Picea abies 'Repens,' the Creeping Norway spruce is strongly growing, broadly spreading selection with layered branching that radiates outward from the plant's center. Foliage is attractive and light-green in color. Terminal branches increase at an annual rate of 3 to 5 inches (7.5 - 12.5 cm). After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 18 inches (45 cm) tall and 4.5 feet (1.5 m) wide.
'Repens' is an old cultivar, known to large gardens and arboretums world-wide since the late 1800. It is of unknown origin. Simon-Louis Frères first described it in a botanical study in 1898.
