Norway Spruce
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Source of plant
John Filkins
Description
Discovered by John Filkins in 1982 in a conifer plantation in Prattsburg, NY, the plant resembling a weeping hemlock (pendula group) from a distance. Original Plantation stock came from the NYS Conservation nursery and was planted in 1949, the mutation occurring a 6', the weeping growth shading out all lower branches. Plant moved to Cornell Plantations, Ithaca, NY in 1984. Very uniform with fine growth, unusual in weeping forms of Picea and not known to send out any coarse upright growth. Height 7', width 8-10' after 20 years; estimated growth rate 4-6" per year. Originator, nominant and registrant, John P. Filkins, 74 North Main Street, Prattsbug, NY 14873. Standard: herbarium specimen at L.H. Baily Hortorium, Cornell University [BH]. plantation that had been owned by Walton Pulver (sp?) and is currently owned (1984) by Dennis Reddington of Prattsburg, NY. Plantation was probably planted around 1948 (from oral communication with John Filkins).
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Special characteristics
invasive, winter interest, growth habit