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.

Bloom time

Foliage plant

Hardiness

Zones 2–6

Sun

Full sun

Water

Moderate water

Mature size

9.8 ft × 3.9 ft

Type

Conifer

Verification

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Mature size, 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.

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 2–6. Expect it to reach about 9.8 ft tall and 3.9 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 12 years.

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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. For the middle of its hardy zones 2 to 6 range, that is April to June, or July on the fall side.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 4 in April.

One of 10 in the Spruce family. Same family, similar care.