Picea orientalis

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Picea orientalis, Carr. Tree, to 120 ft., with ascending and spreading branches and somewhat pendulous branchlets: young branches brown, pubescent: lvs. thick, obtuse, dark green and shining, crowded and more or less appressed to the branches: fls. carmine: cone cylindric-ovate, 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 in. long, less than 1 in. thick; scales orbicular, entire at the margin. W. Asia, Caucasus. G.C. II. 21:308; 25:333; III. 3:754. A.G. 19:649. Mn. 5, p. 189. V. 20:185. C.L.A. 11:311. Gn.M. 2:25. G.W. 16, p. 261. A very graceful spruce with dark, glossy foliage; of slow growth and therefore valuable for smaller gardens. It holds its lower limbs for many years. Var. nana, Carr. Low form of broadly pyramidal habit, with wide-spreading branches. Var. aureo-spicata, Beissn. Young shoots yellow. Var. nutans, Niemetz. With graceful hanging branches. Var. semi -virgata, Schwerin. Branches with few lateral branchlets, which gives the plant a loose slender appearance. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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