Meyers Spruce vs Wayfaring Tree - TreeTime.ca

Meyers Spruce vs Wayfaring Tree

Picea meyeri

Viburnum lantana

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

CUSTOM GROW

Meyers Spruce
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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.

Wayfaring Tree is an adaptable and reliable shrub. It is prized for its ornamental berries that can range in color from red to yellow to black. Consider getting two trees as fruiting is maximized when another Wayfaring Tree is present.

This species has a variety of uses ranging from naturalization, mass planting, borders, and privacy screens.

Meyers Spruce Quick Facts

Wayfaring Tree Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 4a
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium


Bark: grey-brown with irregular flaking
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: chinese blue spruce