Spruce Trees
Spruce
Picea species – Hardiness Zone 2
These majestic, pyramidal evergreens feature needles in shades of blue and green. The spruce tree’s hardy quality is also abailable in dwarf, shrub-like forms. Spruce prefer full sinlight.
Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens – Hardiness Zone 2
Colorado Blue Spruce display longer blue, rigid needles, that other Picea species.
| Colorado Blue Spruce Culivars | Ht. | Sp. | Features and Foliage |
| Bakeri | 4 m | 2 m | Conical tree with ling, dark blue needles |
| Colorado Blue (Glauca) | 15 m | 5 m | Popular pyramidal tree with blue needles |
| Fat Albert | 13 m | 6 m | Broadly-based tree with rounded form and blue needles |
| Columnar Blue (Fastigiata) | 3 m | 1 m | Narrow, columnar tree with blue needles |
| Globe Blue (Glauca Globosa) | 2 m | 1 m | Globe-shaped, dwarf, slow-growing, coniferous shrub |
| Hoopsii | 12 m | 2 m | Narrow, pyramidal tree with silvery-blue needles |
| Koster Blue | 12 m | 3 m | Old, well know tree with silvery-blue needles and unique form |
| Montgomery | 3 m | 1 m | Blue, slow-growing, compact conifer with a conical leader |
Norway Spruce
Picea abies – Hardiness Zone 3-4
This coniferous evergreen with needles is frequently used as an accent or rock garden plant.
| Norway Spruce Cultivars | Ht. | Sp. | Features and Foliage |
| Bird’s-Nest Spruce P. abies nidiformis |
1 m | 1.5 m | Flat, nest-shaped, dwarf coniferous shrub with light green foliage |
| Dwarf Norway Spruce P. abies pumila |
1 m | 1.5 m | Globe shaped, dwarf coniferous shrub with bright green foliage |
White Spruce
Picea glayca – Hardiness Zone 2
ht. 15 m – Sp. 5 m
This hardy native tree has short green needles which are softer than Colorado Spruce. Commonly used in shelterbelt and acreage plantings.
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- White Sprcue
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- Columnar Blue Spruce
