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Picea glauca
'Pendula'
Weeping White Spruce
Mike's
Opinion
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Weeping White Spruce is suited to the designed landscape since its narrow, dense compact shape and light blue colour present a very architectural but compact, contemporary form.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Pinaceae |
| Genus |
| Picea |
| Species |
| glauca |
| Cultivar |
| 'Pendula' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 2b-8b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 3-9 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -46 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -50 |
| Height |
| 15 m |
| Spread |
| 2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Often variable in form, being either a narrow tree or a mounding shrub it is quite confusing in stature. Trained as a tree is worth the effort since it presents, a slightly weeping but full, rich, pale blue form. |
| Landscape |
| Often used as a strong central point of focus in a garden if trained as a tree, however if left untended it can also become an informal accent or specimen plant. |
| Cultivation |
| Weeping White Spruce is suited to full sun and is able to adapt to dry or moist conditions, however it is intolerant on saturated soils. It is a drought, pollution and road salt tolerant and is adaptable to most soil pH's with the exception of extremes. |
| Shape |
| Often tall, it has a narrow, weeping or drooping form which begins to bend at the terminal as the tree matures. Otherwise when grown as a shrub it is loosely mounding to sprawling. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Pests |
| It has a wide range of pests such as aphids, nematodes, mites, gall insects and sawfly as well as diseases such as needle cast and spruce canker. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| The bark has a rough texture and is grey in colour and has no note-worthy ornamental characteristics. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Scaled bud around 1 cm in diameter, light beige to brown in colour. |
| Leaf Description |
| Strong, pointed needles that range from grey-green to blue in colour, to about 2 cm in length. |
| Fruit Description |
| Cylindrical cones between 3 - 5 cm in length, light beige at maturity. |
| Colour Description |
| Grey bark with green-grey to light blue needles with no seasonal change in colour. |
| Texture Description |
| Somewhat coarse in texture. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The Toronto Botanical Garden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Graft onto 2 year old Picea glauca rootstock in November, keeping the graft union moist, ideally packed in peat moss under bottom heat with intermittent mist. |
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