Dwarf Alberta Spruce
This naturally occurring dwarf conifer has a conical shape and a formal appearance. The foliage is dense, bright-green, and very fine. Water young plants weekly in hot, dry weather. Place hose at base of plant and let water trickle into soil ... [... more]
Virginia Tech Extension |
To fertilize or not to fertilize new trees and shrubs
In the Spring of 1998 I planted a Blue Spruce, three Japanese Lilac Trees, two Hydrangea Trees and several Alberta Spruce shrubs. My questions is "Should I be fertilizing them this year or should I wait?" At what time of year should I fertilize [... more]
New Mexico State University |
Bonsai Boy's Dwarf Alberta Spruce Bonsai Tree (picea ...
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Amazon.com |
Plant Dictionary
Boulevard False Cypress can serve as a less formal substitute for Dwarf Alberta Spruce, as long as it is given sufficient room to grow. It does not have the mite problems of the spruces, but it does develop interior dead needles that are ... [... more]
HCS |
Picea glauca 'Cecilia'
This Alberta spruce cultivar is a dwarf, needled evergreen shrub which forms a tight, bluish-green, flat-topped globe typically rising to 18-24" tall with a similar spread. Slow growing (3-6" per year). May be used in the border front or rock .. [... more]
Missouri Botanical Garden |
Picea glauca JEAN'S DILLY
JEAN'S DILLY is a smaller, slower growing version of P. glauca 'Conica' (dwarf Alberta spruce). It is an upright, narrow, conical evergreen tree that will grow only 2-4" per year, typically reaching 2-3' tall over the first 10 years and ... [... more]
Missouri Botanical Garden |
Botanical Name to Common Name - P-Z
Botanical Name to Common Name P-Z Tuberous Jerusalem Sage Canary Island Date Palm Pink mountain-heather Yellow mountain-heather Colorado Blue Spruce Dwarf Alberta Spruce Pernambuco Jaborandi Greater Burnet Saxifrage Dwarf Japanese Stone ... [... more]
Backyard Gardener |
Common to Botanical Names D-Go
Common to Botanical Names D-Go Decorative Peruvian Lily Dense-flowered Betony Desert Grassland Clover Devil's Bit Scabious Diploid Perennial Teosint Doretta Klaber Thyme Double Pearl Tuberose Dragon's Claw Millet Dwarf Alberta Spruce Dwarf ... [... more]
Backyard Gardener |
Archives A - D - Plant of the Week
Chinese Lantern Plant, Variegated (Variegated Flowering Maple) Air Potato (Cinnamon Vine) Airplane Plant (Spider Plant) Alberta Spruce, Dwarf Alocasia, Black Velvet American Beautyberry American Elm (Oklahoma City's Survivor Tree) Anthony Waterer ... [... more]
University of Arkansas Home & Garden |
Fertilize newly planted trees?
I live in Ruidoso. In late December 1996, I planted ten dwarf Alberta spruce; in April 1997, I planted ten green mound junipers, and then seven mugo pines. All the plants are very small, but I used no fertilizer when I planted them. They are ... [... more]
New Mexico State University |
SOLAR POWERED XMAS LIGHTS MULTI
Features: No outlet needed Sun charges string of 60 lights Turn on automatically at dusk Decorate anywhere without dangerous extension cords 26' length 3.5 Stars_Gd Solar String Lights_ some issues: Nice solar lights with some drawbacks. I bought this [... more]
Amazon.com |
Plant Dictionary
As a smaller (but in some locations better) alternative to Dwarf Alberta Spruce, Green Mountain Boxwood is a distinctly upright form, and can be easily sheared into a pyramidal or columnar shape, or planted in rows as a hedge. Shown on either ... [... more]
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