{"product_id":"picea-glauca","title":"White Spruce - Picea glauca","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhite Spruce - Picea glauca\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite Spruce is a cool-climate conifer that builds a dense, narrow cone of blue-green needles and holds that shape without any pruning at all. \u003cem\u003ePicea glauca\u003c\/em\u003e comes from the boreal forests of Canada, so in Australia it belongs in genuinely cool districts: the Tasmanian midlands, the Victorian and New South Wales highlands, the Adelaide Hills, the Blue Mountains and Canberra. Chosen over Colorado Spruce for a softer needle and a tighter, more uniform outline, it is the conifer for a formal cool-climate garden where symmetry is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy White Spruce\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Symmetry\u003c\/strong\u003e: It forms an even conical crown on its own, with no shaping required to keep the line.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCold Hardiness\u003c\/strong\u003e: Handles severe frost, snow load and freezing wind that would damage most ornamental trees.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear-Round Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e: Grey-green to blue-green needles hold through winter when deciduous plantings are bare.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDense Habit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Branches carry right to the ground on an open-grown tree, so it screens as well as it decorates.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLong Life\u003c\/strong\u003e: A slow, steady conifer that becomes a landmark tree in a cool-climate property.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCool-Climate Feature Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single specimen on a lawn where its cone shape can be seen from all sides.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWindbreak Row\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in a line on a rural block it filters cold prevailing wind off open paddocks.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormal Pairs\u003c\/strong\u003e: Matched trees flanking a gate or drive entrance in a highland garden.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLiving Christmas Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e: Its classic profile and stiff branching suit that use in cold districts.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m centres for a windbreak or screening row.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 8m for avenue planting or as a stand-alone specimen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or early spring, while soil is moist and temperatures are mild.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cool, moist, acidic to neutral loam with reliable drainage. It will not persist in hot, dry, alkaline or poorly drained ground, and it dislikes humid subtropical summers.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply through the first three summers, as the root system is shallow and dries out fast under heat stress. Mulch widely with pine bark or woodchip to keep the root zone cool, keep turf and competing grass well clear of the trunk, and avoid planting where afternoon sun reflects off paving or walls.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 to 15m in cool Australian gardens over many decades, well short of the 20m plus it reaches in Canada\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 5m\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Slow\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Canada and the northern United States\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Insignificant, followed by slender pale brown cones\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"70L","offer_id":59795325190430,"sku":"ND-1349-70L","price":1375.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/hNqWGc9By_H_ugsABPOrY_tLEU1W36.jpg?v=1787313361","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/picea-glauca","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}