Red Spruce vs Hoopsii Spruce - TreeTime.ca

Red Spruce vs Hoopsii Spruce

Picea pungens Hoopsii

Picea rubens

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Hoopsii Spruce
Red Spruce

The Hoopsii Spruce is a cold-hardy variety that has attractive silvery-blue foliage. It is a dense evergreen tree with a distinctive pyramidal form. The needles are highly ornamental and retain their color throughout the winter, which allowed it to win the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.

The Hoopsii Spruce, is a Blue Spruce cultivar and is popular due to being relatively low-maintenance and having a high pollution tolerance.

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.

Hoopsii Spruce Quick Facts

Red Spruce Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 12 m (40 ft)
Height: 25 m (82 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Foliage: silver-blue
Bark: reddish-brown to black
Cones: red-brown with stiff scales
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Other Names: colorado hoopsii spruce
Other Names: eastern spruce, he balsam, he-balsam, yellow spruce