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Common Name: Norway spruce
Type: Needled evergreen
Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 0.75 to 1 feet
Spread: 1.5 to 2 feet
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Bloom Description: Non-flowering
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Winter Interest
Tolerates: Air Pollution, Deer
Culture
Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Prefers moist, sandy soils. Will tolerate light shade and clay soils.
Noteworthy Characteristics
This Norway spruce cultivar is a dwarf, needled evergreen shrub which has a dense, pyramidal shape. Dark green needles. Slow growing (3-6" per year) to 4' tall by 3' wide (occasionally larger) by seven years. Growth habit and characteristics for this uncommon cultivar are not well documented.
Problems
No serious insect or disease problems. Susceptible to red spiders, spruce gall, aphids, budworms, bagworms and borers.
Garden Uses
May be used in the mixed border or rock garden as a specimen, or as a foundation planting or specimen around the home.