I can't even find cool cultivars like that in SE WI. Just buy one and send me one while your at it!lol!

Come up to the Twin Cities, we have some pretty cool garden centers!

i thought 'Acrocona' had red cones. ?????

sounds like it might be a marketing ploy

ken
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I've never seen or heard of this plant either. I know 'Acracona' has red cones for about two months here before they turn brownish in color. Perhaps they are stating the cones on this new introduction stay red, though I am in the disbeliever camp. Many conifer cultivars, I am finding, are accidentally(or perhaps intentionally), renamed, for the shiny new label. Then silly fools like me end up buying them.

-Will

I emailed Don Howse as he lists "Red Devil" in his database with no info. Here is his response:

"I only have a very small plant in my collection. It is a low mound, looking nothing like 'Acrocona'. My plant is about 6" in diameter, and I do not see any cones having been produced. The texture of the plant appears similar to Picea abies 'Pusch', which of course is a dwarf form of 'Acrocona', growing into a low mound. At this point I would say my plant appears more like 'Pumila' than 'Acrocona', but then it may be too early to make the assesment. I do not have any other information about the plant. Sorry!!"

His "Red Devil" sounds just like the cultivar I saw. The plants are quite attractive, plus they're 25% off so I think that I'll buy one and give it a shot.

-Matt