The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: weeping dragon spruce

Family: Pinaceae (pine family)

Distribution: Species native to China

Hardiness: USDA Zone 5

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: A dark green needled evergreen tree forming an elegant and graceful specimen, widely conical with descending branches that sweep back up at their tips. It has attained only 15' tall and about 20' wide over 20 years in our collection. Plant as a specimen, focal point or screen plant. Site in full sun, in moist but well-drained soil.