Snake Branch Spruce - Picea abies Virgata - 2 &ndash; Year Live Plant Curiously beautiful, this eye-catching medium-sized tree has long dark-needled main branches that appear snake-like No or few pendulous branchlets to disguise their sinuous nature. Difficult to produce more than a few plants each year because of a lack of multiple side branches A snake-branched form with long slender trunk 2 - Year plant will reach 3 feet at maturity - shipped in container with soil. Hardy zone 5-8