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Beginner
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4m
max. spread |
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15m
max. height |
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20-50 years
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1 hour care
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Botanical name: Picea breweriana
Other names: Brewer's weeping spruce, Brewer's spruce
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Genus: Picea
Species: P. breweriana - P. breweriana is a slow-growing, columnar, coniferous, evergreen tree with level branches, grey, scaly bark, drooping, flattened, needle-like dark green leaves with whitish-green undersides and cylindrical, reddish-brown to purple cones in autumn.
Picea breweriana is: Evergreen
Foliage: Dark-green in All seasons
Fruit: Flushed purple in Autumn
Habit: Conical
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Plant with:
Leucojum autumnale (Autumn snowflake)
Picea breweriana (Brewer's weeping spruce) will reach a height of 15m and a spread of 4m after 20-50 years.
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Suggested uses: Architectural, Low Maintenance, Specimen tree
Cultivation: Grow in moist, free-draining, acidic soil in full sun. Shelter from cold, drying winds.
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Clay, Loamy, Sandy |
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Moist but well-drained, Well-drained |
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Acid, Neutral |
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| Light: |
Full Sun |
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North, South, East, West |
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| Exposure: |
Exposed, Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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Comment from
Prudence Lowles
My Picea breweriana is loosing its needles from the lower branches up.
The tree is 25 - 30 years old and has been growng strongly until now.
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- Posted: Thu. 14th April 2011 08:57
- Last reply: Mon. 18th April 2011 20:07
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