White Spruce
Picea glauca

Foliage: Bluish-Green
Fall Foliage: Bluish-Green
Fruit:  Cones
Habit/Form: Pyramidal
​Uses: Naturalizing, screen, windbreaks

Zone Hardiness:  2  
Plant Height:  40 - 60 ft
Plant Width: 15- 25 ft
Light: Sun
Growth Rate: Medium

White spruce is one of the hardiest spruces. It is very tough and adaptable to many conditions, including wind, heat, cold, and drought.  a conical pyramidal evergreen, with compact, regular branching. White Spruce is primarily valued in the landscape for its distinctively pyramidal habit of growth. The foliage emerges light green in spring and for the remainder of the season it is bluish-green. The smooth gray bark adds an interest to the landscape. The lower branches sweep the ground. Small cones are concentrated in the upper crown. Various kinds of wildlife browse the spruce foliage in the winter (deer, rabbits, and grouse.) Native tree to New England.