Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Zuckerhut' is a slow-growing, conical, dwarf selection of Alberta spruce. Needles are somewhat shorter than those of its parent and its overall growth is much tighter. Typical rate of growth for most areas in around 1 to 2 inches (2.5 - 5 cm) a year producing a tight cone 24 inches tall by 10 inches wide (60 x 25 cm) after 10 years in the landscape.
M. Lohse nursery of Bullenkullen, Germany discovered and introduced this cultivar in the late 1980s. It was propagated from a witch's broom mutation on a specimen of Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica." In the German language, Zuckerhut means "Sugar Shack."
