Types of Evergreen Trees

American Arborvitae
(Thuja Occidentalis)

• Needles stiff medium green color - 3 1/2" to 6 1/2" long
• Good for city conditions - will withstand smoke, smog and many city growing conditions
• Used for freeway or highway planting, windbreaks and screening
• Fast growing evergreen trees - 6' in 6-7 years starting with a 3 year seedling
• Grows to 90'
• These evergreen trees like full sun
• These evergreen trees do well in ordinary to poor soil - does equally well in limestone or acid soil
• Can tolerate dry, rocky windy conditions
• These evergreen trees are good for timber, Christmas trees and ornamental

Austrian Pine Evergreens
(Pinus Nigra)

• Needles stiff medium green color - 3 1/2" to 6 1/2" long
• Good for city conditions - will withstand smoke, smog and many city growing conditions
• Used for freeway or highway planting, windbreaks and screening
• Fast growing evergreen trees - 6' in 6-7 years starting with a 3 year seedling
• Grows to 90'
• These evergreen trees like full sun
• These evergreen trees do well in ordinary to poor soil - does equally well in limestone or acid soil
• Can tolerate dry, rocky windy conditions
• These evergreen trees are good for timber, Christmas trees and ornamental

Canaan Fir - Balsam Fir Evergreens
(Abies Balsama Var. Phanerolephis)

• Excellent evergreen trees for landscape - good survival rate
• These evergreen trees require cool, sheltered moist location, well-drained soil
• Restrictions limited as far as soil types and conditions
• These evergreen trees are found in northern areas - from sea level to 6,000'
• The needles on these evergreen trees are 1/2" to 1 1/4" long - very fragrant, good color
• These evergreen trees grow symmetrical and dense with a pyramidal crown
• These evergreen trees make excellent ornamental, Christmas tree or timber
• Will not do well in heavy, wet clay soil
• These evergreen trees will grow 50'
• 7 years maybe sooner for a 6' tree - starting with a 3 year plant
• Plug + 1 or (2/1)Plug + 2 or (2/2)

Canadian Hemlock Trees
(Tsuga Canadensis)

• These evergreen trees do well in full sun
• Well drained soil - will not do well in dry areas
• Short flat needles, light green in color, soft
• Pyramidal, foliage is slender, lacy, spray like in appearance

Colorado Blue Spruce Trees
(Picea Pungens Glauca)

• These evergreen trees can grow up to 100'
• Will reach 6' in 8-9 years - starting with a 3 year seedling
• Stiff silvery-blue to bluish-green needles - needles are 1" long
• Good for ornamental, colorful screen or windbreak
• Commands premium price as a live or fresh-cut Christmas tree

Fraser Fir Evergreen Trees
(Abies Fraser)

• Very soft, shiny bright, dark green needles with silver underside
• The Fraser Fir evergreen trees will grow 60'
• 7-8 years for a 6' tree - starting with a 5 year transplant
• Excellent Christmas tree with good needle retention
• Will not do well in heavy, wet, clay soil
• Evergreen trees such as this Fraser Fir do best in native area (NC) from 2,500' and up
• Cool, moist, well-drained soil. Full sun not required. Northern exposure - North or East side of a hill

Myers Spruce Trees
(Picea Meyeri)

• Can be used in more humid climates
• Blue green foliage
• Slow growth rate and very dense
• Excellent for Zone 2
• Grows to over 40' tall

Norway Spruce Trees
(Picea Abies)

• The Norway Spruce are fast growing evergreen trees / Grows to 150 feet
• Will reach 6' in 6 to 7 years - starting with a 3 year seedling
• Needles are 1" long, dense and dark green
• Valued highly for ornamental and timber
• These evergreen trees are excellent windbreakers
• Not good for cut trees
• Thrives well in average soil conditions, but prefers moisture in soil to maintain its deep green color

Serbian Spruce Evergreens
(Picea Omorika)

• 90' at maturity
• Zone 4
• Gross green needles, white underneath
• Pendulous branchlets on older trees
• The Serbian Spruce are considered to be the best of the evergreen trees "spruce" species for ornamental use especially in the eastern U.S.

Sugar Maple Trees
(Acer Saccarum)

• Reaches heights ot 85' - 115' at maturity
• Extremely shade tolerant
• Zones 3 - 8
• Do not plant in confined areas or where salt is a problem
• Sugar Maple has a spread of abouy 40' - 50' at full maturity

White Pine Trees
(Pinus Strobus)

• Fast growing to 100'
• 6' in 6-7 years - starting with a three year seedling
• A five needled pine, soft, light green-blue needles
• 4"long needles
• Likes full sun
• Ordinary soil, normal moisture conditions - good in wet areas
• Excellent ornamental, windbreak or dense screen
• Used as Christmas Trees and timber
• Lake State - do not hold color in winter, slower growing, shorter needles
• Southern - longer blue-green needles
• Adirondak Mt. - compact short needles

White Spruce Trees
(Picea Glauca)

• The White Spurce are Slow growing evergreen trees - Grows 90' tall
• Will reach 6' in 7- 8 years - starting with a 3 year seedling
• Stiff 1" short needles, light bluish-green
• Thrives in full sun and well drained soil. Can endure heat and drought
• Grows dense and symmetrical with little shearing/Low maintenance
• These are excellent evergreen trees for ornamental use and as windbreakers