Picea abies 'Gold Drift'
Common name: 
Gold Drift Weeping Norway Spruce
Pronunciation: 
PI-see-a A-beez
Family: 
Pinaceae
Genus: 
Picea
Type: 
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Conifer, evergreen, weeping habit, needles golden and green; early growth in spring is lime green but becoming bright gold by late spring.  Must be staked to become an upright weeper, but unstaked it is attractive trailing over a wall.
  • Sun   In the Pacific Northwest it may burn in full sun when young but reportedly this is not a problem as the plant matures.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 3      Found and introduced by Bob Fincham of Coenosum Gardens.   It developed from a sport on a side branch of Picea abies 'Reflexa'.
  • Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden - Conifer Garden
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