Winterberry vs Christmas Blue spruce - TreeTime.ca

Winterberry vs Christmas Blue spruce

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Picea pungens Christmas Blue

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Winterberry
Christmas Blue spruce

Winterberry is a small shrub that produces large quantities of bright red berries that remain on the plant through the fall and into the winter. Adding this shrub to your yard will give it a unique splash of color and attract birds, especially after the leaves drop.

Note: although the foliage is attractive on its own, you need at least one male plant near your female plants or they won't produce berries.

The Christmas Blue Spruce is a popular choice for Christmas tree farms due to its strong scent and pyramidal shape. This is a cultivar of the Blue Spruce and is a cold-hardy evergreen tree with grey-blue needles.

The Christmas Blue Spruce is highly pollution tolerant, and is native to North America.

Winterberry Quick Facts

Christmas Blue spruce Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: bright orange to red
Berries: bright red, stays through winter
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none




Other Names: black alder, canada holly, coralberry, fever bush, michigan holly, winterberry holly
Other Names: colorado christmas spruce