Norway Spruce

Growth habit

Dwarf Shrub

Perennation

Perennial

Location

Mullestein Winter Garden

Source of plant

Iseli Nursery

Description

Dwarf form, oval, branches crowded, upright, twigs densely crowded and wide spreading, yellow-white, very small and thin, annual growth 5-10mm, buds very small, globose, enveloped by the needles, yellow-brown, lateral buds outspread; needles usually radially arranged on the branch tips, but more parted on the older shoots, 4-8mm long, light yellow-green with distinctly yellow tips, stiff and thick, often curved, somewhat sickle-shaped. Discovered in 1928 by Mrs M. Seiffert-Orff in upper Bavaria, Germany.

USDA Hardiness Zone

2

Special characteristics

invasive, miniature conifer, winter interest