White Spruce Tree

Picea glauca

$59⁹⁹

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Understanding Plant Options

Nature Hills offers plants in two main formats:

Container Plants: Grown in pots with soil, sized by container volume and plant age
Bare Root Plants: Dormant plants without soil, sized by height measurements

Container Plant Sizes

Container sizes indicate plant age and growing capacity rather than liquid volume equivalents. Our containers follow industry-standard nursery "trade gallon" specifications, which differ from standard liquid gallon measurements.

Young Plants (6 months to 18 months old)

Container Size	Actual Volume	Metric Equivalent
2" x 2" x 3"	0.18 - 0.21 dry quarts	0.20 - 0.23 dry liters
4" Container	0.31 - 0.87 dry quarts	0.35 - 0.96 dry liters
4.5" Container	0.65 dry quarts	0.72 dry liters
6" Container	1.4 dry quarts	1.59 dry liters
1 Quart	1 dry quart	1.1 dry liters
5.5" Container	1.89 dry quarts	2.08 dry liters

Established Plants (18 months to 2.5 years old)

Container Size	Actual Volume	Metric Equivalent
2 Quart	2 dry quarts	2.2 dry liters
#1 Container	2.26 - 3.73 dry quarts	2.49 - 4.11 dry liters
5" x 5" x 12"	3.5 - 4.3 dry quarts	3.85 - 4.74 dry liters

Mature Plants (2-4 years old)

Container Size	Actual Volume	Metric Equivalent
#2 Container	1.19 - 1.76 dry gallons	5.24 - 7.75 dry liters
#3 Container	2.15 - 2.76 dry gallons	8.14 - 12.16 dry liters

Large Plants (3-5 years old)

Container Size	Actual Volume	Metric Equivalent
#5 Container	2.92 - 4.62 dry gallons	12.86 - 20.35 dry liters
#6 Container	5.25 - 6.01 dry gallons	23.12 - 26.42 dry liters
#7 Container	5.98 - 6.53 dry gallons	26.34 - 28.76 dry liters

Bare Root Plants

Bare root plants are sold by height from the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may exceed minimum height requirements.

Common Sizes:

Trees: 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, 4 feet, 5 feet, 6 feet
Shrubs & Perennials: 1 foot, 18 inches, 2 feet

Important Notes

Container Volume Specifications

Trade Gallon Standard: Our containers follow industry-standard "trade gallon" specifications established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z60.1) for nursery stock
Volume Variations: Actual soil volume may vary due to plant root systems and growing medium settlement
Age Indicators: Container size primarily indicates plant age and maturity rather than liquid volume equivalents

Growing Conditions

Plant size can vary based on variety and growing conditions
Container size helps indicate plant maturity and establishment level
Larger containers generally mean more established root systems and faster landscape establishment

Seasonal Availability

Bare root plants are available seasonally when dormant
Container plants are available throughout the growing season
Specific varieties may have limited availability in certain sizes

Questions?

For questions about specific plant sizes or availability, please contact our plant experts who can help you choose the right size for your landscape needs.

Plant Highlights

White Spruce Tree highlights at a glance!

Specifications

Brand

Nature Hills' Choice
Botanical Name

Picea glauca
Growing Zones

2-6
Mature Height

40 - 50 feet
Mature Spread

20 - 30 feet
Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moisture

Moderate to Low
Soil

Widely Adaptable
Growth Rate

Medium
Pruning Time

Early Spring

Growing Zones 2-6

Find Your Growing Zone!

A Spruce by many names, the White Spruce tree (Picea glauca) is a resilient native evergreen that has many common names! Including the Western White Spruce, Canadian Spruce, Alberta Spruce, Alberta White Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Skunk Spruce, Cat Spruce, and Porsild Spruce!

With so many names, you'd think this tree would have an identity crisis, but this conifer is a very hardy, well-known US native and a beautiful Christmas tree! The wood is often used for pulpwood, lumber, furniture, and boxes and crates. White Spruce tree is an important source of food for wildlife, such as grouse and seed-eating birds.

White Spruce trees have a cone-shaped crown, and when grown in an open space, they develop a conical crown with maturity with branches that extend nearly to the ground. The conical crown and spreading branches have a fantastic landscape presence. Thriving in the cooler, moist climates of USDA planting zones 2 to 6, these conifers can grow 50 feet tall and 30 feet wide at their base.

Planting and Application:

The soft green to blue-green needles with white lines on all sides make these evergreens stand out from the other darker varieties! The classic Christmas tree for your front lawn, ready to be decorated for the holidays and happily growing with a dusting of snow. The strong limbs resist wind and heavy snow loads, so Spruce is perfect as steady windbreaks and block drifting snow.

These are fantastic wildlife and songbird sanctuaries, providing year-round nesting and cover among their dense branches. Mix and match White Spruce in your shelterbelts with other faster-growing evergreen varieties to create a patchwork of greenery along your property line.

When the needle-shaped leaves are crushed, the needles have a disagreeable odor, thus, the common name of Skunk Spruce or Cat Spruce! But you won't mind because of the lasting, commanding presence and privacy these trees lend the landscape!

Soft Green to Blue-Green Spikey Short Needles
Needles From Around Entire Stem
Hardy Native Evergreen Tree
Important Wildlife & Songbird Value
Landscape Specimens, Windebreaks, Snowdrift Barriers & Shelterbelts

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Spruce trees handle a wider variety of sun, not minding a touch of shade when young, knowing they will outlive many other trees and have their time to shine in full sun when they are taller. Very adaptable to many soil types as long as they are well-drained, Spruces need regular moisture while they are getting established, but then become vigorous growing low-moisture needs trees! All plants appreciate 3-4 inches of arborist mulch over their roots.

Avoid pruning except in early spring to remove dead, damaged, or very wayward branches. All Spruce have buds along the last year's growth so simply shortening up the outside growth back to another bud or branch will grow from that pruning spot. You should never remove branches from the bottom of the plants as they will not regrow new branches along the trunk.

Full Sun & Some Part Shade
Moderate to Low Moisture Needs
Any Well-Drained Soil Location
Avoid Pruning - Only Prune Dead/Broken Branches
Incredibly Cold-Hardy & Drought-Tolerant

Add this hardy and iconic evergreen to your landscape for a lifetime of rugged low-maintenance native beauty! Order White Spruce Trees today from NatureHills.com!