Picea rubens 'Halle's Cone' is a dwarf selection of Red Spruce. It is a beautiful dwarf cultivar with a tidy, upright habit with a very symmetrical growth habit. It has nice light-green needles and produces an abundance of small pendulous cones, typical of the species. Best estimate is that it will achieve 10 feet in height within 15-20 years, possibly sooner under good conditions in cultivation. The original plant is now about 30 years old and 8 feet in height.
Bill Journeay discovered the original plant as a seedling in an industrial plantation in Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada and named it after his granddaughter, Halle. It was quite distinguishable as a compact, uniform cone . It was transplanted from the woods and is now growing at Kingsbrae Gardens in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. (See Conifer Quarterly Vol. 26 No. 2, Spring 2009)
