Scientific Name:	Picea abies 'Pendula'
Pronunciation:	py-SEE-ah AY-beez
Common Name:	weeping Norway spruce
Family Name:	Pinaceae
Plant Type:	Conifer
Key ID Features:	Weeping form with long, slender, and slightly twisted branches; needles radial, 4 sided; cones long and narrow; branchlets are long, pendulous. General ID features for spruce: needles are short, prickly and leave pegs when removed; cones are pendulous.
Course(s):	Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Pendulous Form: Irregular, Weeping Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 2 - 3m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Europe, Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Small garden/space, Winter interest Additional Info: Google (note the large range of the forms). Other pendulous cultivars may be indistinguishable and include P. 'Inversa' and P. 'Reflexa' (see separate entry).

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Needle-like Arrangement: Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Prickly Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Acicular Apices: Acute Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: n/a (male cone) Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Colour (petals): No flowers, Yellow Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak:

Fruit Type: Cone (winged seeds) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct

Bark Morphology: Plated, Single stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Brown, Grey     Organ Modifications: Ectomycorrhizae

Propagation:	Seed
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Galls, Mites, Stem borer insects, ( Deer resistant, Drought resistant )
Specific Pests:	Adelges cooleyi

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed Location Map

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