Picea mariana 'Nana'
Dwarf Black Spruce
Dwarf Black Spruce (Picea mariana ‘Nana’) forms a low cushion of fine, dusty blue-green needles. Closely layered branches create a soft-looking surface and a flattened silhouette that remains evergreen through winter.
Its slow growth makes it suitable for a rock garden or a carefully placed foreground accent. The plant broadens gradually and is most effective where neighboring shrubs cannot crowd its low branches. The ten-year size is an early growth guide, not a fixed mature limit.
Choose a cool site with a steady supply of moisture. Black spruce is poorly suited to sustained summer heat.
Ten-year size
• Width: About 24 in at 10 years
• Height: 15–18 in at 10 years
Hardiness
• Species guide: USDA Zones 2–5
Best Uses
• Rock Garden
• Accent Plant
• Border
- Plant type
- Conifer, Dwarf Conifer, Evergreen Shrub
- Height
- Varies
- Width
- Varies
- Hardiness zones
- 2–5
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Bloom time
- Does not flower
- Flower color
- None
- Leaf color
- Blue-green
- Fall color
- Blue-green
- Soil
- Moist well-drained
- Landscape use
- Accent Plant, Border, Rock Garden
- Shape
- Compact, Low Mounding
- Bark
- Platy
- Fruit
- Yes
- Fragrant
- No
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Salt tolerant
- No
- Drought tolerant
- No
- 10-year height
- 15-18 in
- 10-year width
- 24 in
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