Spruce Plants at BCA

The following species and varieties are currently represented in our collections. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

  • Picea abies

    Norway Spruce
    A fast growing, tall evergreen tree with an interesting habit and long cones.
    • Picea abies // Norway Spruce, Common Spruce ("straight species")
    • Picea abies 'Clanbrassiliana' // Lord Clanbrassil's Norway Spruce, Clanbrassiliana Norway Spruce
    • Picea abies 'Cupressina' // Columnar Norway Spruce, Cypress Norway Spruce, Cupressina Norway Spruce
    • Picea abies 'Nidiformis' // Bird's Nest Spruce, Nest Norway Spruce
    • Picea abies 'Pendula' // Weeping Norway Spruce
    • Picea abies 'Pumila' // Dwarf Norway Spruce
    • Picea abies 'Pumila Nigra' // Dwarf Dark Norway Spruce, Dwarf Black Norway Spruce
  • Picea alcoquiana

    Alcock's Spruce
    • Picea alcoquiana 'Howell's Dwarf' // Howell's Dwarf Alcock's Spruce, Howell's Dwarf Tigertail Spruce
  • Picea chihuahuana

    Chihuahua Spruce
    An endangered species of tall, evergreen tree with great heat tolerance and silvery-blue needles.
    • Picea chihuahuana // Chihuahua Spruce, Cahuite, Mexican Spruce ("straight species")
  • Picea glauca

    White Spruce
    An excellent, tough, hardy, long-lived, adaptable evergreen tree with gray-green needles.
    • Picea glauca // White Spruce, Canadian Spruce ("straight species")
    • Picea glauca 'Pendula' // Weeping White Spruce
    • Picea glauca f. conica // Dwarf Alberta Spruce, Dwarf White Spruce
  • Picea omorika

    Serbian Spruce
    One of the best, most attractive and most adaptable spruces, with bicolor foliage and red male flowers.
    • Picea omorika 'Nana' // Dwarf Serbian Spruce, Nana Serbian Spruce
    • Picea omorika 'Pendula' // Weeping Serbian Spruce
    • Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns' // Bruns Weeping Serbian Spruce
  • Picea orientalis

    Oriental Spruce
    An excellent, tall, narrow conifer tree that holds its dark green foliage color better than most spruces through the winter.
    • Picea orientalis // Oriental Spruce, Caucasian Spruce ("straight species")
    • Picea orientalis 'Gowdy' // Gowdy Oriental Spruce
    • Picea orientalis 'Skylands' // Skylands Oriental Spruce
  • Picea pungens

    Colorado Spruce
    A tough, hardy, adaptable, green to bluish needled evergreen tree, more drought-tolerant than other spruces.
    • Picea pungens 'Fastigiata' // Columnar Colorado Blue Spruce
    • Picea pungens 'Globosa' // Globe Dwarf Colorado Blue Spruce
    • Picea pungens 'Golden Feathers' // Golden Feathers Colorado Spruce
    • Picea pungens 'Hoopsii' // Hoopsii Colorado Blue Spruce
    • Picea pungens 'Lou's Blue' // Lou's Blue Colorado Spruce
    • Picea pungens 'Pendula' // Weeping Colorado Blue Spruce