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5064 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg, PA
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Sun. 10-3
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Full sun, Partial sun
Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.
Plains Indians used the inner bark and shoots of the Black Hills Spruce for food and the hardened sap for gum. The trunks were used for tipi poles. The small tan cones that arrive in summer and persist into early winter produce seed that is a valuable food source for songbirds and small mammals, while the bark is palatable to porcupines and the foliage is occasionally browsed on by deer. | |
Average Size at Maturity | Grows 25 ft. tall, 15 ft. wide; 50 ft. tall, 25 ft. wide in ideal conditions. |
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Bloom Time | Conifer; prized for foliage. |
Design Ideas | This is a useful mid-sized blue-colored spruce that works perfectly in the suburban landscape. Use as background foliage for colorful seasonal plantings. A great candidate for naturalistic woodlands needing a reliable conifer that won't spread out too much. Consider it as a single specimen for semi-formal schemes or exploit its columnar form by planting matched pairs in symmetrical landscapes. Dense and rugged enough for small windbreaks at backyard scale or to flesh out larger Midwestern shelterbelts. |
Deciduous/ Evergreen | Evergreen |
Foliage Color | Green |
Garden Style | Asian/Zen, Contemporary, Rustic |
Growth Rate | Slow |
Landscape Use | Privacy Screen, Specimen, Windbreak, Wildlife Garden |
Light Needs | Full sun, Partial sun |
Soil Needs | All-Purpose Plant Food |
Special Feature | Dense Habit, Easy Care, Extreme Cold Hardiness, North American Selection, Tolerates Poor Soils, Year-round Interest, Fast Growing, Bird Friendly, Compact Form, Tolerates Road Salt |
Water Needs | Moderate |
Watering Needs | Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
Current Hours
Open Mon- Sat. 9-5
Sun. 10-3
Seth H. Richards
The Boss
Locally owned and Family Operated Since 1932.
Dr. John Richards established Richards Tree Farm in Middle Smithfield, PA as an evergreen farm. Building on those roots, his Great Grandson, Seth Hastings Richards Jr., has grown the farm into a full service Garden Center and Landscape installation business for the past 35 years. The farm specializes in Organic Gardening, Edible, Native, and Unique plants.