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Fat Cat Norway Spruce

Picea abies 'Fat Cat'

  • Dwarf, mounding habit
  • Compact and dense with stiff needles on short shoots
  • Appearance of a rotund green cat rolled up in a ball
  • Extremely hardy and reliable
  • Slow-growing (5-10cm per year)

ZONE:
3

HEIGHT:
100-125 cm

SPREAD:
100-125 cm

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Prefers average to moist, well drained soils in full sun to part shade. Very low maintenance conifer that requires no pruning. 

Additional Notes about Fat Cat Norway Spruce:

An Iseli introduction after acquiring a witch’s broom from Picea abies ‘Graciosa’, in 1994 and officially naming it for a tubby, slumbering feline.

Characteristics & Attributes

Full Sun
Full Sun
Partial Sun/Shade
Partial Sun/Shade
Evergreen
Evergreen
Low Maintenance
Low Maintenance
Rock garden
Rock garden
SOIL MOISTURE:
Moist to Average
Well-drained
GROWTH RATE:
Slow
HABIT:
Globe
Compact
Dwarf
FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green
LANDSCAPE USES:
Border/edging
Specimen