A wonderful and highly ornamental evergreen coniferous tree with a pyramidal form that can reach 50 feet tall in as many years, the Purple Cone Spruce features vivid violet-purple seed cones that contrast beautifully with the blue-green needles.

Picea purpurea, commonly called purple-coned spruce or purple cone spruce, is a tall, needled evergreen tree endemic to western China where it is found on north-facing, mountain slopes in southern Gansu, eastern Qinghai, and northwestern Sichuan provinces at elevations between 8,500 and 12,000 feet above sea level. Mature trees will reach 50 ...

Picea purpurea, also known as purple cone spruce and purple-coned spruce is a species of spruce found only in China. [1] It is likely to be a hybrid species produced by crosses between Picea likiangensis and Picea wilsonii, [2] or possibly involving other species. [3]

2024年7月19日 · Purple coneflower is a popular variety of coneflower with daisy-like lavender rays around a central brown cone. Purple coneflower grows best in hot, dry regions but can do well in many climates except for wet, humid conditions. The flower requires over six hours of sun daily and needs well-drained and neutral to slightly acidic soil.

Plant database entry for Purple-Coned Spruce (Picea purpurea) with 33 data details.

Here, we examine their roles in the origin and evolution of Picea purpurea, a diploid spruce species occurring on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Phylogenetic relationships and ecological differences between this species and its relatives, P. schrenkiana, P. …

Uncommon spruce with a form that is a broad conical with branches spreading horizontally to slightly ascending. This plant prefers moderately moist soil. When the cones are young they are purple in color, attractive with the green needles in the background.

Common name: purple-cone spruce. Family: Pinaceae (pine family) Synonym: Picea likiangensis var. purpurea. Distribution: China. IUCN Red list: Near threatened. Hardiness: USDA Zone 4. Life form: Evergreen tree. Comments: A densely branched, conical evergreen to 60' tall. Needles are especially dark green, very compressed and pointed.

Common names: Purple cone spruce (English), Ziguo yun shan (Chinese) Tree to 40 (-50) m tall, with trunk to 1 (-2) m in diameter. Bark dark gray, becoming rough but remaining scaly with age. Crown conical, with fairly short horizontal to downswept branches turning up at the tips and bearing side branches all around.

A wonderful variety, this highly ornamental medium sized spruce (30-70') features cones which are a vivid violet-purple, it is a stunning color combination with the dark-green needles with a lovely blueish tint; grows up to one foot per year and is …