Buy Picea abies 'Acrocona'

Also Known As

Norway Spruce
Red Coned Norway Spruce

Plant type

tree, conifer

size

H: 4'-10'
W: 3'-10'

planting zones

4a-9b

2 inch wide, 4-6 inch deep tube | $34.95

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Picea abies 'Acrocona' plant details

Picea abies 'Acrocona' is an evergreen conifer tree with blue and green foliage. and red fruit. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture water. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in acidic, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant and wind tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Picea abies 'Acrocona'

Plant type: conifer tree
Plant family: pinaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 3 FT - 10 FT - wide, 4 FT - 10 FT - tall
Uses: container plant, pyramidal, winter interest, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Picea abies 'Acrocona'

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, verticillium wilt and wind
Soil needs: acidic, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Noted for producing showy and especially large raspberry colored cones, even at a young age, these come are carried at the tips of the semi-pendulous branches (acro meaning at the end) in spring. Cones mature to tan by summer. Gorgeous dark-green needles decorate this is slow-growing 20' tree, which becomes more broad spreading with age. S/M

By: Forestfarm

Picea abies 'Acrocona' - A Norway Spruce variety. Plant is a semi-dwarf upright. In spring plant has red 3" cones on every other stem on the very end. Cones hang down weighting the stem to make it look slightly weeping.

By: Kigi Nursery

Originating around 1890 in Sweden this produces cones at the tips of the branches, it comes fairly true from seed and tip coneing forms can be found in the woods around Uppsala