Melinda Myers

Serbian Spruce

Botanical Name

Picea omorika

Min Zone

4

Max Zone

7

Height

50 to 60 feet

Width

20 to 25 feet

Flowers

Monoecious

Fruit

Cone: small 1.25 to 1.75 inches long by .5 to .75 wide, oblong, purple maturing to cinnamon brown, scales have small dentate margins

Light

Full sun to part shade

Soil

Moist, well-drained, pH adaptable

Planting & Care

• Best in well-drained, organic soils
• One of the more adaptable spruce to urban environments, pollution
• Shelter from strong winter winds

Problems

Aphids, budworm, borers

Varieties

• Nana - dwarf, 8 to 10 feet tall, conical to globose form
• Sky Trails - blue-green needles with contrasting white bands on undersides, weeping habit
• Pendula - slender weeping form, slightly twisted brances, deep green needles with whitish undersides
• Gnome - dwarf, 2 to 3 feet high