PICEA orientalis

'Oriental Spruce'. A large, densely branched tree of broadly conical habit, with branches to ground level. Young shoots pale brown. Leaves to 8mm long, with blunt tips, dark shining green, densely pressed on the upper sufaces of the branchlets. Cones to 9cm long, purple when young. One of the best an most adaptable species in cultivation, easily recognized by its dense, conical habit and small, closely pressed leaves.