Can someone tell by these pictures what sort of spruce this is? I keep landing on weeping Norway, or weeping White but i'm not sure

Hey there.
I am guessing this tree is related to the grey conifers within the united states.
I would have to give you a rough guess but I can look into it for you.

Conifer or pine tree or spruce tree.

I will get back to you.

Okay it looks like to me it's a spruce as there are many different colours of them.

Picea glauca is another variety.
Or picea standishii another variety.
All related to pine trees. Hope that helps. 👍

By the cones visible on the pics, it cannot be a white spruce of any kind. White spruce cones are usually 1.5 to 2 inches long. Norway spruce is a European tree commonly grown in the USA and that's what it looks like to me. It tends to always have weeping secondary branches, and there are forms that are less so, and also more so than the pics you show.

Agree that this is a Picea abies. It is NOT the selection Picea abies 'Pendula'.

Leftwood said:By the cones visible on the pics, it cannot be a white spruce of any kind. White spruce cones are usually 1.5 to 2 inches long. Norway spruce is a European tree commonly grown in the USA and that's what it looks like to me. It tends to always have weeping secondary branches, and there are forms that are less so, and also more so than the pics you show.

I am pretty certain now it is, too. I feel part of the problem with this is that these trees are not very healthy, and it's hard to get any decent photo of them. But they bear a remarkable similarity to other trees in the immediate area and they all seem to be Norway Spruce too. Thanks for the reply

They seem pretty healthy to me. It's just that the other trees' leaves shade the spruces in the growing season (when it counts), so growth is rather thin. It's a good thing Norway spruce is quite shade tolerant for an evergreen. Most other evergreens (including spruces) would look a lot worse in the same situation.

Any of those trees would receive a health boost by removal and eradication of the climbing vines evident in your last photo. Big thick heavy English Ivy vines (Hedera helix) that grow up into the crown of these trees will create unnoticed problems affecting stability and longevity.

If these are YOUR trees, you should sever those vines low on the trunk, and plan to kill them off.