| Scientific Name: | Picea abies 'Nidiformis' |
| Common Name: | nest spruce |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Soft flexible, Prickly, Glabrous, Acicular, Lanceolate, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| 'Bird's Nest' form: spreading, flat topped with branches that are layered with a depression in the center; needles prickly, most 6-9mm long x ~1mm wide, short pegs remain when pulled off; cones absent. | |