{"id":3509,"date":"2016-07-07T11:32:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2016-07-07T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T15:33:16","slug":"oriental-spruce-stands-up-to-southern-u-s-heat-and-humidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/07\/07\/oriental-spruce-stands-up-to-southern-u-s-heat-and-humidity\/","title":{"rendered":"Oriental Spruce Stands Up to Southern U.S. Heat and Humidity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3510\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_6243.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3510\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3510\" title=\"IMG_6243\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_6243-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_6243-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_6243-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oriental spruce at UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oriental spruce (<em>Picea orientalis<\/em>) stands as a tall\u00a0spire in\u00a0the urban landscape. A mature tree may reach 50 to 60 feet tall\u00a0and makes\u00a0a narrow\u00a0stature or\u00a0footprint of\u00a015 to 25 feet in spread.\u00a0Lateral branches uniquely bend downward\u00a0while the growing tips\u00a0sweep gracefully\u00a0upward.<\/p>\n<p>Annual growth rate is slow at\u00a012-15 inches.\u00a0Two-thirds of the\u00a0short dark green needles lay flat.\u00a0Needles\u00a0are lustrous on the upper surface with two prominent white bands on the underside. Oval-shaped 2 \u00bd inches long cones hang downward, bluish-black early and light cinnamon at maturity.<\/p>\n<p>Oriental\u00a0spruce is highly adaptable. It grows well in full\u00a0or partial sunlight (6 hours recommended) and rooted in\u00a0moist well-drained soils with a wide\u00a0pH range. A 3-year and older\u00a0established tree handles\u00a0summer dry spells and rough urban environs. A nursery-grown tree transplants well in the early fall or late winter periods from container or balled and burlapped (B&amp;B) stock. It is northern hardy to USDA hardiness zone 4 and with\u00a0good heat tolerance\u00a0in zone 7.<\/p>\n<p>Their branch silhouette is unique. Few diseases and pests\u00a0trouble this statuesque tree. Group several together as a windbreak or privacy screen or\u00a0plant\u00a0a single specimen in a\u00a0prominent place in commercial and residential landscape. Where ground\u00a0area\u00a0is not plentiful, capture the vertical nature of this unique conifer.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for an alternative to the oft-used Norway and Colorado spruces, try\u00a0Oriental spruce. Dwarf and weeping cultivars are also available through e-commerce specialty conifer nurseries on-line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oriental spruce (Picea orientalis) stands as a tall\u00a0spire in\u00a0the urban landscape. A mature tree may reach 50 to 60 feet tall\u00a0and makes\u00a0a narrow\u00a0stature or\u00a0footprint of\u00a015 to 25 feet in spread.\u00a0Lateral branches uniquely bend downward\u00a0while the growing tips\u00a0sweep gracefully\u00a0upward. Annual growth rate is slow at\u00a012-15 inches.\u00a0Two-thirds of the\u00a0short dark green needles lay flat.\u00a0Needles\u00a0are lustrous on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[778,674,806,800,649,774,915,630,646,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3509"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8843,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions\/8843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}