Howell's Tigertail Norway Spruce
Picea bicolar (alcoquiana) 'Howell's Tigertail'

Foliage: Bluish green
Fall Foliage: Green
Fruit: Cones
Habit/Form: Pyramidal
​Uses​: Beds and borders, small garden, specimen, rock gardens 

Zone Hardiness:  5
Plant Height:  6 ft
Plant Width: 12 ft
Light: Sun
Growth Rate: Slow 

The most colorful of all bi-colored forms, Picea bicolor (alcoquiana) ‘Howell’s Dwarf’ displays needles with bright, silver-blue undersides, green tops and a tint of yellow on the most exposed surfaces. A flat-topped bush when young, it eventually develops into a pyramidal tree, or you can maintain its flat form by removing upward shoots. Cones emerge an attractive reddish-purple. Likes moist, well-drained soil. Attracts birds.
​Tolerant: Deer/rabbits,