2-Ball Poodle Tier Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Picea glauca
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-8a Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Tree
Height at Maturity: 4-8′ depending on pruning
Width at Maturity: 1-2′ depending on pruning
Spacing: 4′
Spacing: 4′
Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Pyramidal, Upright – Spiral Form must be maintained
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage Color: Blue-Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun in Zones 7b and 8a
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.5
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Severe Cold, Deer, Disease, Drought, Insect
Description
This is the two-ball poodle tier topiary for of the Dwarf Alberta Spruce. It is a slow-growing conifer so therefore requires the least maintenance of all live poodle tier topiary plants. One good trimming a year should be ample. Its poodle tier form adds year round structure to any garden, and just imagine how amazing it will look when you decorate it with lights for the holidays!
Landscape & Garden Uses
The Poodle Tier Dwarf Alberta Spruce is ideal for use as a vertical accent, in groupings, or in rows in landscape borders. A fine accent in home foundation plantings where it can be useful to frame an entryway, soften corners, or fill space between windows. Its smaller size and slow rate of growth lends well to smaller garden spaces and container gardens. A fine addition to conifer gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: 6 feet apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
The Dwarf Alberta Spruce is easy to grow in a damp to moist but well-drained soil of average fertility. As with so many other conifers, constantly soggy or wet soils can be problematic; leading to root rot or other harmful plant diseases. So make sure to plant this one in well-drained soil, whether in the ground or in pots. Choose a container with a drainage hole(s) and use a quality potting soil or potting mix, or a 50/50 mix thereof. It grows best in full sun however in Zones 7b and 8a in the south it will prefer some shade or filtered sun during the middle of the afternoon. Once established water needs are quite low when growing in the ground. In pots, soil moisture will need to be monitored more closely, especially during summer. When the top two inches of soil is dry, provide water.
Note: In Zones 7b and 8a the Alberta Spruce does better in the ground than in pots so that its roots are not exposed to the hot air temperatures and would also prefer some shade or filtered sun in the afternoon hours.
Average Trimming Per Year: One trimming a year after new growth has fully emerged in spring should be ample.
See: How To Trim A Topiary Plant
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Tip: Spider mites are known to be a rare, but possible pest of Dwarf Alberta Spruce. The spider mites will crawl on to the plant, begin feeding, and will build visible webs. If small fine textured webs are present, or brown patches of foliage are seen, check for spider mites. Place a white sheet of paper below the effected foliage while tapping the plant with your hand to knock off the spider mites. Don’t worry, spider mites won’t bite! The orange to red colored spider mites will drop to the white paper and will scurry back and forth on the paper. Spray the entire plant with Neem Oil, Malathion, or another insecticide that is labeled for the eradication of spider mites. If not eradicated spider mites will damage and eventually kill a plant.
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