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11/12/99

Picea abies--Norway Spruce


Hardiness Zones: 3 to 6
Height: 50 ft Spread: 25 ft Form: pyramidal
Type: narrow-leaved evergreen tree
Annual Growth Rate: more than 18 inches

Comments: Norway Spruce can grow 80 to 100 feet tall and
spread 25 to 35 feet (Vis. 7) but it is usually smaller in
landscape situations. Many cultivars are shrub-like.
Norway Spruce is a pyramidal tree with graceful, drooping
branchlets and lustrous, dark green foliage (Vis. 8) at
maturity. The long cones (Vis. 6) provide additional
interest.

Comments:
'Aarburg' - A shrubby plant with horizontal branches.
'Acrocona' - Cone formation occurs on young plants.
Usually forms a broad pyramid.
'Argenteospica' - The new foliage is marked with white.
'Aurea' - Bright yellow foliage (Vis. 10).
'Barryi' - A compact, conical tree.
'Capitata' - A dwarf with a dense, low, spreading
habit.
'Cincinnata' - A small, weeping tree.
'Clanbrassiliana' - A dwarf, slow-growing, globe-shaped
form (Vis. 1).
'Clanbrassiliana Stricta' - A conical tree forming a
broad pyramid at maturity.
'Cranstonii' - A small number of main branches have
drooping branchlets (Vis. 12).
'Cruenta' ('Crusita') - The new growth is reddish but
then fades to green.
'Cupressina' - A narrow, fastigiate form that may
resist limb breakage in winter.
'Elegans' - A low, dome-shaped plant.
'Elegantissima' - The new growth it yellow at first and
then fades to green.
'Formanek' - A prostrate, creeping form.
'Frohburg' - A vigorous, upright tree with drooping
branches (Vis. 9).
'Gregoryana' - A slow growth rate is combined with a
dense but slightly irregular growth habit.
'Gregoryana Parsonii' - A slightly more open plant than
'Gregoryana'.
'Hillside Upright' - Very dark green needles are
displayed on an irregular branching habit.
'Inversa' - A weeping, narrow cultivar (Vis. 2).
'Iseli Green Mound' - A mounded dwarf.
'Kellerman's Blue Cameo' - A mounded dwarf with grayish
foliage.
'Kluis' - A dense, dwarf with short needles.
'Little Gem' - A dwarf with tiny needles and very dense
habit.
'Little Joe' - A cone-shaped dwarf (Vis. 11).
'Maxwelli' - A dense, low, globe-shaped dwarf.
'Mucronata' - An irregular, mounding habit when young.
'Nidiformis' - Dense mound with a depression in the
center. Slow growing, 2 to 4 inches a year (Vis. 3).
'Nidiformis Mariana' - A dwarf, mound-shaped plant with
a flat top and green to bluish foliage.
'Ohlendorffi' - An upright, globe shape when young
becoming wide and conical with age.
'Pendula' - A weeping form (Vis. 4) having dark green
needles. If not staked it can be used as a ground
cover.
'Pendula Major' - A large tree with irregular branching
and pendulous branchlets.
'Pendula Monstrosa' - More regular branching habit than
'Pendula Major'.
'Prostrata' - A low, slow-growing plant that can be 8
feet wide but only 2 feet tall.
'Pumila' - A globose dwarf when young but becoming
spreading with age.
'Pygmaea' - A dense and slow-growing plant but can be
variable.
'Pyramidalis' - A narrow, pyramidal form with
ascending branches.
'Reflexa' - A pyramidal form with upswept branches and
pendulous branchlets.
'Remontii' - A low, wide-spreading plant.
'Repens' - A procumbent plant (Vis. 5) with dark green
needles.
'Rubra Spicata' - The new growth is reddish for a short
time in the spring.
'Sherwood Compact' - A narrow, pyramidal form.
'Sherwood Multnomah' - A rounded plant with a flat top.
'Virgata' - The small number of lateral branches give
the plant an unusual appearance.
'Wartburg' - A weeping form that requires staking.
'Will's Zwerg' - Bright green needles on a dense, cone-
shaped plant.
'Witch's Brood' - A dense, slow-growing, dome-shaped
dwarf.

References for Cultivars: Iseli Nursery 1999, Weston
Nurseries 1999, Berryhill Nursery 1995, Sheridan Nurseries
1999, Bailey Nurseries 1999, Lake County Nursery 1999, J.
Frank Schmidt and Son 1997, Spring Meadow Nursery 1999,
Monrovia Nursery Company 1997, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999,
Wayside Gardens 1999, Studebaker Nurseries 1999, Berryhill
Nurseries 1999, Scarff's Nursery 1999, Gee Farms 1999,
Midwest Groundcovers 1999, Willoway Nurseries 1999.


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