A fast-growing and stately evergreen, Norway Spruce is known for its graceful, sweeping branches and strong pyramidal shape. Its dark green needles and hanging branchlets create a classic, elegant appearance that adds year-round structure and beauty to the landscape.
Norway Spruce is well-adapted to Northern Michigan (Zone 5a) and performs reliably in a variety of soil types, including clay and sandy soils. It thrives in full sun and is often used for windbreaks, privacy screens, and large landscape plantings. This species provides valuable cover for birds and wildlife and tolerates cold, wind, and urban conditions with ease.
Identification / Key Features: A tall, dense evergreen with drooping branchlets and dark green, ½–1-inch needles. Cones are long, cylindrical, and often up to 6 inches. Bark is reddish-brown and scaly.
Mature Height / Size: 60–100 feet.
Growth Rate: Fast-growing and hardy.
Light / Soil / Site Preferences: Prefers full sun and moist, well-drained soils but adapts well to a range of sites.
Wildlife Value / Ecological Role: Provides cover for birds and small mammals; seeds are eaten by red squirrels and finches.
Uses / Economic / Cultural: Commonly planted for windbreaks, timber, and ornamental use.
Seedlings will be 80ml plugs
A fast-growing and stately evergreen, Norway Spruce is known for its graceful, sweeping branches and strong pyramidal shape. Its dark green needles and hanging branchlets create a classic, elegant appearance that adds year-round structure and beauty to the landscape.
Norway Spruce is well-adapted to Northern Michigan (Zone 5a) and performs reliably in a variety of soil types, including clay and sandy soils. It thrives in full sun and is often used for windbreaks, privacy screens, and large landscape plantings. This species provides valuable cover for birds and wildlife and tolerates cold, wind, and urban conditions with ease.
Identification / Key Features: A tall, dense evergreen with drooping branchlets and dark green, ½–1-inch needles. Cones are long, cylindrical, and often up to 6 inches. Bark is reddish-brown and scaly.
Mature Height / Size: 60–100 feet.
Growth Rate: Fast-growing and hardy.
Light / Soil / Site Preferences: Prefers full sun and moist, well-drained soils but adapts well to a range of sites.
Wildlife Value / Ecological Role: Provides cover for birds and small mammals; seeds are eaten by red squirrels and finches.
Uses / Economic / Cultural: Commonly planted for windbreaks, timber, and ornamental use.
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