Picea abies 'Pseudo-Maxwellii' (Europe 1920s) 2019 photo
Picea abies 'Pseudo-Maxwellii' (Europe 1920s) 2019 photo - Common Name: Dwarf Norway Spruce, Size at 10 years: 5ft., radially arranged yellowish green needles, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, In Garden Bed HR-Q for 35.8 YEARS (HLG). Planted in 1984.
ACS: Picea abies 'Pseudo-Maxellii' is a dwarf, irregular-globose, strongly growing selection of Norway spruce with horizontal branching and dense, radially arranged yellowish green needles. As plants grow into maturity, they will first assume more of a beehive shape as apical shoots strengthen, then finally develop a proper lead shoot becoming an irregular, densely pyramidal small tree.
After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 4.5 feet (1.5 m) tall and wide, an annual growth rate of 4 to 6 inches (10 - 15 cm).
This cultivar's origin is speculative at best. Murray Hornibrook speculates in his 1923 book, Dwarf and Slow-growing Conifers, that 'Pseudo-Maxwellii' is derived from P. abies 'Maxwellii' cuttings sent to Europe from the U.S.. Inexplicably, these "European Maxwellii's" grew with a more upright and open habit.
Location: Michigan State University, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, MI. Harper Collection of Rare & Dwarf Conifers. 42°01'41.9"N 84°06'44.0"W
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Picea abies 'Pseudo-Maxwellii' (Europe 1920s) 2019 photo
Picea abies 'Pseudo-Maxwellii' (Europe 1920s) 2019 photo - Common Name: Dwarf Norway Spruce, Size at 10 years: 5ft., radially arranged yellowish green needles, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, In Garden Bed HR-Q for 35.8 YEARS (HLG). Planted in 1984.
ACS: Picea abies 'Pseudo-Maxellii' is a dwarf, irregular-globose, strongly growing selection of Norway spruce with horizontal branching and dense, radially arranged yellowish green needles. As plants grow into maturity, they will first assume more of a beehive shape as apical shoots strengthen, then finally develop a proper lead shoot becoming an irregular, densely pyramidal small tree.
After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 4.5 feet (1.5 m) tall and wide, an annual growth rate of 4 to 6 inches (10 - 15 cm).
This cultivar's origin is speculative at best. Murray Hornibrook speculates in his 1923 book, Dwarf and Slow-growing Conifers, that 'Pseudo-Maxwellii' is derived from P. abies 'Maxwellii' cuttings sent to Europe from the U.S.. Inexplicably, these "European Maxwellii's" grew with a more upright and open habit.
Location: Michigan State University, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, MI. Harper Collection of Rare & Dwarf Conifers. 42°01'41.9"N 84°06'44.0"W
pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuh n: PYE-see-uh AY-beez
#Picea #NorwaySpruce
Additional photos of this plant:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
Satellite View using Google Maps: www.google.com/maps/place/42%C2%B001'41.9%22N+84%C2%B006'...
Other plants in Garden HR-Q: www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...