R J Trees and Hedging Ltd Registered office The School, The Green, Biddestone, SN14 7DG, United Kingdom, Registered in GB
Company Registration Number 13563017 VAT no. 392152401
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Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
£2.19
10% off Orders over £1000+VAT
15% off Orders over £2000+VAT
Please Order stock in multiples of 25
Free Delivery over £300+VAT excl Highlands and Islands
Minimum Order Value £300+VAT
Key Features
Norway Spruce trees (Picea abies) are
- Suitable as a woodland tree in mixed woodland or coniferous forestry
- Non-native but were introduced to the UK in the 1500's
- Evergreen
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The specifications shown below are our normal range but we often have additional options. If there is something that you are looking for, it's often worth contacting us.
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Full Product Description
Our range of Norway Spruce (Picea abies) bare root tree saplings
The transplants on this page are 4 year old plants, two years field growing in the seedbed and then transplanted (and spaced out to access more nutrients and water) for a further two growing season giving a tall, stocky, bushy plant. They are only sold in the bare root season - November to April each year.
Norway Spruce (Picea abies) Summary
Norway Spruce thought to originate in Scandinavia but common throughout Northern and Central Europe is quick growing, hardy and suitable for most free draining soils. It is pyramid shaped with stiff branches covered in short dark green needles and have a light scent.
This was the popular variety of Christmas tree (introduced by Prince Albert) until Nordmann Fir's superior non-drop needles took over to an extent, though there are still very many Norway Spruce grown for Christmas. As a tree that can reach up to 40m, it’s too big for most gardens but is great for timber with a fast-growing tall straight trunk, has been planted for forestry for at least a century and the timber is used as a building material (joists, beams etc) and for paper making.
Soil and Situation
Any free draining soil anywhere in the UK including the far north as it is fully acclimatised to Scandinavia from where it originates, but with a preference for acidic, moisture retentive soils. They grow well in shade and dont do as well in dry, sunny situations.
Leaves, flowers, fruit and bark
The coniferous needles are short, square shaped and with pointed tips. It is fully evergreen with the needles holding well on the tree all year round.
Male flowers are clusters of stamens which appear to be yellow in spring when they are covered in pollen. There are also female flowers which tend to be at the top of the tree. The “fruit” is a large hanging cone with diamond shaped scales – seeds are released from these cones in Spring and ripe cones are very popular with squirrels.
The bark is grey and peels off in sheets.
Eventual height and growth rate
Most Norway Spruce trees will easily reach 20-30m, and 40m in good conditions. They are fast growing at about 1m pa.
Also known as Norwegian Spruce and Common Spruce - Pinacaea family.
Delivery Information
Free Delivery
For deliveries of orders over £300 + VAT, (which is our minimum order value) we have free delivery to all mainland areas nationwide. If you are in the Scottish Highlands or any of the Islands, please email us or call us and we will quote you a delivery charge which we will subsidise.
All orders are despatched on pallets and will be delivered to the kerbside. We will email you to tell you when your order has been despatched and that email will contain a link so that you can track your delivery.
You can request a specific delivery date when you place your order and we will do our very best to accommodate that date but cannot be held responsible if we do not meet it.
Collections from Ross-on-Wye
You can collect your plants by arrangement with our office team. Please ring us on 01989 552028 to agree a collection date. The postcode for collections is HR9 7TF.
As a trade nursery, we normally despatch stock unbagged (packed horizontally on pallets) but we can offer two bagging options.
Bagging Options
We have two options for despatching plants in bags (you do not need to have them bagged but it is advisable if there is any delay in planting and where you have large quantities, delay in planting some is inevitable).
- Very heavy duty black bags - normally used by farmers, landowners, landscapers etc
- Co-extruded bags which are white on the outside, to reflect sunlight, and black inside, to retain moisture on the roots - normally used by foresters.
In both cases, there is a considerable labour cost to us in putting stock into bags, and then the air in the bags takes up a considerable amount of space on the pallet which means that we get many fewer plants onto a pallet compared with unbagged stock eg for 1+0 seedlings instead of approx. 10,000 plants per pallet of unbagged stock, we'd only get approx. 5,000 plants per pallet if they are bagged. There's also a significant labour cost in putting plants into bags compared with loose packing on a pallet (which is the normal method for nursery to nursery sales). Given that we pay the delivery cost on most orders, supplying stock in bags is a significant extra cost for us for some customers and hence we make a modest charge.
You can specifically request black or white bags on the website after you add plants to your shopping basket. Here is a link to the page Bagging Service for bare root plants for farms and forestry – rjtreesandhedging. Please order the same quantity as the number of plants you are buying - the pricing for bagging is per plant rather than per bag.