
Douglasfir
- Botanical Name
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 6
- Height
- 40 to 80 feet
- Width
- 12 to 20 feet
- Fruit
- 3-4" cones with 3 pointed bracts projecting from between scales that resembles a snake's tongue
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, neutral to slightly acidic
- Planting & Care
- Transplant balled and burlap
- Site in sunny, open location away from drying or destructive winds
- Does well in locations with lots of atmospheric moisture
- Problems
- Cankers, leaf casts, blights, aphids, scale, Zimmerman pine moth, tussock moth, gypsy moth, pine butterfly, strawberry root weevil
- Varieties
- Fastigiata - spire form, green needles with a touch of grey
- Pendula - weeping form with variable shapes
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