Location, soil, planting tips and more

Which spruces are suitable for the garden?

In principle, you can do all types of Spruce in your garden plant if you have enough space. Species that remain small, such as sugarloaf spruce (bot. Picea glauca conica) or dwarf forms of the red spruce (bot. Picea abies). You also meet them quite often Serbian spruce (bot. Pinea omorika).

The right location and the best soil

Spruce trees usually prefer a sunny to partially shaded area Location and a slightly damp soil. However, this should not be too heavy or clayey. Spruce trees do not tolerate drought very well; they are somewhat more tolerant than other species Serbian spruce and the spruce. The spruce does not mind whether the soil is slightly acidic or more alkaline.

Planting

Spruces are one of the Shallow rooters, their root So grow more in breadth than in depth. You should therefore dig a sufficiently large planting hole and keep enough distance from the neighboring plants. If necessary, loosen the soil with a little sand or enrich it with compost.

The spruce, which is as young as possible (about 20 cm tall Seedlings) water thoroughly before inserting. After you have put in the spruce, fill the planting hole with soil and carefully tread on the soil. Watering well over the next few days will help with rooting.

The essentials in brief:

• choose species that remain small for small gardens
• Location: sunny to partially shaded, sheltered from the wind for tall spruces
• Soil: rather moist and not too heavy or clayey
• Planting time: anytime in frost-free soil
• keep well moist after planting until rooted