. The spry branches are relatively short, angle downward and...