White Spruce

Picea glauca

Use

Specimen Plant, Windbreak

Additional notes

Transplants readily; makes its best growth on moist loam soils, and although found on many different sites, it is typical of streambanks lake shores and adjacent slopes; one of the most tolerant spruces as it withstands wind, heat, cold, drought and crowding; best in full sun, but tolerant of some shade

Evergreen foliage all year, native of Minnesota

Price: 3 gal: $19.99 / 5 gal: $29.99 / 7 gal: $39.99

Light:

Full sun, partial sun

Soil type:

Tolerates Dry, Prefers Moist

Zone:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Maximum height:

40-60 ft National champion; 130 ft by 28 ft in Koochiching County MN

Spread:

10-20 ft

Growth speed:

Medium

Habit (shape):

A broad, dense pyramid in youth, becoming a tall, fairly narrow, dense spire, compact and regular, with horizontal to ascending branches

Flowers:

Monoecious; staminate, pale red becoming yellow; pistilleate purple

Fruit:

Pendulous, cylindrical cones, 1 to 2 1/2 inches long, 1/2 to 3/4 inches wide, green to purplish when young and light brown when mature, scales thin, flexible, broad, rounded, almost entire at margins

Texture:

Medium

Insect susceptibility:

Spruce bagworm, European sawfly and red spiders

Disease susceptibility:

Needlecast