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Originally Posted by Torture
I'm not sure. Spruce trees make the soil super acidic, plus they drink up the majority of the water, so you might want to look into another acid loving plant.
I've seen others suggest burying pots into the ground so that you don't get the same impact of the acidic soil and water depletion, and planting in those.
Lily of the Valley or Snow on the Mountain would grow under it if you just want ground cover but they're super invasive so you have to make sure you have a barrier and control them.
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Years ago, I did that for my Mom under her spruce trees. I buried several old kiddie pools that I'd trash picked, and put the LotV's in them. A couple of decades later, when one of the trees got hit by lightening, and had to come down, I thanked myself for putting those in the kiddie pools - they couldn't spread outside of them and I was able to get all the roots and bulbs out simply, leaving the area nice and clean.