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The spruces (Picea) are attractive silver-blue or blue-green, and occassionally green conifers. Some spruces are large trees which make a mangificent statement in a landscape. Others are very small, and suitable for small gardens. Some species are conical, with the traditional shape of a Christmas tree, and some are ball shaped or more columner and upright.
The spruces prefer rich moist soil that is acid or neutral. They prefer full sun. As garden varieties, the spruces are sturdy, low maintenance plants, providing a subtle backdrop for herbaceous plants, and year-round colour and interest. They are evergreen, retaining their needles throughout the winter, and they are long lived, lasting up to 80 years. These trees are fully hardy in the UK, down to -20°C.
Spruces have the additional benefit of being resistant against attack by deer and rabbits, and they are also drought-proof. This makes them an ideal garden tree.
Spruces are closely related to, but distinct from, a number of other groups of popular garden conifers. The group of spruces (Picea) is a sibling to the fir trees (Abies), the cedars (Cedrus), the larches (Larix) and the genus of pines (Pinus). Collectively, they make up the family of the pines (Pinaceae).
Here are mailordertrees.co.uk we have a large collection of spruces to choose from and we present below a discussion of their different qualities so that you can choose the ideal plant for your garden.
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Picea glauca Alberta Globe
Alberta Globe Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Common Name: Alberta Globe Dwarf Alberta SpruceLatin Name: Picea glauca 'Alberta Globe'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 40cm x 60cmSpecial features: Dwarf conifer with a rounded habit. Picea glauca 'Alberta Globe' is a dwarf conifer with a rounded habit. This variety is believed to have originated in the Netherlands.
Picea glauca Lilliput
Spruce
Common Name: SpruceLatin Name: Picea glauca 'Lilliput'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 30cm x 30cmSpecial features: A dwarf spruce that forms a broad cone of green needles. Height 30cm after 10 years. Hardy, dwarf, evergreen coniferous shrub with a mounding growth habit with a stunning bright green foliage. Prefers to be in full sun with nice well-drained soil, in these conditions it will really thrive. Max height and spread 50cm x 50cm and it can take up to 20 years to reach it's fully grown size. This confier is definitely classed as a dwarf variety.
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Picea glauca Perfecta
Spruce
Common Name: Perfecta Spruce Latin Name: Picea glauca 'Perfecta' Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Position: Full sun or partial shade Hardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 1m/ 0.5m Special features: A neat and wonderfully compact spruce. The 'Perfecta' is a lovely little spruce with a neat, conical shape. This evergreen features layered, ascending branches packed with dark green needles, giving a strong splash of colour all year round. This miniature spruce looks great in a pot as a solitary plant, but also works well as an accent plant. We love it next to one of the glaucous spruces, like the Picea pungens 'Thume'.
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Picea mariana Nana
Dwarf black spruce
Common Name: Dwarf black spruceLatin Name: Picea mariana 'Nana'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 1.5ft x 2ftSpecial features: Cushion shaped blueish green conifer with a dwarf habit. Picea mariana 'Nana' is very popular, dwarf, cushion-shaped selection of black spruce, with uniform layered branching, and dusty, bluish-green needles. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure roughly 45 cm tall and 60 cm wide, an annual growth rate of around 5 cm.
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Picea pungens Blue Trinket
Colorado Spruce
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Blue Trinket'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 4m x 3mSpecial features: A broadly pyramidal evergreen tree with blue needles. A broadly pyramidal evergreen tree with blue needles, very colorful, an ideal size for home landscape use; also this variety is extremely hardy and rugged surviving temperatures down to -30°C. The needles are highly ornamental and remain blue throughout the winter. When pruning is necessary, it is recommended to only trim back the new growth of the current season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
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Picea pungens Fat Albert
Colorado Spruce Fat Albert
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Fat AlbertLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 3m x 2mSpecial features: Blue conical evergreen conifer, winter interest. RHS Award of Garden Merit.Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' is a handsome conical (Christmas tree) shaped conifer, with a beautifully subtle steel-blue colour to its needles. It grows about thirty centimetres in height per year to reach about three metres in ten years, and finally matures at three to five metres. This tree produces cones and they are five to ten centrimetres, and are greenish when young. The cones are a light brown colour at maturity.
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Picea pungens Globosa
Colorado Spruce Thume
Common Name: Colorado Spruce GlobosaLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Globosa'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 1.5m x 1mSpecial features: Roughly ball-shaped silver-blue conifer. Picea pungens 'Globosa' is a roughly ball-shaped silver/blue conifer, suitable for small gardens. It's grows to approximately 1m to 2.5m in height and width after 10 years.
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Picea pungens Gloria
Colorado Spruce Gloria
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Gloria Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Gloria'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 0.3m x 1.5mSpecial features: Roughly ball-shaped silver-blue conifer. Picea pungens 'Gloria' is a ground spreading low growing silver/blue conifer, suitable for small gardens. It is a very slow-growing variety and it grows to approximately 0.3m in height and 1.5m wide after 10 years.
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Picea pungens Koster
Colorado Spruce
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Koster Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Koster'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 4m x 3mSpecial features: Blue conical evergreen conifer, winter interest. Picea pungens 'Koster' is a handsome conical (Christmas tree) shaped conifer, with a beautifully subtle steel-blue colour to its needles. It is very hardy and can survive in temperatures down to -40°C.
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Picea pungens Schovenhorst
Barb Spruce
Common Name: Barb SpruceLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Schovenhorst'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 3m x 1.5mSpecial features: The branches are mostly horizontalAlso known as the barb spruce is a medium sized, upright evergreen tree. The branches are mostly horizontal. It has light gray-blue to gray-green foilage throughout winter. Light brown elongated fruits cones which are 6-10 cm in length, appear during Winter when mature. It is well tolerated in the urban environment and drought resistant and very cold resistant.
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Picea pungens Thume
Colorado Spruce Thume
Common Name: Colorado Spruce ThumeLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Thume'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 1m-2.5m/1m-2.5mSpecial features: Roughly ball-shaped silver-blue conifer. Picea pungens 'Thume' is a roughly ball-shaped silver/blue conifer, suitable for small gardens. It's grows to approximately 1m to 2.5m in height and width after 10 years.
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