The Black Hills spruce is a variety of the more widespread white spruce found naturally only in southwest South Dakota and a small portion of northeast Wyoming. While not as widely known as other spruces, this ornamental spruce can be planted just about anywhere that the more common Colorado spruce will grow.

• Features bright green needles
• Works well as an ornamental or in windbreaks and screens
• Offers a denser, more compact habit than the white spruce
• Is adapted to cold and is very resistant to winter injury
• Requires little pruning

One of our most popular ornamental conifers, the Colorado Blue Spruce is a truly magnificent sight. Its silvery blue-green coloring and perfect Christmas tree shape make this tree a great landscaping focal point on commercial and residential properties. It is also widely used for privacy or a windbreak.

• Features unique silvery blue-green color year-round
• Known as a very adaptable evergreen
• Is deer-resistant, seldom experiencing severe damage
• Provides privacy and a windbreak when planted in a row

Norway Spruce is a familiar sight in much of the United States, but it’s native to Europe. Throughout the globe, this tree is loved as a landscape specimen tree. Its dense branching pattern and tolerance of soil variations has also made it a popular tree for windbreaks. 

• Is the fastest growing of the spruces
• Features strong, graceful branches with dark green needles
• Works well for windbreaks
• Transplants easily

This tree has often been heralded as a beautiful tree, whether lining the banks of a North Country river or gracing someone’s front yard. In landscape, it is often used as a lovely specimen tree or grouping and makes a sturdy option for windbreaks and buffer strips.

• Provides beautiful year-round color
• Grows narrow, straight, and tall
• Tolerates most soil conditions
• Can withstand wind, heat, cold, drought, crowding, and some shade