Picea omorika |
Native Region: Bosnia, Serbia Zone Range: 5-8 Preferred Climate: temperate Harvest Date: Sunday 13 November, 2022 Seed count: 20-25
Description:
This narrow, spire-like evergreen conifer has pendent branches that ascend at the tips and has brown bark cracking into square plates. The flattened blue-green needles are white beneath. Bears ovate, purplish-brown female cones to 3 inches long. Height 70 feet; spread 6-10 feet.
Cultivation: For maximum freshness, please keep seed refrigerated in its original packaging until it is time to plant. Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in spring. Grow on in any deep, moist but well-drained, ideally neutral to acidic soil in full sun.
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