norway spruce

How long does it take for a Norway spruce to grow?

The Norway Spruce is a fast growing (2-3' per year) evergreen that has dark green needles that are 1 inch long, and can grow up to 5 ft a year in a good weather year. It never drops its needles but keeps them on for up to 10 years. Its branches extend to the ground, giving excellent wind protection.

How far apart should Norway spruce trees be planted?

But overall a VERY tough, hardy spruce variety. --Recommended Spacing: We recommend a spacing of about 7 - 8 feet apart for most typical single row windbreaks or privacy screens. Works excellent when staggered in two offset rows instead of just one row.

How do you care for a Norway spruce tree?

After your tree is established, it will only need watered when the soil is dry. This Spruce tree is drought tolerant once established. Fertilize when planting and in early spring yearly with a slow release fertilizer. The Norway Spruce is wind, cold, and deer resistant.

What is Norway spruce used for?

Wood is strong, soft, straight- and fine-grained. It is easily worked and is used in construction, pulp and paper production, furniture, and musical instruments, where it is used as a tonewood. Norway spruce is also very popular as a Christmas tree in countries where it is grown.

How much does a Norway spruce cost?

Picea abies

Size	Price	Quantity
1 Gallon Pot	$26.95
3 Gallon Pot	$52.95	Out of stock
5 Gallon Pot	$104.95

Can you keep a Norway spruce small?

If you just want to shape your dwarf spruce, or if your tree is young and you want to trim it to keep it small, then you can prune with a good amount of success. Taking care not to cut into the dead zone, cut back any branches that extend beyond the tree's conical shape. Remove ½ to 1 inch (up to 2.5 cm.)

Will deer eat Norway spruce?

Norway spruce requires no site preparation. It is a shade tolerant conifer that can survive dense grass cover. Norway spruce is not readily eaten. Deer mostly leave it alone.

What is the fastest growing spruce tree?

The fastest-growing spruce tree, according to the Arbor Day Foundation, is the triangular-shaped Norway spruce (Picea abies), which is part of many suburban home and rural farm landscapes throughout Europe, the United States and Canada.

Do Norway spruce lose their needles?

Like all evergreen plants, both needled and broadleaf, spruce trees eventually drop foliage. An individual needle will naturally stay on a spruce branch for 2-3 years, and then turn brown before dropping. ... It also occasionally occurs on Norway spruce, but rarely on white spruce.

Are Norway spruce trees fast growing?

This tree grows at a medium to fast rate, with height increases of anywhere from 13" to more than 24" per year.

Is Norway spruce poisonous?

In fact all parts of the tree are non-toxic. Native Americans were creative in their use of Spruce, eating any parts of the tree that they could prepare to be palatable including young green or reddish pine cones.

Is Norway spruce invasive?

Norway spruce has been declared invasive in Monocacy National Battlefield Park (Maryland), Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee), Haleakala National Park (Hawaii), and Cornell plantations considers it to be “moderately invasive to natural areas in the central Finger Lakes region.”

How much water does a Norway spruce need?

Established Norway Spruce trees are somewhat tolerant of drought, but will benefit from deep watering when rainfall is less than 1 inch per week. Watering should be done at the base of the tree, directly into the soil.

Do Norway spruce need full sun?

You can plant Norway spruce in sun, shade or partial shade and it grows just the same. It is tolerant of poor soil but also grows in rich, fertile soils.

What eats Norway spruce?

In Europe, red deer strip the bark of Norway spruce [60]. ... Grouse eat spruce leaves and the seeds are consumed by a number of birds and small mammals [86,87].

How can you tell a Norway spruce?

Norway spruce needles are dark green in color. Individual needles are 1/2"-1" (1.75-2.5cm) long and the twig is hairless. The cones of the Norway Spruce are very long and grow mainly in the upper part of the tree. Cones fall readily, making them very useful in identification as they are the longest of the spruce cones.

Is Norway spruce a pine tree?

Norway spruce is a large, fast-growing evergreen coniferous tree growing 35–55 m (115–180 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter of 1 to 1.5 m (39 to 59 in).

What does a Norway spruce tree look like?

Norway spruce is a large, pyramidal tree with long, cylindrical cones that hang like ornaments from the weeping branches against the dark green foliage. This sun-loving, 50- to 80-foot-high tree is often used as windbreaks, screens, or hedges in large-scale landscapes.

Can you cut the top of a Norway spruce tree?

You can cut the top and fatten the tree, but you have to be willing to shear it like a hedge 1-2 times yearly to maintain the height and shape. You would be better to remove the tree and replace it with a tree that suits your needs better.

Why is my Norway spruce turning yellow?

Symptoms of yellowing needles of spruce often indicate that there may be a nutrient deficiency. A soil nutrient or pH test may be needed to determine a nutrient deficiency in the soil near the tree. However, the problem may not be an actual lack of nutrients in the soil.

How do you stop evergreens from growing taller?

Spray or brush a sucker growth inhibitor onto the stub of the original lead stem to keep it from forming any forked growth. Trim the tree's new growth each year to keep it from spreading outward over time. Use the loppers or tree trimmers to make the cuts.