Woody > Picea > Picea glauca > Picea glauca 'Echiniformis'
Picea glauca
'Echiniformis'
Hedgehog Dwarf White Spruce
| Family |
| Pinaceae |
| Genus |
| Picea |
| Species |
| glauca |
| Cultivar |
| 'Echiniformis' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 3 - 6 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 1b - 7a |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -40 |
| Height |
| 30 - 60 cm |
| Spread |
| 60 - 90 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Rock gardens, accent gardens and in city and courtyard gardens. |
| Cultivation |
| Full sun and partial-shade. Well-drained soil. Greatly effected by winter burn when exposed to the elements. |
| Shape |
| Dense, compact, mounding form. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Pests |
| Adelgids, aphids, conifer red spider mites, spruce bag worm and eastern spruce beetle mites. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Leaf Description |
| Small needles about 7 mm in length. Tightly attached to individual branches in a whorled arrangement. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fruit is uncommon on this cultivar but if found will be small, singularly cone-shaped and will be located at the end of shoots. |
| Colour Description |
| Young bark has an orange tint giving it a rusty-brown colour, as it ages it becomes a more greyish-brown. Buds are light brownish-beige colour. The needles will be a bright greenish-grey when young and become a dark greyish-green as it matures. |
| Texture Description |
| Fine texture. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Propagation |
| Grafting on the species rootstock in winter. |
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