Norway Spruce
Picea abies
This evergreen tree has dark green needles on dense branches. Its pyramidal form has a graceful appearance because of pendulous branchlets. Use for tall screen or windbreak.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-see-a AY-beez |
| Key feature: | Year-round Interest |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing to 70 to 80 ft. high, 35 to 45 ft. wide. Larger with age. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 6452 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
Very cold-hardy, this Spruce is the perfect symmetrically shaped Christmas tree. Excellent choice for a front-yard holiday tree or as a semiformal accent in large yards. Lovely form under snowfall. Makes a pretty evergreen background for contrasting foliage colors, flowering shrubs or to highlight a fall leaf show in trees and shrubs. Line them up into a windbreak or incorporate into a wider shelterbelt. Good sound barrier along busy streets.
This evergreen tree has dark green needles on dense branches. Its pyramidal form has a graceful appearance because of pendulous branchlets. Use for tall screen or windbreak.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
Very cold-hardy, this Spruce is the perfect symmetrically shaped Christmas tree. Excellent choice for a front-yard holiday tree or as a semiformal accent in large yards. Lovely form under snowfall. Makes a pretty evergreen background for contrasting foliage colors, flowering shrubs or to highlight a fall leaf show in trees and shrubs. Line them up into a windbreak or incorporate into a wider shelterbelt. Good sound barrier along busy streets.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-see-a AY-beez |
| Key feature: | Year-round Interest |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing to 70 to 80 ft. high, 35 to 45 ft. wide. Larger with age. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 6452 |
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