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Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Skyline'

 
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Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Skyline' - Skyline Douglas-fir
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Common name: Skyline Douglas-fir
Family: Pinaceae (pine family)
Distribution: Species native to w. North America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Evergreen tree
Comments: A strong-growing evergreen unique for its snakelike branching habit. Long whip-like branches give a strongly irregular, somewhat weeping habit. Needles are dark green in summer turning bluish-green in winter. Winter buds distinctively pointed, chocolate-brown. A true accent plant for large gardens growing to a possible 30-60' tall. Introduced in 1990 by the Flora Wonder™ Collection of Buchholz Nursery, Gaston, OR.
Links: American Conifer Society Database • Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery

Locations

  • 1: CON: CP10 (CP10) • Accession: D1995-0089.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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