Habit: Conical tree when young, columnar when mature with red brown bark and orange brown shoots.

Height: 20-40m (70-130ft)  Width: 6m (20ft)

Leaf Descrption: Produces blunt 4 sided dark green leaves to 2.5cm long. Pointing forward and upward on the shoots. Cylindrical deep green later brown female cones, 10-20cm long

Flowering:

Hardiness: Full hardy

Site Suitability: Grow in any deep, moist but well drained, ideally neutral to acid

Pest & Diseases: Adelgids may cause galls and aphids may cause needle loss. Susceptible to honey fungus

Comments: The most commonly cultivated spruce