Conifer Database - Little Globe

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Picea glauca ‘Little Globe’

Picea glauca 'Little Globe' has medium-green foliage with prominent, large, foliar buds on a compact, globose plant. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 24 inches (60 cm) tall and wide, an annual growth rate of 2 inches (5 cm).

[Iseli Nursery online catalog] This neat conifer will complement any rock garden or other home landscape use and is virtually maintenance-free to maintain its shape. Grows 2-3" per year.
[Porterhowse Farms online catalog] I will comment that while Iseli literature shows this as a zone 4 plant, other catalogs list it all the way down to zone 2. From my own experience in Zone 3a I have had no problems with winter hardiness.

'Little Globe' was registered at Arnold Arboretum, Wellesley, Massachusetts, by Verkade Nursery, Wayne, N.J. This cultivar originated as a witch's broom found in 1959 at Waterford Works, Wayne, New Jersey.




Picea glauca

Picea glauca

Picea glauca

Picea glauca

Picea glauca

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HORTICULTURAL STATUS:Established / Published
COLOR:Medium Green
GROWTH SHAPE:Globe or Globose
GROWTH SIZE:Dwarf: 1 to 6 inches (2.5 – 15 cm) per year / 1 to 5 feet (0.3 – 1.5 m) after 10 years
ORIGIN:Witch's Broom


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