Picea torano

Also Known As

Picea polita
Tigertail Spruce

Plant type

tree, conifer

size

H: 40'
W: 40'

planting zones

6a-8b

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Picea torano plant details

Picea torano is an evergreen conifer tree with green foliage. and pink and purple fruit. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular water. Does well in average and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Picea torano

Plant type: conifer tree
Plant family: pinaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 40 FT wide, 40 FT tall
Uses: pyramidal, spiky, unique

GROWING CONDITIONS for Picea torano

USDA Zones: 6a - 8b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: regular
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This uncommon species has extraordinarily thick, pointed needles and large, rounded resinous orange-brown buds. It is unlike any other spruce and truly unique!

By: Conifer Kingdom

The Tigertail is a spiny beast indeed, with thick spine tipped needles arranged radically around the shoots making them a pain to graft, it has a reputation for being a bit tender but has never suffered any damage here without protection in an exposed spot by the parking lot. In its native haunts on the slopes of volcanoes in Japan, old plants display pendulous tiger-tailed branchlets, a character not seen in young cultivated material.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Stout, sickle-shaped, spine-pointed 1"needles sprout all around the branchlets of this uncommon conifer like "tiger tails"; broadly conical habit with horizontal branching ; shiny yel-brwn-to-whitish branches. S-P/M