This coniferous tree has a greyish brown trunk up to 2 m (6 ft) in diameter with fissured scaly bark and horizontal branches that forms a conical habit. It has deep green needle-like leaves and the flowers appear during late spring followed by pendant woody cones.

Hardiness zones 4 to 9 

Picea maximowiczii is naturally found in restricted areas of central Honshu, Japan growing in degraded woodlands on Mt Fuji and the Yatsugatake mountains at an elevation of 1,100 m to 2,000 m (6,000 ft). 

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in well-drained moderately fertile moist soils that are tending acidic. It is frost and snow hardy but drought tender. 

Japanese Bush Spruce it is grown for its attractive foliage and habit. It is planted as a lawn specimen in parks and gardens or used in cool woodland settings. It is suitable for mountainous regions and establishes in 4-6 years and is long-lived. This tree is also grown in botanic collections and are used in a Japanese gardens is a focal point. ID 2696

Note:
In its native habitat and it is regarded as threatened due to logging and land clearing.

Picea (pi-SEE-ah) maximowiczii (MAX-ee-moh-VICH-shee-eye)

Pinaceae (py-NAY-see-ee)
Larches, spruces, pines, firs, hemlocks and cedars