It never drops its needles but keeps them on for up to 10 years. The Norway Spruce is a fast growing (2-3’ per year) evergreen that has dark green needles that are 1 inch long, and can grow up to 5 ft a year in a good weather year. Again, make sure you are controlling the weeds or they will be the ones benefiting from the fertilizer. The Norway Spruce is our favorite and best large evergreen for windbreaks in the eastern 2/3 of America. Keep fertizer at least 6 inches away from the tree. Depending on the fertilizer you use you can injure the roots. The trees have lots of nutrients coming from the nursery. Are you controlling weeks around the trees?įinally, don't fertilize the trees until the year after plant. Click here to learn more about Norway spruce. We are now accepting orders through May 24, 2024. After X-Mas the tree is cut into lumber and used to build a house. Norway Spruce- AVAILABLE FOR SPRING ONLY.Please DO NOT Select a Fall Delivery Week Size Description: 3-0 (Height: 16 average, 8 minimum) Norway Sp. They were planted in the Spring, 7 years prior to this picture being taken. Along with it is a privacy screen planted using 2 yr old bare root Norway Spruce.

Last year it seemed like we had a wet spring and a dry summer and fall. The tallest tree ever used was a 100-foot Norway Spruce from Killingworth, Conn. In this picture is a 2 ft Norway Spruce potted in a 4 gallon container that had been grown in a pot for 2 years. Check the roots to make sure they are moist. Mulching around newly planted trees and shrubs with organic materials. Apply a 3-inch layer of organic mulch around newly planted trees and shrubs in a circle that extends several feet beyond the tree or shrub canopy. With the trees you purchased this year, after you pick them up keep them in a cool area. Leave the top of the root ball bare and start the mulch application at the outer edge of the root ball. I would wait too see if they break bud before doing anything. Examine the buds too see if they are still green. The Norway Spruce can be expected to grow in the temperature extremes of. They may have heated up in storage before you planted them, too dry or too wet during growing season and possibly they could have been damaged by the fertilizer application. Depending on when they lost their needles they could still be alive. Planting a bare root evergreen in the field or yard is cheaper, but the. Norway spruce - Picea abies (Bare Root Plants) 20-40cm quantity. We can take Pre-orders before this time and dispatch the plants as soon as they are available. There are a number of reasons they could have lost their needles. Bare Root plants are available from early November to late March.

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