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Norway Spruce Seedling

Norway Spruce Seedling

Species: Picea abies

History: Norway spruce, aka European spruce, is native to Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe. It is one of the most commonly planted spruce trees in the world, used as an ornamental landscape tree and as a Christmas tree. In fact, the Norwegian capital Oslo sends large Norway spruce trees as the central Christmas display in London, Edinburgh, and Washington DC every year as t hanks for aid during WW2. The shoot tips have been used in traditional European medicines. 

Why We Grow It: Norway spruce trees make a great, fast-growing windbreak and are commonly found around Ontario despite being a non-native tree. They provide habitat and food via their large 6" cones for various wildlife. In late May, the new cones showcase a pretty pink colour before opening and releasing pollen.  

Please Note: We are offering Norway Spruce for a short time since Steph's dad grew some, but as it's not native or a typical food bearing plant, we don't expect to keep it in stock every year.

Fruit Specs

Recommended Use: Ornamental, wildlife, windbreak

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Growing Specs

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 2-7

Soil Preference: Prefers rich, sandy soil that is well-drained and slightly acidic, but is tolerant of most soil conditions

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Sun/Shade Requirements:

Part shade to full sun (approx. 4-10 hours of sun daily)

General Growth Habits:

Mature tree stands 18m tall, vigorous

Shipping vs. Pick Up

CLICK HERE to see how shipping compares to pick up.

Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of trees across Canada (except BC due to CFIA regulations). We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courrier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc. We really appreciate if you can make an appointment to pick up, then we can be as organized as possible during our busy season.

Size at Purchase

Norway Spruce are divided into the following grades:

-1 year plant - 35cm+

There is some overlap in size since we are also taking the age of the plants into account. Some older plants may not have put on quite as much vegetative growth but will have larger root systems.

All of these heights exclude the roots since seedlings and some berries will often have a lot of root growth but relatively little vegetative growth (ex. our Shagbark Hickories seedlings are often 5-15cm above the soil but will have roots that reach 20cm+ in length).

Not all of our berries and seedlings will be available in all of these grades since growth rate can vary significantly across species and even varieties. While we remain competitive in our plant size, it's also worth noting we don't use synthetic chemicals to push vegetative growth, therefore you may find conventional nursery stock larger in some instances comparatively.

Why plant small? It's best to transplant when a plant is young so it can establish its roots before it has a lot of vegetative growth. This is much less stressful on it and bareroot plants tend to catch up and even surpass larger potted ones planted at the same time, after a few years.

Orders that are cancelled last minute due to size (being "too small"), will still incur the applicable cancellation fees if the plants are true to our grading standards as per the agreement of sale when the order was placed.

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