Thank you I’m interested in the spruce tree that has medicinal properties? Those springtime seed cones are as decorative as flowers.

To the sides of that (which is getting away from blocking the house and now just screening their yard from ours) we used forsythias planted very close together that we let grow wild into a thick hedge -- mainly because I love forsythia.

hairmetal, do you grow these in Howard County?

Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Here's a link to a pic of what it looked like when we first planted itin 2009: Newly planted, And here's a shot from the summer of 2012 (sorry for lousy pic -- best I could find): Three years old.

'Lucretia' grows just a few inches a year, and can be easily pruned into interesting shrub shapes. (2000). The landscaper also showed me a serbian spuce, which he said was a cross between a hemlock and a blue spruce. Loch Ness Monster, anyone? This tree, as the name tells us, comes from northern Europe, special forms, grown for their foliage color, size and form.

choose from it can become confusing, so look at the likely final size and you

by the long, weeping branches hanging from the main horizontal limbs.

I finally opened my eyes and saw how wonderful they are here.

https://oregonstate.edu/trees/ conifer_genera/spruce.html, http://biorefinery.utk.edu/ technical_reviews/Tree%20Size.pdf, http://hort.uconn.edu/ detail.php?pid=310, https://web.archive.org/web/ 20040405082131/http:// www.nasm.si.edu/ exhibitions/gal100/wright1903.html, Western and Northern North America, Mexico, Europe, Asia, Long-lived, varies depending on the species, some can live for 1000 years, Sunlight: Prefers full sun, but also tolerates shade, Shoot blight, needle cast, and stem canker caused by the fungi, Deer mice, mountain voles, chipmunks, and red-backed vole eat spruce seeds, red squirrels feed on its flower buds, As pulpwood for making paper, building wood, tonewood for mandolins, guitars, violins, pianos, and cellos, ornamental Christmas trees; shoots are the source of vitamin C, for making spruce beer from branches and leaves, Species like Norway spruce, blue spruce, and white spruce are listed as Least Concern, while Serbian spruce is considered Endangered. And how much space between toilet tank and bar?

The landscaper also showed me a serbian spuce, which he said was a cross between a hemlock and a blue spruce.

It's not evergreeen but the hedge is so thick and branches are so close together that it does a decent job of screening even in winter. Their prices are outrageously reasonable. Contact the McLean Nursery in Towson, MD, for recommendations, or, if are close enough, visit. As for size, remember that no conifer ‘stays’ at a fixed size – they grow for life. I already lost one conifer; I believe to be a Serbian Spruce. After all, planting a tree is The Serbian features beautiful purple cones and a visually pleasing conical shape. Collectively, they are called conifers because of their cone production. Pine cones from a Virginia pine (. heat.

In spruces (Picea species) mature seed cones hang from the branches and will fall intact from tree while in firs (Abies species), mature cones are held upright on the branches and will disintegrate rather than falling intact. Thanks much! We had some cherry laurels up near our house (in a more protected spot) and every year they would get destroyed by the winter wind. These are typically slower growing than the species trees. They can also tell you how to feed and take care of the plants. We have blue spruce and white spruce in weeping forms right now, but not Norway.

which they call Picea, growing all around the northern half of the