code: 5009
Deeper green needles and a narrowly upright, uniform habit distinguish this exceptional selection. Silvery-white bands on the underside of each needle creates a stark contrast. Good as a screen or a stately accent for smaller spaces.
Hardy to -30°F
Maximum Elevation: 9,000 Feet
Ornamental Features
Bruns Serbian Spruce has attractive bluish-green foliage with gray undersides which emerges light green in spring. The needles are highly ornamental and remain bluish-green throughout the winter. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The smooth brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.
Landscape Attributes
Bruns Serbian Spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.
This is a relatively low maintenance tree. When pruning is necessary, it is recommended to only trim back the new growth of the current season, other than to remove any dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Bruns Serbian Spruce is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Vertical Accent
Planting & Growing
Bruns Serbian Spruce will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It has a low canopy, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.
This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is quite intolerant of urban pollution, therefore inner city or urban streetside plantings are best avoided, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
Information:
| Botanical Pronunciation | PY-see-uh |
| Average Size at Maturity | Slow growing; reaches 30 to 35 ft. tall, 8 to 10 ft. wide, with age. |
| Bloom Time | Conifer; prized for foliage. |
| Design Ideas | A perfect tall, narrow evergreen tree for problem solving in cold winter climates. Slow growth and pyramidal form is perfect in city gardens or tightly spaced into a year-round screen or windbreak. The deep green needles with silver bands creates a beautiful effect with or without snow. |
| Deciduous/ Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Garden Style | Asian/Zen, Contemporary, Rustic |
| Growth Habit | Pyramidal |
| Growth Rate | Slow |
| Landscape Use | Mass Planting, Specimen, Windbreak, Woodland Garden, Wildlife Garden |
| Light Needs | Full sun, Partial sun |
| Soil Needs | All-Purpose Plant Food |
| Special Feature | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Extreme Cold Hardiness, Tolerates Alkaline Soil, Tolerates Poor Soils, Year-round Interest, Bird Friendly |
| Water Needs | Moderate |
| Watering Needs | Water regularly – weekly; less once established, more in extreme heat. |
| Key Feature | Narrow Specimen Tree |
