Picea polita - Tigertail Spruce Web Specials

Picea polita - Tigertail Spruce Web SpecialsAn upright evergreen conifer with bright green needles. Ornamental cones on this Japanese native are yellow green when young, maturing to brown by summer. Prefers full sun in well drained soil. 7' tall x 3' wide in 10 years. Hardy to 10 degrees. USDA zone 6. The name comes from the tail like appearance of the pendulous branchlets on old trees.

making it an excellent choice for the rock or trough garden

Because of the 'yak' x proteoides parentage the foliage is quite a lovely shiny dark-green with tan indumentum on the undersides of the leaves

The white rosebud shaped flowers will completely cover the plant

start to become old and heavily textured

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Found and introduced by Jan Willem Wezelenburg of the Netherlands

The name comes from the tail-like appearance of the pendulous branchlets on old trees

A broad weeping selection of western red-cedar that has an upright and contorted leader

This newly registered hybrid of R

People are always amazed that it is a redwood

A real cutie

Registered in 1988