Picea orientalis 'Skylands'
$297.00 / 15G 3'
Oriental Spruce ·
Description
Caucasian Spruce 'Skylands' is a shrub suited to full sun and average conditions. It offers green color.
Benefits
Gives the garden year-round structure, texture, and winter presence. A better candidate for landscapes with deer pressure than more browse-prone plants.
Features
Conifer; dense evergreen needles; cones fruit; matures about 15 - 60 ft tall and 10 - 30 ft wide
Usage/Use
Evergreen screen, specimen, winter interest
| Picea orientalis 'Skylands' | |
| Caucasian Spruce | |
| 'Skylands | |
| Yes | |
| Best grown in full sun with average moisture. | |
| Full Sun; Average moisture; Well-drained, amended garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| Northern Hemisphere | |
| Not Native to North America | |
| No | |
| Low | |
| No |
| 2 - 8 | |
| Hardy in USDA Zones 2–8; protect roots during establishment. | |
| Full Sun | |
| Loam | |
| 6 - 7 | |
| 15 - 60 ft | |
| 10 - 30 ft | |
| Wide | |
| 10 - 30 ft |
| No | |
| Green | |
| Green foliage | |
| Birds from Shelter | |
| Cold Tolerant | |
| Conifer Garden | |
| All Winter Season Interest | |
| Evergreen | |
| Upright | |
| Very Long Lived | |
| Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter |
| Average Water | |
| Well-drained | |
| Water deeply during establishment; after established, water based on rainfall and soil moisture. | |
| Medium | |
| Water regularly during establishment, mulch to conserve moisture, and cut back/prune at the proper seasonal time. |