also notice... how its assuming its more natural open shape ... rather than the nursery pruning.. to make a small spruce into an xmas tree full shape ...

now its time for the robins and crows.. to start perching on the terminal bud ... crikey ... lol ...

ken

One would guess white spruce can deal w/snow..... :)

Had alot of snow, did ya?

Edit: Add an interesting pic about white spruce:

A good example of climate change, eh? lol:

We didn't break any records but possibly 4 ft? Hard to tell bc it tends to settle between snowfalls, so it's never as deep as totals show, at least not for long. Varies with wind and drifting too. It was up over my knees out in the yard.

Here in Eau Claire we had 54" of snow -- in February! The previous monthly record was 28" set in 1936. You can see it here if scroll past the Twin Cities data.

I've got numerous White Spruce here and they never seem to be hampered by snow. In general, handling heavy snow is all in a good days work for spruce. I also have Omorika and I don't ever recall branch breakage. Pines are a different story.