SPRUCE NORWAY

A fast growing pyramidal tree with pendulous or drooping branchlets. Norway Spruce is a tough plant. Needles emerge bright green in spring, turning a glossy dark green. Plants prefer full sun and cool moist soil but are adaptable. The vigorous root system makes this an ideal rootstock plant for grafting superior Colorado Spruce cultivars. A large scale tree, useful in open areas such as parks and golf courses.

Norway spruce is a large, fast-growing evergreen coniferous tree that grows to mature heights of 115 to 180 feet (35 – 55 m) tall with a trunk up to 3 to 5 feet (1 – 1.5 m) in diameter, measured at breast height. It is fast growing when young, up to 3 feet (1 m) per year for the first 25 years under good conditions, but becomes slower once over 60 feet (20 m) tall.

Note: Many of our customers use Norway Spruce for grafting rootstocks. A Gro-Plug® can be potted into a 18 ct liner pot and grown for a season, then grafted. Our liners develop a large cambium layer that makes for successful grafts. Seed source: Upper Michigan.

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