Elf Dwarf Alberta Spruce - Picea glauca 'Elf'

Elf is a true miniature garden plant with a growth-rate of less than one inch per year - despite it being called a "dwarf." ("Miniature" and "Dwarf" are the growth rates, not the description of the plant.)

It's a darling tight globe shape in a lovely emerald green. The tiny thin needles can suit any scale as a big tree for 1/4" scale or a small shrub for larger 1/20 G scale, garden railway. A very nice tree in limited supply.

• Poster Child for the best-selling book, Gardening In Miniature, by Yours Truly, Janit Calvo, the photo for the cover was taken in 2012. The garden still exists today. 

• Canopy grows into a dome shape
• Single trunk grows thicker naturally

• Growth rate: 1" to 2" per year
• Cold zones 2 - 8
• Heat zones 6-1

• Part or full sun - not hot sun when in a container
• Regular water

• Pot shown is 4 inches in diameter
• An outdoor plant