(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...

(Black Spruce, Blue Nest Spruce)

This dwarf evergreen shrub is an exceptional plant for rock gardens and mountain communities. Its parent species is the black spruce tree of North American forests that can be found from Newfoundland to Alaska in peat bogs and moist upland sites. This indicates a tolerance for wet ground, which is a valuable problem solver where soils are too dense or poorly drained for other conifers. This squat ground hugging shrub produces fine branching covered with a soft gray bark. Short, four sided dark blue-green...

(Black Spruce, Dwarf Black Spruce)

The dwarf black spruce, 'Nana' is a very slow-growing evergreen shrub that becomes a broad ball when mature. It is a native of northern North America, from Alaska to the northernmost reaches of the United States. This is a boreal tree species that is best in cool, moist soils. The short needles of 'Nana' are four-sided and silvery blue-green to plain green.

Grow dwarf black spruce in full sun and neutral to acidic soil that is rich and friable but has good drainage. Amazingly cold tolerant...

(Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce)

Colorado spruce is a medium to large pyramidal evergreen conifer native to the central and southern Rocky Mountains in the western United States. In its native habitat, this exceptionally hardy tree exists in moist, cool spots and is commonly found along streamsides in mixed conifer forests. Due to its resilience and beauty, it has become a popular landscape tree and many exceptional cultivated varieties exist.

The stiff, prickly-when-grasped needles of this tree are green to silvery blue and...

(Baby Blue Eyes Spruce, Dwarf Blue Spruce, Dwarf Colorado Spruce)

This super cold hardy evergreen 'Baby Blue Eyes' may be the only true dwarf blue spruce on the market today. The parent species is the Colorado spruce tree native to higher elevations of the Rockies, and is world famous for its beautiful blue foliage. Within its range the winters are very cold and dry, making this species quite drought tolerant. This dwarf produces a clear pyramidal form of fine branches covered with scaly purple tinged gray bark. Short, four sided dark blue-gray needles are sharp,...

(Baker Colorado Spruce, Colorado Spruce)

Baker blue spruce is a very slow-growing, narrowly pyramidal evergreen conifer native to the southern Rocky Mountains in the United States. This cultivar has a good blue color across the spread of each branch. Its stiff, prickly needles release a pungent fragrance when crushed.

Baker blue spruce grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soils that are fertile. It can withstand many stresses, including drought, pollution, salt and wind. In full sun the form will be a tall and narrow pyramid,...