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Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Picea glauca 'Conica'
Also called white spruce
Dwarf Alberta Spruce is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 2–6. Expect it to reach about 4 ft tall and 4 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 12 years (not yet checked).
No toxicity note is on file for Dwarf Alberta Spruce. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant. The bloom months and water need on this page were not, and each fact above says which. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Plant Dwarf Alberta Spruce in spring once the soil is workable, or by very early fall at the latest: an evergreen needs its roots down well before the ground freezes. In zone 4, the middle of its hardy zones 2 to 6, that is April to June, or July on the fall side.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 4, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 4 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Dwarf Alberta Spruce get?
4 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult4 ftwideSee Dwarf Alberta Spruce in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Dwarf Alberta Spruce about 4 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Dwarf Alberta Spruce to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Dwarf Alberta Spruce's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags were checked against 10 published sources on July 31, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, years to mature size and trait tags
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolboxheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, years to mature size and trait tags
- fast-growing-trees.comFast Growing Treesheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and years to mature size
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and years to mature size
- The Tree Centerheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and years to mature size
- Chicago Botanic GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones and sun
- Oregon State UniversityLandscape Plantsheight, hardiness zones, sun and years to mature size
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun and years to mature size
- conifersociety.orgAmerican Conifer Societyheight, spread and years to mature size
- University of Illinois Extensionyears to mature size
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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