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Picea abies
'Clanbrassiliana'
Clanbrassiliana Norway Spruce
Mike's
Opinion
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A nicely formed dwarf spruce tolerant of urban environments. Works well in gardens, with perennials, and en masse. An attractive, clean-cut looking shrub requiring minimal maintenance.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Pinaceae |
| Genus |
| Picea |
| Species |
| abies |
| Cultivar |
| 'Clanbrassiliana' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 1a - 6a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 0a - 5b |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -40 - (-7) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -40 - 20 |
| Height |
| 1 - 2.5 m |
| Spread |
| 1 - 2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Picea abies 'Clanbrassiliana' is a slow-growing dwarf spruce with dark green foliage and light brown cylindrical cones when mature. |
| Landscape |
| Thrives in urban areas. |
| Cultivation |
| Tolerant of most soil types but prefers moist, sandy, and acidic soils. Tolerant of wind and air pollution. It prefers full to partial sun and intolerant of standing water. Should be balled and burlapped for transplanting. |
| Shape |
| Rounded and globular becoming broadly conical with age. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| ID Characteristic |
| Small, mounded, globe-shaped, dark green, dense foliage that is a vibrant lime green in the spring. |
| Pests |
| Can be susceptible to red spider, spruce gall aphid, budworm, and borers. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Young bark is thin becoming thicker as it ages with thin, grey-brown, flaking surface scales. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| 5 ⨉ 10 cm, light brown, cylindrical. Young cones are purple or green in colour. |
| Leaf Description |
| Finely textured and dense. Lime green in the spring. |
| Flower Description |
| Monoecious, pinkish-red. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The Van Dusen Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Tollymore Park, Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, Woking, England. The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, the United States of America. The Arboretum, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. |
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