Question
I have bought a Picea Abies Nidiformis Repens. What Iwish to know is how to look after it. Is there any special potting compass or special plant food I need to knowabout. Thankyou Clive

Answer
This plant is fairly easy to grow, does not take any special soil--a good potting type soil is good if grown in a container, not wet but moist conditions, any well rounded plant food will be good for the plant. Check with a local nursery 'garden type store and get a fertilizer for conifers. Here is some additional information froma web site called http://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_plants/picea/picea_2728.php
Picea abies 'Repens'
Norway Weeping Spruce Tall, stiff-needled, pyramidal trees, spruces grow in almost any soil. Use the larger types in park or landscape plantings. The slower-growing species are better in the garden. Planted close together, their dense foliage makes an excellent windbreak. Spruces lose their lower branches fairly early in life, and their crowns thin as they age. The pendent cones grow year-round. Easily transplanted.
 

This wide spreading, prostrate Spruce has downward-arching, light blue-green foliage that creeps over the landscape. Use in rock gardens, as an evergreen ground cover or oddity container plant.  Attributes
Plant Type: Ground Cover, Shrub, Tree

Foliage: Evergreen

Height: 3 ft. to 5 ft.

Width: 15 ft.

Sunlight: Full Sun

Climate: Zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Notes: Container Plants, Low Maintenance. Susceptible to Aphids,Spider Mites.