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Picea glauca
'Conica'
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Mike's
Opinion
"
Undoubtedly one of the most popular dwarf evergreens found in Canadian gardens. Often over and misused, but as the photograph depicts here, it can be a magnificent specimen.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Pinaceae |
| Genus |
| Picea |
| Species |
| glauca |
| Cultivar |
| 'Conica' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 2 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Height |
| 3 – 3.5 m |
| Spread |
| 1 – 1.5 m |
Photographs
Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| A slow growing tightly formed pyramidal evergreen shrub, with short medium to light green needles. |
| Landscape |
| Often placed in pairs at entranceways foundations, or as a single lawn or flowerbed focal point. It should be given room to grow. |
| Shape |
| Upright pyramidal growth habit. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| ID Characteristic |
| Dwarf Alberta Spruce is slow growing pyramidal evergreen shrub with medium green needles — densely packed — encircling the twigs. Eventually maturing at about 3.5 m in height and 1 m in width. |
| Pests |
| If stressed can become infested with mites or aphids. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Buds grow up to 6 mm long with rounded chestnut brown scale, many bud sports have arisen and these have produced forms of with smaller needles. |
| Leaf Description |
| Medium–light green, very thin, densely packed needles are up to 3 cm long, radiating around the thin stems. |
| Flower Description |
| Ornamentally insignificant. |
| Fruit Description |
| Ornamentally insignificant and rare. |
| Colour Description |
| Medium–light green foliage. |
| Texture Description |
| Dwarf Alberta Spruce has a very fine texture, densely packed. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Cuttings are usually collected in December and rooted in a media of sand and peat under mist with bottom heat. |
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