Better Forest Tree Seeds
13872 Alan Seeger Rd. Petersburg, PA 16669
(814) 667-3666
Christopher P. Kiratzis & Robert A. Nicholl

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BLACK HILLS SPRUCE (P. glauca densata)
  • South Dakota
    Excellent natural shape, practically no shearing required, relatively slow growing, well adapted to Northeast U.S. Prized as an ornamental and for Christmas trees.

170,000

$150
Sold Out

BLUE SPRUCE (P. pungens)
  • San Juan N.F. Southern Colorado
    Select area, very blue, fast growth.

100,000

$125

  • Pal~Select Santa Fe N.F.
    Central New Mexico Highly selected for color and shape, 90% very blue. Tendency toward more upright branching; needles not so sharp as San Juan.

100,000

$105

  • Apache N.F. Arizona
    Very blue, fast growth, upright branching, not as dense as Sante Fe.

 

$120
Sold Out

  • Lincoln N.F.
    Blue to blue/green in color; fast grower.

 

$90
Sold Out

ENGELMANN SPRUCE (P. engelmanni)
Excellent landscape and Christmas tree. Has excellent blue color, natural shape and density. Adapted to cold, moist well-drained sites.
  • Pal~Select Special
    Our progeny tested 1988 selection for best shape and density, growth rate, and superior traits for Christmas tree and ornamentals. Requires practically no shearing. (91,500)

91,500

$155

ENGELMANN X BLUE SPRUCE HYBRID or INTERGRADE

 

 

  • New Mexico:
    Natural hybrid with unusual high years of needle retention, excellent growth rate and maintains excellent natural pyramidal shape to maturity. Needles are an attractive blue and not sharp. Appears very resistant to dessication after cutting.

103,000

$175 or $20/oz.
Sold Out

NORWAY SPRUCE (P. abies)

  • Lake States: 2011 crop year, 96% germination

55,842

$65

  • Lake States: 2008 crop year, 68% germination

51,756

$35

  • Macedonia
    Southern Europe

 

$55

  • Pennsylvania - Landscape Specimens

 

$70

ORIENTAL SPRUCE (P. orientalis)

 

 

  • Oriental Spruce
    Dark Green, short needles and dense foilage. High value landscape plant.

 

$80

WHITE SPRUCE (P. glauca)
Native Eastern U.S. (Blue) spruce.  Well adapted for Eastern U.S. Iandscape.  Not recommended for Christmas trees.
  • Lake States
    Landscape specimens, fast growth, blue and excellent natural shape and density.

140,000

$100


NOTES: N.F. = National Forest
Some stands are on private holdings within or adjacent to the National Forest.



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