Bird S Nest Spruce Bonsai
Bird s nest spruce fits well with other evergreens and flowering shrubs giving structure to your planting without growing tall and blocking windows.
Bird s nest spruce bonsai. The bird s nest spruce or nest spruce picea abies nidiformis is named for its nestlike appearance. This is a cultivar of the majestic norway spruce. Plant hardiness zones 3 7. It has horizontal branching helps to ground it in the landscape.
Instead of growing into a tree this dwarf slowly forms a rounded mound with a dip in the middle that makes it look like a bird s nest. Dwarf norway spruce branches are produced in horizontal layers which grow thickly on the shrub. It make a low flat topped densly layered mound of light green cascading needles. Height 29 width 48.
Bird s nest spruce picea abies nidiformis is a dwarf multistemmed evergreen shrub hardy in u s. The birds nest spruce has fine foliage and a flat spread that combined with a dip in the middle makes it look like a bird s nest. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 to 7. Bird s nest spruce s form is flat on top with a concave center and densely needled stems.
Planted in a large container it makes a lovely specimen with no maintenance needed at all. This dwarf bird s nest spruce is the best known of all the cultivars of the norway spruce. Nigel saunders the bonsai zone 26 727 views. Sprucing up my bird s nest spruce bonsai the bonsai zone aug 2019 duration.