Taxon

Picea orientalis 'Skylands'

 
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Picea orientalis 'Skylands' - Skylands oriental spruce
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Skylands oriental spruce
Family: Pinaceae (pine family)
Synonym: Picea orientalis 'Aurea Compacta'
Distribution: Species native to Caucasus Mountains (Georgia) and Turkey
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Evergreen tree
Comments: A golden yellow, narrowly conical evergreen tree, slowly reaching 30' tall and 12' wide. With its tall, narrow habit and horizontal branching this tree provides both vertical and horizontal accents in the garden. Needles are the shortest of any spruce. Cones are a beautiful reddish purple when young, turning brown with age.
Links: American Conifer Society Database • Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder

Locations

  • 1: CON: CL12 (CL12) • Accession: D1999-0246.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: CON: CN11 (CN11) • Accession: D1995-0084.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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