Plant Details

With its pendulous limbs, blue-green needles and narrow, conical shape with a strong central leader, the weeping white spruce is a sentinel in the landscape. ‘Pendula’ is an excellent conifer specimen for a garden with limited space. Needles emerge a light green in spring and slowly change to its signature blue-green over time. The limbs and foliage hug the trunk, sweeping right to the ground. Although highly adaptable, it does best in sun or light shade in rich, moist areas with acidic soil. The original tree was propagated by D. Hill Nursery from a tree in a native stand near Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The elegant conifer was nearly lost to cultivation. Jean Iseli, Iseli Nursery, "rediscovered" the selection in 1982 at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois.