Picea
The Spruces
picea abies ‘Brno’
This dense, miniature globe with a flattened top grows about 1/2" per year and may be 15" wide by 10" high in 25 years. Its foliage is light green with short needles. It is a distinctive miniature plant that forms a low, wide, dense pillow with dark green foliage and pronounced winter buds. It has thin branches and tiny needles. It is difficult to even push a finger into the plant. (3)
Stk# 47300S 5" pot . . . $ 40.00
PICEA ABIES ‘CLANBRASSILIANA’
The serious collector who wants to add the first named dwarf conifer to his
collection should consider purchasing this true descendent of the plant named in
1836 (planted about 1798). This selection is very dense, slow growing, with dark
green foliage and tiny needles. It becomes broadly conical as it ages. (4)
Stk# 47550A 1 gallon . . . $ 30.00
picea abies ‘dan’s dwarf’
This miniature plant came from Greg Williams and has
been growing in our garden for ten years. It has become a squat, conical,
densely branched little bush that grows about 1" per year. (3)
Stk# 48015S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
PICEA ABIES ‘DUMPY’
Originating as a witches’ broom on ‘Pygmaea’ about 1970
at Red Lodge Nursery in England, this dense, miniature mound grows less than 1"
per year. (3)
Stk# 48050S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
PICEA ABIES ‘EVA’
A miniature form with tiny needles, it develops into a
squatly conical little gem of a plant. Its terminal can grow up to 3" per year.
(3)
Stk# 48550S 5" pot . . $ 30.00
PICEA ABIES ‘FORMANEK’
A prostrate selection that is quite dwarf, it develops
into a broad mound. The mound might be 3' across at ten years and less than 6"
high. (3)
Stk# 48595S 5" pot . . . $ 25.00
PICEA ABIES ‘GOLD DRIFT’
A new selection unlike anything else presently available
anywhere. This plant was developed from a sport Bob discovered on a side branch
of Picea abies ‘Reflexa’. The spring growth is lime green but the sun
turns it bright gold by late spring. It then remains gold through the winter,
becoming gold tipped before the new growth appears in the spring. It can trail
over a wall or be staked to become an upright weeper. The full sun causes
burning in the Northwest on young plants which disappears as the plant matures.
(3)
Stk# 48760A 1 gallon . . . $ 45.00
PICEA ABIES ‘HASIN’
A distinctive miniature plant that forms a low, wide, dense pillow with dark
green foliage and pronounced winter buds, it grows less than ½” per year with
thin branches and tiny needles. It is difficult to push a finger into the plant.
(3)
Stk# 48960S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
Picea abies ‘Kluis’
This dwarf selection initially grows as a miniature
ball. After five to ten years, some upright growth will occur, possibly as much
as 6" per year while the rest of the plant maintains its miniature appearance.
With age it will become conical and very dense and may be about 3' tall when
twenty years old. The foliage is predominantly very short and thin with a green
color. (4)
Stk# 49575S 5" pot . . . $30.00
PICEA ABIES ‘MALENA’
A dwarf, globose plant that is very densely branched
with large, coarse needles giving it a bumpy outline, it grows about 1" per
year. (3)
Stk# 49750A 1 gallon . . $ 35.00
picea abies ‘nidiformis kalous’
This cultivar develops into a miniature ball with a
growth rate of about 1/2" per year. The branchlets are short with protruding
winter buds and thin, short, green needles. (3)
Stk# 50902S 5" pot . . . $ 45.00
PICEA ABIES ‘PERRY’S GOLD’
A slow growing, dense, small tree that tends to be
spreading when young, its spring foliage is white to bright yellow becoming
green as the season progresses. It does burn in exposed locations in the
Northwest and grows up to 6" per year. (3)
Stk# 51650S 5" pot . . $ 30.00
picea abies ‘pusch’
Anyone who likes ‘Acrocona’ will just love this
selection. Discovered as a witches’ broom on ‘Acrocona’, it is a dwarf plant
with miniature cones on the ends of its branches. It becomes broader than high
with an irregular outline. The spring cones are bright red. It grows about 3"
per year and at ten years may be 2' wide. (3)
Stk# 52500S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
PICEA ABIES ‘St. James’
A good choice for a smaller garden, this dark green,
dense cushion has a convex top and grows about 1"-2" per year. (3)
Stk# 53650A 1 gallon . . . $ 25.00
PICEA ABIES ‘TOMPA’
A dwarf selection that grows squatly conical and looks
much like a broad dwarf Alberta Spruce but with the coarser foliage of Picea
abies, it will be about 24" high in ten years. (3)
Stk# 53725S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
picea abies 'tufty'
A slow growing, irregularly shaped bush with branches shooting off in all
directions, its foliage is light green with thin needles. (3)
Stk# 53800S 5" pot . . . $ 40.00
PICEA ABIES ‘VERMONT GOLD’
This plant has the typical ‘Repens’ growth habit of
developing into a wide-spreading, flat-topped bush. Its foliage is bright gold
throughout the summer but the Northwest sun will burn it in fully exposed
locations. It grows about 2" per year as a grafted plant. (3)
Stk# 53855S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
PICEA ABIES ‘WILL’S ZWERGFORM’
Densely conical with an upright branching habit, its
foliage is the closest to an emerald green of any of the <P255W0I>Picea
abies<P10MI*>. It will grow 6' high in about fifteen years. (3)
Stk# 54182A 1 gallon . . . $ 25.00
Picea abies 'Wichtel' - a very special new plant
For fifteen years we have been growing 'Wichtel' in our gardens . We have two
specimens, each about 9" across and 5" high. Each one looks like a chunk of wood
covered with green moss. The growth rate last year was about 1/16".
We have a small block of plants propagated, fertilized and grown in 60% shade
seven years ago to produce graftable scion wood. Now they are starting to
tighten up, so this is the last year they can be cut. I have selected young
plants from a crop of three years ago to provide scion wood for the next few
years. That means we can now sell our first set of stock plants.
Since it took us fifteen years to be able to list 'Wichtel' for sale, I doubt
that this cultivar will be readily available anywhere else.
Due to the rarity and our large investment of time and effort, we are charging a
premium price for these plants and the supply is limited.
Anyone purchasing one of these plants should follow the following steps to have
the greatest success in growing it. First plant it in well drained soil with
afternoon shade. (The hot summer sun will scorch it- a common problem with
miniature Picea abies cultivars.) Second, do not overwater. Third, do not remove
the understock completely for at least three years and do the removal in stages
so that the last year you are removing a leafless stem.
If you do your own grafting, you should be able to obtain a few tiny scions
during the first year or two. After that, the wood will be too small for a good
success rate.
Picea abies 'Wichtel'
There is some debate as to the origin of this cultivar, but apparently it
originated in the Hillier Arboretum near Winchester, England as a diminutive
witches' broom on Picea abies 'Humilis'. The cultivar 'Humilis' is noted for
having different growth rates in different parts of the plant, giving the
appearance of different witches' brooms; however, this one has been propagated
many times and has proven to be stable. The picture above to the left
shows the average sized plant we are offering for sale. (3)
Stk# 54175S 5" pot . .
. $100.00
picea abies ‘witches' brood’
This plant has very fine, light green foliage and starts
out globular but becomes conical. It is very slow growing and will be about 3'
high in fifteen years. (3)
Stk# 54190S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
picea abies ‘zajecice’
This true miniature becomes globe shaped with small,
thin, dark green needles, and grows to softball size in about ten years. The
name means "rabbity place" and is a village in the Czech Republic. (3)
Stk# 54195S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
picea glauca ‘burning well’
This dense, low cushion with gray-green foliage and
resinous brown buds grows just over 1" per year. (2)
Stk# 54975S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
picea glauca ‘cecilia’
Developing into a miniature bun with short needles
arranged radially around each branchlet, this selection grows about 1" per year.
Its foliage is silver-gray to blue with globular, dark brown buds (2)
Stk# 55000S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
picea glauca 'goldilocks'
We have a very limited supply of this little treasure. The new growth is bright
yellow and maintains its color throughout the growing season. It is densely
branched, growing 1"-2" per year. It is not a selection of dwarf Alberta spruce.
(2)
Stk# 55525S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
picea glauca ‘J. W. daisy white’
This selection of dwarf Alberta spruce flushes white in
the spring and has pale green to cream-tinted foliage through the summer. It
will grow 1"-2" per year. (2)
Stk# 55700S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
picea glauca 'palecek'
A dense, globose selection, it grows about 1" per year, becoming 10" wide by 8"
high in ten years. Its foliage is blue-green and the name means “small thumb”.
(2)
Stk# 56380S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
PICEA JEZOENSIS ‘AUREA’
Discovered and introduced in the 1890’s this plant is
still very rare. The gold color of this small tree is best when the plant is
young, becoming a bit dull as it matures. It will burn in the full sun as a
young plant and may be about 2' tall in ten years. (5)
Stk# 57115S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
picea obovata ‘glauca’
A blue selection of Siberian spruce with short needles,
this selection grows 6"-9" per year. (2)
Stk# 57725A 1 gallon . . . $ 30.00
PICEA OMORIKA ‘BERLINER’S WEEPER’
This selection with branches that are exceptionally
pendulous, laying much closer along the trunk than those of the variable forms
listed as ‘Pendula’ grows up to 18" per year. Its foliage is typical to the
species. (4)
Stk# 57793S 5" pot . . . $ 25.00
PICEA OMORIKA ‘Gotelli Weeping’
This tree grows over 1' per year and will be less than
5' wide when it is forty feet tall. The original tree was in the Gotelli
Collection at the U.S. National Arboretum but died in the summer of 2007. It is much
superior to the form that is sold as ‘Pendula’. (4)
Stk# 57925S 5" pot . . . $ 25.00
picea omorika ‘peve tijn’
A bright gold sport from Picea omorika ‘Nana’, it
grows just like the parent plant but at half the rate and with exceptionally
bright foliage that does not burn in the sun. Globose when young, it eventually
takes on a dense, conical shape. (5)
Stk#58470A 1 gallon . . . $ 45.00
PICEA OMORIKA ‘PIMOKO’
A dwarf, dense, broadly globose plant with twigs
possessing numerous brown buds and typical silver and blue foliage, it grows
less than 2" per year, becoming a dense cushion about 2' wide in fifteen years.
(4)
Stk# 58450S 5" pot . . . $
25.00
PICEA OMORIKA ‘TREBLITSCH’
This dense little cushion has coarse foliage evidenced
by short, straight needles sticking straight out from the branches unlike any
other miniature Picea omorika cultivar. It grows just over 1" per year.
(4)
Stk# 58478A 1 gallon . . . $ 35.00
PICEA ORIENTALIS ‘MT. VERNON’
This extremely dwarf globe has dark green foliage and is
very densely branched. Our thirty year old mother plant is about 36" wide and
18" high. (5)
Stk# 59575S 5" pot . . . $ 25.00
picea orientalis ‘nutans’
A tree with an irregular, upright growth habit, it has
pendulous branches and may be 10' tall by 6' wide when fifteen years old. (5)
Stk# 59850A 1 gallon . . . $ 35.00
PICEA ORIENTALIS ‘PROFESSOR LANGNER’
A dense, miniature bun with small, thin, emerald green needles. Gradually remove
the understock over several years to get this plant established. It grows less
than 1” per year. (5)
Stk# 59925S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
PICEA ORIENTALIS ‘SILVER SEEDLING’
This small tree with sulphur-white foliage burns in the
full sun. In the shade this plant is dark green with white tipped needles. Older
plants grow 4"-6" per year. Gradually remove the understock over several years
to get this plant established. (5)
Stk# 59960S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
PICEA ORIENTALIS ‘SKYLANDS’
A golden form that burns in the full sun when young,
older plants grow fairly fast and tolerate full sun. It grows about 9" per year
unless stunted by the full sun. (5)
Stk# 59965S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
PICEA ORIENTALIS ‘TOM THUMB GOLD’
This witches’ broom from ‘Skylands’ has all of the
foliage characteristics of ‘Skylands’ but forms a miniature bun. It needs the
understock left on for up to three years and should not be put in complete
shade. It grows less than 1” per year. (5)
Stk# 59970S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
PICEA PUNGENS ‘AUBIE’S SPREADER’
The mother plant is over twenty years old, 6' wide and
18" high, and has never produced a terminal shoot. It is blue with dense
branching. (2)
Stk# 60175A 1 gallon . . $ 30.00
PICEA PUNGENS ‘BLAUKISSEN’
This dense, low mound with small, blue needles grows
about 1" per year and is perfect for the smaller garden. (3)
Stk# 60431S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
PICEA PUNGENS ‘BLUE PEARL’
Our plants are developing into nice little blue mounds
that grow to a diameter of about 15" in ten years. (2)
Stk# 60355S 5" pot . . . $ 25.00
PICEA PUNGENS ‘BLUE TRINKET’
This selection grows into a small, blue conical tree. It grows just over
4" per year. (3)
Stk# 60360S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
PICEA PUNGENS ‘DONNA’S RAINBOW’
This dwarf, dense, conical form has terminal shoots that
stand straight up with the foliage arranged in such a way as to give a foxtail
like appearance to the branches. It will become less than 3' high in ten years.
(2)
Stk# 60750S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
picea pungens 'pali'
This selection was made in Hungary and it is very choice. It is a tight little
ball with blue foliage that grows about 1" per year. (3)
Stk# 63900S 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
PICEA PUNGENS ‘ST. MARY’
A very dwarf, broad, slightly conical plant with good
blue color, it is a beauty for the rock garden. It will be less than 3' wide
when it is twenty years old. (2)
Stk# 64600S 5" pot . . . $ 25.00
PICEA PUNGENS ‘THE BLUES’
This pendulous selection from Larry Stanley develops a
terminal shoot that goes up at a 60o angle with all of the laterals
hanging straight down. (2)
Stk# 64785A 1 gallon . . . $ 35.00
picea pungens ‘wendy’
This dense, conical, dwarf bush with gray-blue foliage
has horizontal branching and makes an excellent alternative to Picea glauca
‘Conica’. (2)
Stk# 65140S 5" pot . . . $ 30.00
PICEA SITCHENSIS 'thomas'
Possibly the dwarfest of the Sitka spruces, this selection is a miniature
globe with blue and silver foliage that grows about 1" per year. (6)
Stk#65650S 5" pot . . . $30.00
PICEA SMITHIANA ‘BALLARAT’
A witches’ broom from smithiana, this miniature bun has the same downturned
foliage, but since it is a miniature plant, the branchlets seem to be drooping.
The color is dark green, and it does not look like any other dwarf conifer. It
grows to about 9” in diameter in ten years. (7)
Stk# 65885A 5" pot . . . $ 35.00
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