Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Picea glauca var. albertiana
A dense, cone-shaped dwarf conifer with soft, bright green needles and a formal look, perfect in pairs by a door, in planters or at the centre of a bed. It grows slowly and thrives with cold winters, cool summers and good air flow; in heat and humidity mites can ruin it. Prune off any shoot that reverts.
- Mature size
- 11 × 8.5 ft
- 3.5 × 2.6 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 2b–6b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part sun
- Water
- Medium to moist
Dwarf Alberta Spruce at its mature size
A mature Dwarf Alberta Spruce grows 10 to 13 feet tall and 7 to 10 feet wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension.
Through the year
What Dwarf Alberta Spruce looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Year-round
Dense cone of soft bright green needles.
Growing Dwarf Alberta Spruce
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Good for
- Privacy screen, small space, specimen, and deer resistant
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Canada and Northern United States
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Dwarf Alberta Spruce, that’s about 8.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Dwarf Alberta Spruce in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other spruces
Norway SpruceDwarf Alberta Spruce
Black Hills Spruce
Colorado Blue SpruceAll drawn to the same scale.