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They are native to temperate and cold regions of the northern hemisphere of Europe, America and Asia. The Norway spruce grows in the mountain ranges of central Europe, reaching up to 1600 m above sea level in our country, and as far north as Siberia. This variety originated in England.
Habitus: Bark is scaly, thin at first, later cracking into rounded plates. Grows to 5-10 m high, with weeping growth. Shallow roots.
Leaf: Needles have white streaks along their length and remain on the tree for many years. After the needles fall off, the twigs are rough due to bark growths.
Flower: Flowers monoecious, male on last year’s shoots in the axils of the upper needles – brownish yellow, female singly on the tips of last year’s shoots – pinkish red, from April to June.
Fruit: Cone hanging, ripen in October in the first year, cones open in February, then seeds drop out. Usually not fertile.
It prefers fresh, not waterlogged soils with plenty of moisture. An extremely variable basic species.
highly decorative
Seeding of basic species, grafting.
P. abies ‘Inversa’
Dendrolimus sibiricus
Ips typographus
Pristiphora abietina
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