Bruns Weeping Serbian Spruce

Bruns Weeping Serbian Spruce Care

Picea Omorika 'pendula Bruns'

What is the plant

It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 20 m (66 ft) tall, exceptionally 40 m (131 ft), with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m (3 ft). The shoots are buff-brown, and densely pubescent (hairy). The leaves are needle-like, 10–20 mm long, flattened in cross-section, dark blue-green above, and blue-white below. The cones are 4–7 cm (2–3 in) long, fusiform (spindle-shaped, broadest in the middle), dark purple (almost black) when young, maturing dark brown 5–7 months after pollination, with stiff scales.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Full Sun

Temperature

18°C - 23°C

Hardiness zone

4 - 8

Difficulty

Easy

Hibernation

Cold Period

How to Care for the Plant

Water
From the second year on, it should be watered once or twice each week. Serbian spruce trees are not drought-tolerant and grow best in soil that stays moist but not muddy. Water them generously each time to encourage the roots to grow deeper.
Fertilizer
Spruce trees do not have very high phosphorous needs and benefit most form an acidic fertilizer designed for evergreens or a high-nitrogen fertilizer with a formula like 12-6-4 or 10-8-6. Organic fertilizer options include compost, fish emulsion, cottonseed meal and alfalfa meal.
Sunlight
Best grown in full sun to part shade.

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Soil
The Serbian spruce grows in acidic, loamy, moist, rich, sandy, well-drained and clay soils.
Temperature
Hardy to Zone 4, Serbian spruce grows well in full sun to partial shade on sites protected from winter wind.
Popularity
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