Himalayan Spruce, picea smithiana
Product Description
Approximately 500 Seeds available as of Jan. 13, 2012.
Seed Specifications: Purity - 100%; Projected Germination Rate - 99%; Where Harvested (location/year) - India (1994)
The Himalayan Spruce is a spruce native to the western Himalayan and adjacent mountains. It is a large evergreen that has a conical growth with level branches and usually pendelous branchlets. It has a weeping appearance. Its needles are 1 to 2 inches long, 4-sided and dark green. The needles are the longest of any spruce. The cones are 4-7 inches long and usually purple. The cones ripen to a shiny brown. It's bark is purplish-gray in color. The Himalayan Spruce is also known as the Morinda Spruce. It is very popular as a ornamental tree, because of its weeping appearance. It has all been grown in small extent in the foresty industry for its timber and pulp production. The Himalayan Spruce grows to about 60 to 80 feet tall (has been known to reach up to 150 feet tall) and widths of 10 to 30 feet. It's cold hardy to zone 6.
Recommended Planting Instructions:
Scarification: Soak in water for 48 hours, change water each day. Stratification: None required. Germination: Sow seed 1/8" deep, tamp soil, keep moist, mulch seed bed.
Seed Specifications: Purity - 100%; Projected Germination Rate - 99%; Where Harvested (location/year) - India (1994)
The Himalayan Spruce is a spruce native to the western Himalayan and adjacent mountains. It is a large evergreen that has a conical growth with level branches and usually pendelous branchlets. It has a weeping appearance. Its needles are 1 to 2 inches long, 4-sided and dark green. The needles are the longest of any spruce. The cones are 4-7 inches long and usually purple. The cones ripen to a shiny brown. It's bark is purplish-gray in color. The Himalayan Spruce is also known as the Morinda Spruce. It is very popular as a ornamental tree, because of its weeping appearance. It has all been grown in small extent in the foresty industry for its timber and pulp production. The Himalayan Spruce grows to about 60 to 80 feet tall (has been known to reach up to 150 feet tall) and widths of 10 to 30 feet. It's cold hardy to zone 6.
Recommended Planting Instructions:
Scarification: Soak in water for 48 hours, change water each day. Stratification: None required. Germination: Sow seed 1/8" deep, tamp soil, keep moist, mulch seed bed.
