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NORWAY SPRUCE <br />~'icea abies <br />Outstanding Features: <br />Evergreen foliage. Pendulous branchlets on horizontal <br />branches create a graceful form. <br />Description: <br />Height: 40-65' Width: 20-35' <br />Hardiness Zone: 3b <br />Factsheet 63 <br />Norway Spruce is a large conifer that is well adapted to much of the upper <br />midwest. It is faster growing than many of the other spruces. It has a pyramidal <br />form, developing long, pendulous branchlets with age. On older specimens, the <br />lateral branches arise horizontally from the trunk, droop slightly and then have a <br />slight upward curve near the tips with many pendulous branchlets in between. <br />Foliage color is dark green. Norway Spruce produces pendulous cones up to 6" <br />long. <br />Requirements and Culture: <br />Prefers soil with ample moisture. Transplants well. Best in full sun, since foliage <br />becomes sparse in shade. <br />Limitations: <br />No serious insect or disease problems. <br />Selected Cultivars: <br />`Acrocona' - is a small growing cultivar that is much denser than the species. It <br />produces a heavy crop of cones that are quite attractive. <br />Photo Credit: 1 MLA; 2 DCTC. <br />/~ ~ UNNERSITY OF MINNESOTA <br />m mmmssoM purer <br />