Finally getting to photographing my spruce and pines, another I want to share is this little guy.

Picea sitchensis 'Renken', probably already 3-5 years old from S&S Nursery in 2009, this small Sitka spruce miniature grows about 1/2 an inch a year(2 cm), in a nice fairly round ball. Note the irregular foliage here and there.

Spring push, 2009
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2009 hardened off.
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2010
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2011
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2012, Winter. Now 8-9 years old and about the size of a soccer(football) ball.
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-Will