Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns'

Also Known As

Picea omorika 'Bruns Pendula'
Picea omorika 'Bruns'
Bruns Serbian Spruce

Plant type

tree, conifer

size

H: 25'-35'
W: 5'-10'

planting zones

3a-9b

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Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns' plant details

Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns' is a moderate-growing evergreen conifer tree with green foliage. Flowers are not showy, but nurture a healthy ecosystem as wildlife habitat. and purple fruit. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in acidic, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant and wind tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns'

Plant type: conifer tree
Plant family: pinaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 5 FT - 10 FT - wide, 25 FT - 35 FT - tall
Uses: award-winning, container plant, rock garden, weeping, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns'

USDA Zones: 3a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, verticillium wilt and wind
Soil needs: acidic, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Very narrow and possibly the most pendulous upright Serbian spruce, this weeping tree develops a leader that grows straight without staking. Branches hang down close to the trunk. Also listed as 'Bruns Pendula' by some nurseries, it was chosen Collectors

By: Conifer Kingdom

This beautiful blue-green evergreen is upright (to 8-10' in 10 years) with lovely pendulous branches; slightly narrower and smaller than Picea omorika Pendula; an excellent focal point. S/M

By: Forestfarm

Eventually a 20’x 2’ strongly weeping blue green spruce. Makes a striking tall evergreen conifer.

By: Gossler Farms

Voted 2007 Collectors Conifer of the Year by the American Conifer Society. This weeping Serbian grows strictly narrow, similar to the habit of Picea glauca 'Pendula'. As landscapes get smaller, 'Bruns' will become a perfect choice for narrow spaces. Characteristic green and bluish-silver needles demand attention as the plant grows into a tall specimen. This cultivar was found at Bruns Nursery in Germany. Growth Rate medium, 6-12" annually

By: Garden World

A spire-like selection of Serbian Spruce with weeping branches. With white stomata on the undersides of its needles it gives the tree a silver cast to its silver-blue structure.

By: Bloom River Gardens

One of the most choice of all evergreen conifers. A narrow weeping tree with the leader wandering upward while the side branches droop sharply down. From the Bruns Nursery in Germany. Photo courtesy of Talon Buchholz.

By: Maplestone Ornamentals

Narrow form, bluish green needles w/white undersides. Irregular habit, Evergreen, deer resistant. Zones 4-8.

By: Lael's Moon Garden

One of the coolest trees in our collection, not to mention most expensive, big plants of Bruns are very hard to come by, it looks like Morticia Adams, strictly weeping with the skirt trailing on the ground; the most strongly weeping of the pendulous omorika forms.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Bruns grows into a tight columnar tree. Very narrow with ascending branches giving the over all effect of a thin weeping tree.

By: Fantastic Plants

A very narrow, 14 ft (4 m) tall and 4 ft (1.2 m) wide in 10 years, foliage light green and light blue. Give full sun in a deep rich soil, moist and well-drained. A splendid variety that has the added advantage that deer don't like it.