Meyer’s Spruce Seed

Picea meyeri

£4.00£12.00 inc. VAT

Meyer’s Spruce is a decorative, medium-fast growing conifer with grey green needles, purple male catkins and copper brown cones. Rare in the wild, since subalpine forests are in decline. Where commercially planted it’s used for construction timber and pulp, but could be a good Xmas tree.

Earn up to 12 Points.

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Description

Picea meyeri

Common Name: Meyer’s Spruce

Native: High altitude China, Mongolia

Provenance: USA

Size and Spread(10yrs): 4m x 3m

Treatment required: damp pre-chill in fridge for about 4wks

Seed/kg: 159,000   50%viable

Ideal sowing period: early spring to autumn

Soil Conditions: normal loam, acid, free draining

Planting Instructions: tolerates exposure, north facing slopes and cold weather.

Mature Height: 25m in time

Pic courtesy of Petr Filippov CC BY SA 3.0

 



			

Additional information

Weight 5.00 g
Genus

Picea

Size

Mini seed pack (approx 150 seeds), Seed pack (approx 750 seeds)

Family

Pinaceae

Hardiness

Hardy

Life Cycle

tree

Evergreen

evergreen