Eastern spruce Aureospicata - a very decorative coniferous tree with irregular conical shape of the crown and spectacular young growth.
Height of an adult plant: 4 - 5 m (10 years)
The diameter of the crown of an adult plant: 1.5-2 m. (//tractor-service.com)
The crown is dense, but not very regular. Annual increase in height of 15 cm and width of 5 cm, needles are short, dark green, shiny.
The eastern spruce Aureospicata is the most decorative representative of the eastern spruce due to its bright yellow young growths, which appear later than in other types of spruce, in the month of June. As it grows, the growths become green. The needles are short, dark green, shiny. In spring, young growths have a golden-yellow color, in summer they turn green. The needles are short, hard.
Requirements for soil and moisture are average, calcareous soils should be avoided, light-loving, tolerates slight shading.
Eastern Aureospicata spruce seedlings are used for single and group plantings, to decorate the landscape of medium and large garden plots.