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Buy Picea abies 'Gold Drift'

Also Known As

Gold Drift Weeping Norway Spruce

Plant type

tree, conifer

size

H: 8'-10'
W: 6'-8'

planting zones

3a-8b

24" brake (2-3' shirt) | $196

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24-30" mounding form | $196

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30-36" mounding form | $251

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3' break (2-3' shirt) | $296

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3' break (3-4' shirt) | $351

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4' break (7' sweep) | $551

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4.5' break (10' sweep) | $651

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#1 Container | $44.99

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#3 Container | $104.99

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Picea abies 'Gold Drift' plant details

Picea abies 'Gold Drift' is an evergreen conifer tree with gold foliage. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular - occasional water. Does well in average and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant and wind tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Picea abies 'Gold Drift'

Plant type: conifer tree
Plant family: pinaceae
Foliage: evergreen gold
Mature size: 6 FT - 8 FT - wide, 8 FT - 10 FT - tall
Uses: border plant, weeping, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Picea abies 'Gold Drift'

USDA Zones: 3a - 8b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: regular - occasional
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, verticillium wilt and wind
Soil needs: average and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A weeping golden form! Pendulous branches and a drifting (upright) or weeping central leader. Can be staked to form an upright weeper, or untrained to be a cascading mound. Yellow color is more pronounced in full sun, but can burn young plants. Discovered

By: Conifer Kingdom

This delightful Norway Spruce selection has butter-yellow needles in spring on pendulous branches that can be trained as a groundcover, to hang over a wall or as a staked tree to 8-10't x 6-8'w in 10 years. S-PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

This strongly weeping spruce will need a stake to keep an upright form. The plant named by Robert Fincham has golden needles and will need afternoon shade so it doesn’t burn.

By: Gossler Farms

A sport of Picea abies 'Reflexa' found in 1990 by Bob Fincham. As you can see from the picture it can be staked as high as your ladder! This old specimen is about 12 feet tall. Without staking typically grows as a ground cover which makes it a good candidate for hanging over a wall or as an interesting spreading mound in the garden. Maintains its yellow foliage year round.

By: Bloom River Gardens

Picea abies 'Gold Drift' - Dwarf Weeping Golden Norway Spruce, A great new evergreen conifer with a weeping form. Can be grown as a groundcover or staked into a small weeping tree. Needles are butter-yellow. Prefers sun/partial shade in well-drained soil. If staked, 6' tall x 3' wide in 10 years. Hardy to -50 degrees.

By: Kigi Nursery

Found by Fincham in 1990 as a gold sport on Picea abies 'Reflexa' it is an excellent golden weeping form it burns a bit when young but seems fine once well established.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Butter yellow foliage on this versatile plant. Stake this weeping variety to the desired height or let it grow as a ground cover or draped over a wall or rock. Plant in full sun, but in hotter areas give it some protection when young. Once established it shouldn't burn.