Spruce is a symbol of eternal life and immortality, in addition, it is believed that this tree protects from evil forces. Planting a coniferous beauty near the house is very useful for health, since phytoncides have a beneficial effect on the human body and purify the air.
In landscape gardening, this plant is used everywhere because of its high decorative effect, both in summer and winter. Fluffy Christmas trees will find a place in absolutely all styles of garden design of varying complexity, and the variety of species and varieties of this coniferous plant allows you to choose planting options for plots of almost any size, be it a small flower bed or a huge natural garden.
In the design of gardens, about 20 varieties of spruce are most often used, among which there are both tall and low-growing plants. Some spruce trees have very beautiful cones, which adds decorativeness to these amazing thorny trees.
Tall trees will look good in large parks and squares as tapeworms with a lush crown. The most famous spruce, suitable for these purposes, is the prickly spruce Koster, which grows up to 15 meters in height with bluish-green needles. And the extraordinary weeping Inversa spruce has branches hanging to the ground, which gives this tree a very decorative look, both in a single planting and in combination with other plants.
Spruce weeping Inversion
Dwarf Christmas trees are very effective in contrasting landscape compositions, where conifers and deciduous plants with different foliage colors are well combined. Plants with yellow, orange and pale green foliage, which stand out brightly against the background of dark needles (barberry, spirea, maple, thuja, juniper), are especially beautiful.
Spruce and barberry
Breeders have bred miniature varieties of spruce with surprisingly elegant needles and a creeping crown structure, spherical, conical, cushion-shaped and prostrate. Such mini-Christmas trees will look attractive between stones on alpine slides and rockeries or against the background of a stone wall. A low-growing common spruce Formanek with creeping branches can form a beautiful shaggy carpet that covers the ground.
Norway spruce Formanek
Spruce against a stone wall
Norway spruce Formanek
Dwarf varieties look organically in containers that can be placed on the terrace, at the entrance to the house or in flowerpots on city streets.
Spruce tolerates pruning well, which allows you to create spectacular hedges or whole green walls. Fir-trees with contrasting needles will look beautiful, for example, ordinary spruce with a dark green crown and spiny spruce Hoopsii of a rich silver-blue hue. In addition, such thorny hedges, planted around the perimeter of the site, will eventually turn into reliable, irresistible guards.
Norway spruce and blue Hoopsie spruce
In mixborders, spruce with dark green or blue needles can serve as a background for brightly flowering plants.
Little Christmas trees look spectacular on the "banks" of dry streams in the company of ground cover perennials and herbaceous plants.
Conifers near the dry stream cascade
In curbs and ridges, low-growing spruces also found their use, combined with other evergreens and bright flowers.The slow-growing Tompa spruce is perfect for long-term landscape projects, and the dwarf Nidiformis with light green spherical needles is very effective in group plantings.
Near recreation areas, majestic conifers will always be welcome. The spectacular Serbian spruce Pendula looks very beautiful near small architectural forms: arbors and pergolas.
Serbian spruce Pendula Bruns
Near artificial reservoirs, the unpretentious glaucous spruce, which loves moist soil, will look organic. Together with colorful perennial plants and flowers, this blue beauty looks especially beautiful.
Along the garden paths, it is good to plant the low-growing Konik spruce, so named because of its conical shape.
Conic spruce has a crown shape in the form of a cone
It must be remembered that spruce trees love partial shade and acidic soil, so it will not be so easy to find suitable companions for them who can withstand such a prickly neighborhood. Astilba, fern, lily of the valley and oxalis may well come to terms with such difficult living conditions.
Spruce and astilba
The coniferous queen will decorate any home plot with its lush crown and create a pleasant atmosphere, exuding a fresh healing aroma.
