Red Cones on Weeping Norway Spruce in Spring - April 2024
This Spring is full of new garden experiences for me. That's all thanks to the big "Fall Planting" sprint that I ran through in October of 2023, when I tucked in dozens of new things including the creation of the small, linear dwarf conifer garden IB2DWs. I found a pair of Weeping Norway Spruces that were labeled 'pendula'. I put one up closer to the garage and the other one further down closer to the sidewalk . I staked them both up and hoped for the best. They both handled the winter just fine (as expected) and are starting to put on a little spring flush of needle growth. But, one of them is also showing some cones. That's nice. But, even nicer? They're red raspberry-colored cones. Small ones, but certainly raspberry-colored cones. See below for a couple of photos. What is interesting (to me, at least) is that there's not any mention online of these Weeping Norway Spruces producing red cones. Other spruces - like Picea abies 'Acro