Scientific Name: Picea abies 'Acrocona'
Common Name: Acrocona Norway spruce
Family Name: Pinaceae
Origin: Europe, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Plant Type: Conifer
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 3 - 4m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Pendulous, Twiggy, Upright
Form: Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Alpine, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Tall background, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Needle-like, Spiraled, Prickly, Acicular, Entire
Flowers: n/a (male cone), Yellow, Feb-Mar
Fruit: Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Spruce tree with sharp, dark green needles, cinnamon coloured branches; seed cones pink-red maturing brown, most 8-10cm long, scales papery, orange-brown.