If you love Blue Spruce, this is the Blue Spruce you are thinking about! It differs from the species because of its consistent steel blue color and its dense, tight slow growing form and it’s a difference that will take you breath away! You’ll be astounded by the color show it puts on and also by the much smaller footprint it holds in the landscape, a distinct advantage over the species. ‘Fat Albert’ loves full sun and, even though it is smaller and slower growing, it should avoid being planted too close to houses and electrical wiring.

Finally, a seed sourced Blue Spruce that is actually dependably blue!! That’s something worth celebrating and you will once you check out this plant’s pleasing blue needles that stiffly whorl around stiff, ascending branches to create an upright, pyramidal tree that is hard not to admire. ‘Baby Blue’ can be used as a specimen or grown together to create a stunning large hedge or windbreak. ‘Baby Blue’ will thrive in full sun and well-drained soil, just remember to give this big boy some room to grow then stand back and admire the color!

Different from other weeping evergreens that tend to ramble and spread their way through the landscape, Weeping White Spruce stands above the rest with a tall, narrow yet graceful profile that is truly a one-of-a-kind gem. With its strong, upright leader and pendulous side branches, it adds height yet softness and texture on a plant that is one of the most hardy specimen evergreens you will ever grow. Like all White Spruce, this selection needs full sun and well drained soil to thrive and will make a perfect showpiece for growing near a tall building or for growing in amongst other evergreens or mixed plantings.

More narrow and compact than most Blue Spruces, this short needled beauty is perfect for using as a border planting or as spectacular blue-gray yard specimen. Easy to grow, great color and texture. Very hardy and easy to grow.  Outstanding blue needle color is riveting in the landscape. Perfect as a specimen or grouping as a border planting. Narrow form is perfect for smaller spaces.

A compact, pyramidal spruce that is very slow-growing. It is widely used in the landscape because of its low maintenance, slow growth habit and rugged dependability.

Great looking and easy to grow, Weeping Norway Spruce is one of those landscape specimens that makes you stop and admire it every time you see it. It’s no wonder when you consider its flowing, uniquely individual form that combines an upright look with a spreading groundcover aspect as pendulous branches reach the ground and continue to spread. This plants deep green needles and ease of growth make it one of the most carefree specimen plants you can find and will anchor any full sun landscape with style.

Dependability is this plant’s middle name! Slow-growing and spreading this plant tolerates sandier soils, low temperature, and should be welcome in any landscape.

Upright and narrow, this small tree is perfect for filling small spaces and it does that oh so well with outstanding branching, brilliant red edged foliage when it emerges in spring and outstanding fall foliage color. An underused gem! Outstanding small tree for small spaces. Easy to grow with very attractive foliage that emerges with a red-burgundy edge, turns sparkling green then changes to orange-red in the fall.

Upright and almost columnar in shape, this selection is an all season tree with small red strap-like flowers in March, bronze to burgundy colored emerging foliage in spring that then turns green followed by orange to red fall foliage color. Outstanding small tree for small spaces. Easy to grow.

Common as either a single stem or multi-stem tree, Parrotia can add some unique beauty to the landscape with its many cool features. Its early bloom time offers a great way to start off the season with petalless flowers surrounded by brown bracts and loaded with red stamens that bloom in late March giving a subtle yet effective show. Big, oblong leaves emerge after bloom with a distinct purplish-red tinge that is quite showy. This color morphs to a deep, lustrous green as the foliage matures filling this selection’s dense, rounded, low branching form. In fall, its great looking foliage displays a colorful parade of yellow, orange and red shades making it a classic fall color tree while winter sees an even more interesting revelation of bark that shows patches of green, white and tan against the prevailing gray and white of the season. Perfect as a small specimen, Parrotia is easy to grow plant and loves full sun.