Dragon Spruce              PI-see-a a-spe-RAH-ta

• Conifer, evergreen tree, 40 ft (12 m) tall in its habitat, but only 25 ft (7.6 m) in cultivation.  Needles blue or blue-green, becoming dark green, 1-2 cm long and 1 mm wide, stiff.  Cones 5-16 cm long, cylindrical, brown.
• Sun or light shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 6     Native to China, especially Sichuan.
• aserata: rough texture, the needles.
• Eugene, Univ. of Oregon, east of the Museum of Art.