Genus - Picea Species - Obovata Common name - Siberian Spruce Pre-Treatment - Not-required, but recommended Hardiness zones - 2 - 7 Height - 50' / 15(35) m Spread - 30-40' / 9 - 12 m Plant type - Large Tree Vegetation type - Evergreen Exposure - Full Sun Growth rate - Fast Soil PH - 5.6-7.8 (acidic - neutral - mildly alkaline) Soil type - Light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Water requirements - Average water needs. Water regularly, no overwatering Landscape uses - Feature Plant, Hedges, Screening / Wind Break Germination rate - 75% Leaf / Flower color - Green / -- Plant growth rate - Fast

• SIBERIAN SPRUCE Picea Obovata 10 SEEDS
• Siberian Spruce (Picea obovata) is a spruce native to Siberia, from the Ural Mountains east to Magadan Oblast, and from the arctic tree line south to the Altay Mountains in northwestern Mongolia. It is an important timber tree in Russia, the wood being used for general construction and paper making
• The leaves are used to make spruce beer. (info source: wikipedia.org) Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Succeeds in most soils including those that are wet cold and shallow, but it is not very wind-firm in shallow soils. Intolerant of chalky or poor acid soils
• Tolerates poor peaty soil. Intolerant of atmospheric pollution. Resists wind exposure to some degree and is tolerant of saline winds. A very cold-hardy tree when fully dormant, though the young shoots are subject to injury by late frosts.

SIBERIAN SPRUCE Picea Obovata 10 SEEDS