Add brilliant year-round color to your landscape with Picea glauca 'Summer Gold', a stunning white spruce cultivar prized for its vibrant golden-yellow foliage. This compact evergreen conifer develops a dense, pyramidal form that brings structure, texture, and bright seasonal interest to gardens of all sizes.

Measuring approximately 12 inches tall and shipped in a 1-gallon nursery pot, this healthy live plant is well-rooted and ready for planting. Its soft golden needles glow throughout spring and summer, creating a striking contrast against traditional green landscape plants. As temperatures cool, the foliage transitions to a subtle greenish-gold hue, providing attractive winter interest.

With its compact growth habit and low-maintenance nature, 'Summer Gold' is an excellent choice for foundation plantings, mixed borders, rock gardens, specimen plantings, and smaller landscapes. Its exceptional cold hardiness and adaptability make it a reliable performer in a variety of garden settings.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Picea glauca 'Summer Gold' plant
✔️ Height: approximately 12 inches
✔️ Shipped in 1 gallon nursery pot
✔️ Healthy, rooted plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Summer Gold White Spruce
• Botanical Name: Picea glauca 'Summer Gold'
• Plant Type: Evergreen conifer tree
• Growth Stage: Young established plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Well-draining soil; adaptable to various soil types
• Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
• Mature Height: 8–10 feet
• Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–6
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip

Plant in full sun for the brightest golden foliage color. Water regularly during the first growing season to establish a strong root system, then reduce watering as the plant becomes established.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.