Spruce Trees

The White Spruce is a hardy, fast-growing evergreen native to Alberta, making it ideal for windbreaks, shelterbelts, and reforestation projects. With its dense, bluish-green needles and strong resistance to cold climates, this spruce is a top choice for both landscaping and naturalization in southern Alberta.

It thrives in well-drained soil and provides excellent year-round privacy and protection.

Spruce ‘White’: Hardy, upright tree with long, light green needles, perfect for privacy screens or windbreaks.

Weeping White Spruce is a beautiful, narrowly upright selection of white spruce with a strong central leader. Blue/green foliage is held on stiff, pendulous branches that cascade down the trunk and flare out slightly at the tips. This graceful, weeping white spruce with silvery-green needles, adds elegance and softness to any landscape.

The Blue Spruce, also known as Colorado Spruce, is prized for its stunning blue-green needles and symmetrical, pyramidal shape. This low-maintenance, drought-tolerant tree is perfect for ornamental landscapes, privacy screens, and urban yards.

With its striking color and resilience, the Blue Spruce adds year-round beauty to gardens in Calgary, Okotoks, and beyond.

Spruce ‘Baby Blue Eyes’ Dwarf blue spruce with striking blue foliage, perfect for low-maintenance, ornamental garden accents.

Weeping Spruce ‘The Blues’, Weeping blue spruce with dramatic, cascading branches and striking blue needles, a unique landscape focal point.

Spruce ‘Hoopsii’: Blue-green needles with a symmetrical shape, providing striking color contrast in landscapes or as a focal tree.

Spruce ‘Colorado’ Park Grade: Uniform, dense tree with silvery-blue needles, ideal for ornamental uses or as a privacy screen.

Spruce ‘Colorado’: Vibrant blue-green foliage with a pyramidal shape, ideal for ornamental landscaping and large gardens.

Spruce ‘Blue Diamond’: An attractive blue spruce with dense growth and striking blue foliage, perfect for landscaping or as a specimen tree.

Globe Blue Spruce are a densely branched globe shaped dwarf spruce that boast a gorgeous year-round blue colour. They do best in Full sun and are deer and rabbit resistant.

Spruce ‘Bakeri’: Compact, conical tree with soft, blue-green needles, ideal for small gardens and decorative landscapes.

Dwarf and compact spruces are perfect for small gardens, rock gardens, and urban landscapes, offering year-round color without taking up much space.

These slow-growing evergreens have dense, compact foliage and are ideal for foundation plantings, borders, and container gardening.

Popular varieties like Sester Dwarf Spruce and Globe Blue Spruce provide a formal, tidy appearance, making them excellent choices for low-maintenance landscapes in Calgary and southern Alberta.

Spruce ‘Sester Dwarf’: Small, dense spruce with compact growth and soft, bright blue-green needles, ideal for landscaping in tight spaces.

The Norway Spruce is a fast-growing evergreen known for its drooping branches and large, decorative cones. Popular for windbreaks, reforestation, and Christmas trees, it thrives in cold climates and well-drained soil.

This versatile spruce provides excellent shade, wildlife habitat, and visual appeal, making it a great addition to landscapes across Alberta.

The Black Spruce is a hardy, slow-growing evergreen adapted to wet and boggy soils, making it essential for wildlife habitat, reforestation, and erosion control.

Its short, bluish-green needles and compact growth habit make it well-suited for natural landscapes and cold, harsh environments. A staple of Alberta’s boreal forests, Black Spruce is ideal for sustainable forestry and ecological restoration projects