Picea abies
Norway Spruce
 

Height: 40-50'
Spread: 25-30'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: pyramidal
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: 4-6" cones

3040

Lustrous, dark green needles and pyramidal form.  A good performer and useful as a windbreak or screen.

Picea abies ‘Cupressina’
Cupressina Norway Spruce
 

Height: 50'
Spread: 10'
Zone: 4
Foliage: green
Shape: narrow, fastigiate
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cones

3154

Narrow, tight fastigiate form is useful for tight locations or close to a house.  Desirable specimen plant.

Picea abies 'Elegans'
Norway Spruce
 

Height: 3-5'
Spread: 3-5'
Zone: 3
Foliage: green
Shape: rounded
Fall Color:  evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit:  insignificant

2140

This selection forms a low rounded dome. Bud break in spring is earlier than other cultivars.

Picea abies ‘Little Gem’
Little Gem Spruce
 

Height: 18"
Spread: 3-6'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: globe, flat-topped
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2086

A very slow growing, dwarf form useful in rock gardens or as a small specimen plant.

Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’
Birds Nest Spruce
 

Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-4'
Zone: 3
Foliage: green
Shape: spreading, flat-topped
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2070

A dense, low growing spruce which maintains a compact shape without shearing.

Picea abies ‘Pendula’
Weeping Norway Spruce
 

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Height: as staked
Spread: 10'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: weeping
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3670

Unique weeping habit makes this an excellent specimen plant. Can be grown stakes as an upright specimen, or allowed to weep.

Picea abies ‘Pumila Nigra’
Dwarf Norway Spruce
 

Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-4'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: globose
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2075

Small, attractive globe-shaped spruce is more rounded than flat-topped ‘Nidiformis’.

Picea abies ‘Repens’
Repens Spruce
 

Height: 3-4'
Spread: 4-5'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: dwarf, spreading
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2089

Mounds slightly and grows wider than other selections.

Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf Tigertail'
Tigertail Spruce (Alcock's spruce)
 

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Height: 6'
Spread: 3-4'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: globose
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit:  insignificant

2075

Spreading flat-topped shrub when young, eventually developing into a pyramidal tree if upward shoots are not pruned out.  The green needles are a bright silvery-blue underneath, with the upper surface tinted yellow.

Picea glauca
White Spruce
 

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Height: 40-50'
Spread: 10-20'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: broad, pyramidal
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3672

Moderately narrow selection with glaucous green foliage and ascending branches.  One of the most tolerant spruce, it withstands, dry, windy conditions and wetter sites.

Picea glauca ‘Conica’
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
 

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Height: 6-8'
Spread: 3'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: broad, conical
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2085

Slow grower with dense light green needles.  Adaptable to grow in containers.  Frequently used as a specimen.

Picea glauca ‘Densata’
Black Hills Spruce
 

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Height: 20-40'
Spread: 10-15'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green
Shape: conical
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

3080

A slower growing strain of white spruce which tolerates drought conditions.

Picea glauca ‘Jeans Dilly'
'Jeans Dilly'  Dwarf Alberta Spruce
 

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Height: 3-4'
Spread: 2-3'
Zone: 2
Foliage: dark green
Shape: conical
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2151

A dwarf, narrow selection of Alberta Spruce with thinner needles which spiral at the branch tips. Grows at about 1/3 the rate of ‘Conica’.

Picea glauca 'Pendula'
Weeping White Spruce
 

Height: 15-20'
Spread: 5-6'
Zone: 2
Shape: weeping, narrow
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

3673

Beautiful specimen with an update leader and stiff, downward hanging branches.  Dense, formal appearance.

Picea glauca 'Rainbows End’
Rainbows End Dwarf Alberta Spruce
 

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Height: 6-8'
Spread: 3'
Zone: 4
Foliage: green
Shape: upright, narrow
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2087

Same growth habit as ‘Conica’, but the second flush of new growth in mid-summer is an eye-catching creamy yellow.

Picea omorika
Serbian Spruce
 

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Height: 50-60'
Spread: 20-25'
Zone: 4
Foliage: green-white
Shape: narrow, pyramidal
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: 3" cone

3050

Beautifully graceful tree with a narrow, pyramidal habit and branches that are somewhat pendulous with age.  Foliage is dark green with a white band underneath.  Tolerates poor soils.

Picea pungens ‘Baby Blue Eyes’
Baby Blue Eyes Spruce
 

Height: 15-18'
Spread: 6-8'
Zone: 3
Foliage: blue
Shape: pyramidal
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3559

Dwarf selection of Colorado spruce with bright, silvery-blue foliage.  Displays a strong pyramidal habit when young.  Resistant to spider mite.

 Picea pungens ‘Bakeri’
Bakeri Blue Spruce
 

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Height: 30'
Spread: 18'
Zone: 2
Foliage: blue
Shape: pyramidal
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3076

A smaller selection well suited for use in yard or near houses where ultimate size is a concern. Bakeri are grafted for consistent blue color.

Picea pungens 'Bizon Blue'
'Bizon Blue' Spruce
 

Height: 40'
Spread: 25'
Zone: 2
Foliage: Blue
Shape: insignificant
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3119

Grafted selection with intense blue to silvery-blue foliage. Dense habit with a straight central leader and a very symmetrical outline.

Picea pungens 'Fastigiata’
Fastigate Blue Spruce
 

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Height: 30-40'
Spread: 10-15'
Zone: 2
Foliage: blue
Shape: narrow, fastigiate
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3129

A narrow, upright form with a tight, dense habit. Perfect for use in confined spaces or as an accent.

Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’
Fat Albert Blue Spruce
 

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Height: 10-15'
Spread:10-12'
Zone: 2
Foliage: blue
Shape: broad pyramid
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3128

Smaller selection. Ideal specimen for its dense, even branching and bright blue color.

Picea pungens glauca
Colorado Blue Spruce
 

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Height: 40-60'
Spread: 20'
Zone: 2
Foliage: green-blue
Shape: broad, pyramidal
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: 3" cone

3047

An adaptable spruce. Seedling variations affect foliage color, which can range from green to bright blue.

Picea pungens ‘Globosa’
Globe Blue Spruce
 

Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-4'
Zone: 2
Foliage: blue
Shape: dwarf, globose
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2093

Good color year round. Globose form, but top will flatten with age.  Used as a specimen and often grafted on standards.

Picea pungens ‘Hoopsii’
Hoopsii Colorado Blue Spruce
 

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Height: 30-50'
Spread:10-20'
Zone: 2
Foliage: silvery-blue
Shape: pyramidal
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3704

Known for its extreme blue color. This grafted blue spruce is somewhat irregular when young.

Picea pungens ‘Montgomery’
Montgomery Globe Blue Spruce
 

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Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-4'
Zone: 2
Foliage: blue
Shape: dwarf, cone
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: insignificant

2091

Similar to ‘Globosa’ except that ‘Montgomery’ will eventually develop a central leader, forming a more conical shape.  Leader may be pruned back to maintain a more globose shape.

Picea pungens ‘Pendula’
Weeping Colorado Blue Spruce
 

Height: as staked
Spread: 6'
Zone: 2
Foliage: blue
Shape: weeping
Fall Color: evergreen
Flowers: insignificant
Fruit: cone

3081

Prostrate growth habit. Can be trained by staking and allowing new growth to weep.  Makes a striking specimen.