Picea orientalis

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Read about Picea orientalis in the 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


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