Picea orientalis 'Aurea'

Common name: Golden Oriental spruce

Synonyms: Picea orientalis var. Aurea, Ed.Otto, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 29: 202 (1873), Picea orientalis f. aurea, (Otto) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 39 (1897)

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Publication: Hamburger Garten - und Blumenzeitung (1873), by Carl Friedrich Eduard Otto (1812 - 1885)

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Growth shape: Conical (Pyramidal)

Intensity of growth / year: Intermediate ( 15 - 30  cm)

Adult size:  4 – 10 m

Conifer color: Golden-yellow coloured young shoots in spring which turn dark green later in the year

Rootstock: Picea abies