Pseudotsuga Menziesii Glauca
Pseudotsuga Menziesii - one of the long-lived conifers in the world, which is home to North America.
A very long time to decide on botany systematics of this plant. And still it is often called Douglas spruce or Douglas fir, although it identified in 1867 as a separate genus Pseudotsuga.
Douglas Young have a clear pyramidal shape, but with age they become more sophisticated fluffy. One of the cutest Douglas features is its charming young cones - bright pink and fluffy that bloom in early summer, the flowers.
This elegant, columned, would open wide, evergreen, small trees with bluish-green needles, up to 3 meters. Very impressive and hardy plant. Especially beautiful blue shoots. Skeletal shoots long, straight, strongly kuschatsya, but only at the ends, grow evenly, moving away from the trunk at almost a right angle and are arranged horizontally. The ends of shoots slightly raised up. Side shoots fall down. Crohn`s beautiful, regular, symmetrical, pyramidal or shyrokopiramidalna.
Height of adult plant in 15 years about 10-12 m with a diameter of 5-6 m crown.
Used in the design of gardens similarly spruce, pine and fir: Tapeworm for planting to create groups and small groves, to form the alleys.
Plant care
Soil. To soil conditions undemanding, but grows best on fertile, well-drained soils. Do not tolerate soil compaction and stagnant water.
Lighting. This form of better growing and developing in open, sunlit places.
The plant in winter. Zymo- and frost is higher than in most other coniferous species.