Picea asperata seed
LATIN NAME: Picea asperata
COMMON NAME: Dragon Spruce
The dragon spruce is a handsome, tall, evergreen conifer of the high forests, and its fine, stiff, four-sided, bluish-green needles and its long, cylindrical, pendent cones have made it a valued and stately tree of the forests and the gardens. It grows as a tall, evergreen conifer, reaching up to thirty metres or more, with the upright, tapering trunk bearing the ascending or spreading branches of the many fine, stiff, four-sided, bluish-green needles and, through the year, the long, cylindrical, pendent, pale-brown cones of the many winged seeds. It is a species of the coniferous tree in the pine family, and it is native to the high forests of the western China, while it is prized for its fine, strong wood and its stately form, and it is known as the dragon spruce.
The dragon spruce belongs to the pine family, Pinaceae, and it is a species of the tall, evergreen conifer, native to the high forests of the western China, while it is prized for its fine, strong wood and its stately form, and it is known as the dragon spruce. It is prized for its fine, stiff, four-sided, bluish-green needles.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The dragon spruce has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the forestry and the wood science, since its fine, strong, pale wood has made it a valued tree of the high forests, and researchers have examined its timber, its growth and its management, while its value in the forests has drawn attention in the international forestry press as a tree of the high forests. The plant has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the high forests of the western China, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the forest have been examined, while the ecology of the high-forest trees has been of continuing interest, and its long, cylindrical, pendent cones have been of interest to the botanists. The species has also been studied in the horticulture and the land use, since it is a stately, fine, evergreen conifer of the cold garden, and researchers have examined its growth and its cultivation, while the growing of the spruce in the garden and the plantations has been of continuing interest, and its fine, bluish-green foliage has been of value. For a tree of such stately value, the dragon spruce has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the dragon spruce is a generous tree of the garden. Its long, cylindrical, pendent cones feed the seed-eating birds, and its fine, dense, bluish-green foliage gives a fine cover and a shelter to the birds through the year.
Its economic value is real. The dragon spruce is prized for its fine, strong, pale wood, and its value has drawn attention in the international forestry press as a tree of the high forests, while its fine, strong timber has been used in the building and the making of the fine paper of the region, and its stately form has also made it a fine tree of the cold garden. For a grower, the dragon spruce is a rewarding and stately tree, and for a gardener it brings a fine, bluish-green, cone-bearing tree to the cold garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a period of cold, damp storage in the fridge, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them gently watered, and they’ll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a bluish-green, cone-bearing, stately tree.