Description | Columnar Norway Spruce (Picea abies Cupressina) is one of the few dwarf narrow columnar Spruce with fastigiate branches. |
---|---|
Plant Type | Trees Coniferous |
Hardiness Zone | 4 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Leaves | green needles |
Stems | fastigiate branches, reddish-brown bark |
Dimensions | 20 feet tall by 10 feet spread, forms a strong central leader with upright sweeping branches |
Maintenance | can be pruned to keep it smaller and or tighter, reported to be fairly fast growing |
Cultivar Origin | Found in the Thuringian Forest, Germany in 1904. |
Notes & Reference | #136-Gardening with Conifers (Adrian Bloom), #202-American Conifer Society (www.conifersociety.org) |