Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce) vs Norway Spruce - TreeTime.ca

Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce) vs Norway Spruce

Picea pungens

Picea abies

Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce)
Norway Spruce

Blue Spruce, also known as Colorado Spruce, is our best selling tree! People are attracted to the distinctive blue-green color of this hardy evergreen. But Blue Spruce really stands out because it is tough, long lived, and adapted to a wide range of growing conditions. Blue Spruce trees are ideally suited for use in shelterbelts, privacy screens, or as accent trees.

Please note: our Blue Spruce are grown from seed and the needles vary in color from green to blue.

Norway Spruce is a large, openly branched evergreen recognized by its drooping branchlets and large cones. This hardy, adaptable tree thrives in moist conditions, but will grow in clay or sandy soils.

Norway Spruce is the fastest growing spruce we carry but it's not as dense as other spruce trees.

It is sometimes used as a Christmas tree.

Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce) Quick Facts

Norway Spruce Quick Facts

Lowest Price: $1.49 - SAVE UP TO 67%
Lowest Price: $2.29 - SAVE UP TO 44%
Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Height: 18 m (60 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none

In row spacing: 3 - 4 m (10 - 12 ft)

In row spacing: 3 m (10 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)


Other Names: colorado blue spruce, colorado spruce
Other Names: european spruce