Object Details
- Description
- This Norway spruce cultivar is notable for its immature, red cones which grow at its branch tips. Although they mature to brown in the summer, the spring contrast of red cones and bright green needles is a beautiful garden addition.
- Hardiness
- -40 - 10 F
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2015-2181A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Average Height
- 5-10'
- Bark Characteristics
- Brown
- Cone Characteristics
- Young, red cone grow on the branch tips in the spring and mature to pale brown in the summer.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Needles come in bright green and mature to dark green.
- Structure
- Spreading pyramid
- Range
- Cultivated
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- Common Name
- Norway Spruce cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Pinidae
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Picea
- Species
- abies
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-2181A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7ab2eaba4-c5c2-470b-9f9c-8be3bdb7804d
