| Description | A very popular soft looking dwarf conifer. This is a natural dwarf cultivar of the White Spruce. |
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| Pronunciation | (PI-see-AH)(glaw-cah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Dwarf Conifers |
| Hardiness Zone | at least 4 |
| Sunlight | full, partial shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist well drained tolerates average |
| Leaves | needles are light green, in tufts and very soft looking. |
| Dimensions | A slow growing plant putting on only a few inches of growth per year. I have seen plants up to 6 feet in height. It is reported to reach 10 plus feet with age. In a garden I planted two Dwarf Alberta Spruce that were around 3 feet tall, fifteen years later they are around 5-6 feet tall. |
| Maintenance | Can be kept small by annual light shearing of the new growth. |
| Propagation | seeds, cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Lake Laggen, Alberta Canada in 1904 by Jack and Albert Rehder |
| Author's Notes | I think this plant works best in a protected site. It will wind burn if exposed to harsh winter winds. I planted 2 Dwarf Alberta in a garden and for many years they wind burned on one side of the plant. This stopped after some of the background plants filled in and blocked the wind. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) , #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery) |
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