Black Hills Spruce (Picea glauca var. densata)-One 4″ Tree Pot

Description

A large evergreen tree with a central trunk and dense, ascending, lateral branches from the ground up that form a broad pyramidal to conical crown. It varies from the typical white spruce in its denser, more compact habit and slower growth rate. It has a shallow, fibrous, wide spreading root system. The thin bark is ashy gray or brown, shallowly fissured and separated into thin flaky scales. The needles are individually attached, and foliage color varies from deep green to blue green. The brown cylindrical cones appear in late July and may persist on the tree into January.

The Black Hills spruce grows to a height of 30–60′ and a spread of 15–25′ at maturity.