| General Description | A slow growing tightly formed pyramidal evergreen shrub, with short medium to light green needles. |
| ID Characteristic | Dwarf Alberta Spruce is slow growing pyramidal evergreen shrub with medium green needles — densely packed — encircling the twigs. Eventually maturing at about 3.5 m in height and 1 m in width. |
| Shape | Upright pyramidal growth habit. |
| Landscape | Often placed in pairs at entranceways foundations, or as a single lawn or flowerbed focal point. It should be given room to grow. |
| Propagation | Cuttings are usually collected in December and rooted in a media of sand and peat under mist with bottom heat. |
| Pests | If stressed can become infested with mites or aphids. |
| Notable Specimens | The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Buds grow up to 6 mm long with rounded chestnut brown scale, many bud sports have arisen and these have produced forms of with smaller needles. |
| Leaf Description | Medium–light green, very thin, densely packed needles are up to 3 cm long, radiating around the thin stems. |
| Flower Description | Ornamentally insignificant. |
| Fruit Description | Ornamentally insignificant and rare. |
| Colour Description | Medium–light green foliage. |
| Texture Description | Dwarf Alberta Spruce has a very fine texture, densely packed. |
