Picea glauca var. densata - Black Hills Spruce

Black Hills Spruce is a compact slow-growing native conifer tree with a broad pyramidal habit and densely packed bright green needles that emerge with a whitish wax coating.  Prefers full sun and rich, moist well-drained acidic soils.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant. Susceptible to needle and stem rust, canker, trunk and root rot. Potential pests include yellow-headed spruce sawfly, spruce budworm and eastern spruce beetles. Mites are common and repeated infestations can do serious injury to the plant. Air pollution intolerant and sensitive to high heat and humidity.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Specimen or mass plantings,  Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Foundation Planting, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Dogwood, Boxwood, Lavender

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Picea glauca densata 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) F. D. Richards, Picea glauca 'Densata', 2016

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.