Buy Picea jezoensis 'Howell's Dwarf'

Also Known As

Picea alcoquiana 'Howell's Dwarf'
Picea bicolor 'Dwarf Tigertail'
Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf Tigertail'
Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf'
Howell's Dwarf Alcock's Spruce
Howell's Dwarf Yezo Spruce

Plant type

tree, shrub, conifer

size

H: 4'-20'
W: 2'-10'

planting zones

4a-9b

24-30 inch | $151

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Picea jezoensis 'Howell's Dwarf' plant details

Picea jezoensis 'Howell's Dwarf' is a slow-growing evergreen conifer shrub or tree with blue, gold, green and variegated foliage. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular water. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in acidic, average, gritty, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant and wind tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Picea jezoensis 'Howell's Dwarf'

Plant type: conifer shrub or tree
Plant family: pinaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue, gold, green and variegated
Mature size: 2 FT - 10 FT - wide, 4 FT - 20 FT - tall
Uses: border plant, compact, container plant, dwarf, focal point, prostrate, rock garden, spreading, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Picea jezoensis 'Howell's Dwarf'

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

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A form that shows needle tops and bottoms from all angles making it bicolor. Tops of needles are green, undersides are silver-blue - both colors show at once. Has reddish-purple cones even at a young age. Grows in a spreading nest form, but can become som

By: Conifer Kingdom

Colorful as well as handsome, this compact, spreading and flat-topped when young. If a central leader is allowed to take it will eventually form a 20' irregularly pyramidal tree (it will stay much shorter if the leader is pruned out). This unique cultivar offers needles that are bright silver-blue underneath, green on top, and yellow where most exposed; its cones emerge a pretty purple-red which look beautiful against the needles. S/M

By: Forestfarm

A fabulous evergreen which can be grown as a flat-topped shrub through pruning or can be grown as a broad, pyramidal tree by leaving the central leader intact. Needles are light green on top with silvery-blue beneath. Upper needle surfaces are tinted yellow. Pendant-shaped cones are purple when young, then mature to brown.

By: Garden World

Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf' - The most colorful of all Alcock's Spruces this cultivar boasts needles with bright, silver-blue undersides, green tops and a tint of yellow on the most exposed surfaces. A flat-topped bush when young, it eventually develops into a pyramidal tree, or you can maintain its flat form by removing upward shoots that start from rose-purple buds.

By: Kigi Nursery

Rounded and spreading with enchanting little purple cones that really stand out on the blue-green foliage. Slowly growing to 4' tall and 6' across in 15 years.