Picea abies 'Inversa'

Common name: Drooping Norway spruce

Synonyms: Abies excelsa var. inversa Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 4 (1862), Picea excelsa var. inversa (Gordon) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 335 (1867), Picea excelsa f. inversa (Gordon) Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 361 (1891), Pinus abies f. inversa (Gordon) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 770 (1913), Picea abies var. inversa (Gordon) Nash, J. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 89 (1917), Picea abies f. inversa (Gordon) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 21 (1959) 

Selection: -

Publication: A supplement to Gordon's Pinetum (1862), by George Gordon (1806-1879)

Origin: Seedling selection

Growth shape: Upright weeping

Intensity of growth / year: Intermediate (15 – 30 cm)

Adult size:  3 – 8 m

Conifer color: Medium green

Rootstock: Picea abies