Growth Habit: standard
USDA Zone: 4-8
Exposure: full sun
Growing Conditions: well drained soils
Comments: Very compact selection with steel-blue, prickly needles. Growing 1-1.5 inches per year will be approximately 12-18 inches in 10 years. As with many spruce drought resistant when established. A seedling selection from the Brynek Forest District by Slawomir Skorka of Warsaw, Poland in 1983.