White Spruce Picea glauca - Picea albertiana

Detailed Listing For
Botanical Name:

Picea glauca

Family:

Pinaceae

Genus:

Picea

Species:

glauca

Common Name:

White Spruce

Seeds Per Pound:
195,000
Quantity:
7.1 lb
Germination:
83%
Germination Test Type:
Actual
Purity:
99%
Height:
30-60 feet
Collection Locale:
British Columbia
Birch island
Crop Year:
1993
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
2
Harvest hemisphere:
Northern
In Stock: 7.1 lb
Prices
Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 0 seeds)
$6.95
1 oz (~ 12188 seeds)
$70.00
1 lb (~ 195000 seeds)
$700.00
1 kg (~ 429901 seeds)
$1,400.00
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: none required. none required.
Germination: sow seed 1/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
In a Nutshell:
* Picea glauca ( White Spruce ) is a species of spruce native to the north of North America , from central Alaska east to Newfoundland , and south to northern Montana , Michigan , Maine and Wisconsin.
* Needles to 3/4", shiny green or blue green, cones to 2 1/2", green when young, in habit broadly conical when young, later more vertical, widely planted in the U.S., where it is used for hedges, windbreaks, and specimen trees, likes full sun, much grown in the Midwest because of its tolerance and adaptability, native to northern North America.
* The crushed leaves are quite aromatic. more...
* White spruce is the state tree of South Dakota. more...

Picea glauca var. albertiana (Alberta white spruce). The Rocky Mountains in Alberta, British Columbia and northwest Montana.

Usda description:
More info on http://plants.usda.gov
Bonsai Comments:

The Spruce is an outdoor tree ,so do not try and grow them indoors. It is widely available for Bonsai and not expensive , easy to care for and prized for its small needles. . Picea glauca likes a sunny spot outdoors year round but needs to be protected from freezing temperatures. Watering is critical, in the spring and summer this spruce needs regular watering with less in the winter being careful to avoid drying out. Provide shade in the summer midday heat but do not let the Bonsai dry out.

Sow seeds in the spring, and moving forward with Bonsai Spruce is sensitive to timing, so styling and wiring needs to happen after growth stages in late autumn and winter.

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