Black hills spruce

Black Hills spruce (Picea glauca ‘Densata’) is an ornamental cultivar of the white spruce native to the uplands of South Dakota. Learn how to add it to your landscape design.

August 2019 plant of the month series for Boulder Colorado area landscapes August, 2019: Black Hills Spruce Black Hills Spruce, or Picea glauca ‘Densata’ is an attractive alternative to the larger Colorado Spruce in our Boulder, CO landscapes. It has slightly shorter needles, is more compact and dense, and only grows to about 30-35’ when…

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Find Black Hills Spruce (Picea glauca var. densata) in Boston Abington Massachusetts MA Weymouth Hingham Massachusetts MA at Seoane's Garden Center (Picea densata)

Only size A is included in the Stock25 sale Growing naturally dense and thick without shearing, this spruce is super hardy to Zone 1. Works well as a windbreak/shelterbelt, privacy screen, accent planting, group planting in recreation areas and public grounds and even as a Christmas tree. Kevin of T & T Seeds states

Short black spruce tree

August 2019 plant of the month series for Boulder Colorado area landscapes August, 2019: Black Hills Spruce Black Hills Spruce, or Picea glauca ‘Densata’ is an attractive alternative to the larger …

Black Hills Spruce is an evergreen tree has green to blue-green needles and a very dense habit, making it an ideal windbreak, privacy screen or specimen tree. It tolerates most urban and rural planting sites as well as wind, heat, cold, drought and crowding. Growing 30 ft. to 50 ft. tall with a 10 ft. to 20 ft. spread, it has a pyramidal habit and a slow growth rate. Black Hills Spruce trees commonly live 250-years to 300-years. Grows best when planted in moist, well-drained soil in full…