TYPES OF PINES Tree characteristics

NORWAY SPRUCE
Botanical name: Picea abies
Mature height: 40-60 feet
Mature spread: 20-40 feet
Mature form: pyramidal
Growth rate: fast
Sun exposure: sun
Soil moisture: moderate
Soil type: widely adaptable
Flower color: not showy
Foliage color: green
Fall color: evergreen
About the Norway Spruce: The Norway spruce tree is a fast-growing tree that can grow to 150 ft. Norway spruce trees, placed on a good site, should reach 5 feet in six to seven years starting with a 2-year seedling. The dense, dark green needles never get longer than 1 inch. This evergreen conifer tree thrives well in average soil conditions, but prefers moisture in the soil to maintain its deep green color. It is highly valued as an ornamental and timber tree. It is one of the best conifers for shelters and windbreaks, as its branches grow densely into one another. For planting a windbreak, or for noise abatement, these trees should be planted 6 feet. apart. The branches of Norway spruce trees droop gracefully as tree matures, making this a very attractive ornamental.
BLUE SPRUCE
Botanical name: Picea pungens
Mature height: 30-90 feet
Mature spread: 10-20 feet
Mature form: pyramidal
Growth rate: slow
Sun exposure: sun to partial shade
Soil moisture: widely adaptable
Soil type: sandy, adaptable
Flower color: not showy
Foliage color: blue gray
Fall color: evergreen
About the Blue Spruce: The Colorado blue spruce tree is a pyramidal shaped evergreen with steel blue foliage. It prefers heavier soils, full sun and clean cultivation. Colorado blue spruce trees will reach a height of 6 feet in eight years on a good site, starting with a 2-year-old seedling. The blue spruce is probably the most drought-tolerant of all spruce trees. This evergreen conifer is widely used in windbreaks or as an ornamental yard tree. A handsome ornamental specimen for use as a dense, colorful screen or windbreak. Space 6 feet apart when used as a screen or windbreak.
WHITE PINE
Botanical name: Pinus strobus
Mature height: 50-80 feet
Mature spread: 20-40 feet
Mature form: pyramidal
Growth rate: rapid
Sun exposure: sun to partial shade
Soil moisture: well drained
Soil type: sandy, adaptable
Flower color: not showy
Foliage color: green
Fall color: evergreen
About the white pine: The eastern white pine is a beautiful landscape pine widely used throughout much of North America. This evergreen conifer tree is a truly magnificent tree, attaining a height of 80 feet at maturity with a diameter of 2 to 3 feet. It carries long, soft bluish-green needles with large brown cones. Eastern white pine trees are widely used as a screen or windbreak. It grows rapidly for a pine tree and is pyramidal shaped when young, becoming umbrella-shaped with age. The white pine tree is long-lived and vigorous. It takes six to eight years to produce a 6-foot tree on good sites. It grows best in full sun or partial shade and in ordinary soil. It can tolerate wet, swampy areas. Space 6 feet apart for screening purposes. It is easily controlled, and is good for small properties as well as field plantings. Also widely used for Christmas trees and timber.
CANADIAN HEMLOCK
Botanical name: Tsuga canadensis
Mature height: 40-50 feet
Mature spread: 20-30 feet
Mature form: pyramidal
Growth rate: fast
Sun exposure: sun to partial shade
Soil moisture: widely adaptable
Soil type: sandy, clay, loam
Flower color: not showy
Foliage color: green
Fall color: green
About the Canadian hemlock: The Canadian hemlock tree is also called eastern hemlock or hemlock spruce. This evergreen conifer is a fast-growing long-lived tree that, unlike many trees, grows well in shade. It may take 250 to 300 years to reach maturity and may live for 800 years or more. It has a graceful pyramidal form with foliage of spray-like appearance. This stately tree is a very hardy specimen and is an easily transplanted conifer that grows well in a variety of soils. Shelter small plants from drying winds. They stand shearing and pruning well and are excellent as hedges. They are graceful and make great ornamental plantings.
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