Meyers Spruce vs Red Spruce - TreeTime.ca

Meyers Spruce vs Red Spruce

Picea meyeri

Picea rubens

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

Meyers Spruce
Red Spruce

Meyer's Spruce is a popular accent tree with a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. This tree resembles Blue Spruce with its flaking bark and bluish-green needles. Meyer's Spruce can tolerate very dry conditions. This species is deer resistant.

Red Spruce is a long-lived, shade tolerant conifer that grows naturally in eastern Ontario and the Maritime provinces. Hardiest in the eastern regions of Canada, this tree tolerates many soil types, moisture levels, and is low maintenance.

Attractive year-round foliage makes Red Spruce a nice ornamental tree for urban and rural landscapes. If you are considering creating a shelterbelt, privacy screen, or hedge in eastern Canada, this tree is an excellent option.

Meyers Spruce Quick Facts

Red Spruce Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Height: 25 m (82 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: any
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Bark: grey-brown with irregular flaking
Bark: reddish-brown to black
Cones: red-brown with stiff scales
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: chinese blue spruce
Other Names: eastern spruce, he balsam, he-balsam, yellow spruce