When it blooms
In bloom: May to June
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How to grow it
- Light
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Moist
- Size
- 15 m–25 m
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Native to
- Saskatchewan
What it feeds
White Spruce is a host plant local wildlife depends on. These are the beings it brings back.
Olive-sided FlycatcherThreatenedBirdIt perches on tall spruces and sallies out to catch flying insects. Native blooms keep its prey in the air.
Photos: Photo by Mike's Birds, CC BY-SA 2.0
Plant it with
Other native plants the Olive-sided Flycatcher also depends on. Grow a few together and you give it food across the whole season.
Grow White Spruce where you live
Add it to your garden on Hortus, get a free report card of the wildlife it brings back, and find a nursery near you that carries it.