Serbian spruce
Picea omorika
- Size
- 12 m tall, 3 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun
- Hardy to
- -35 degrees
- Flowers
- Grown for its leaves rather than its flowers
- A specimen to look at
- Green all winter
- Screening a view
- Evergreen
- Goes upwards
- Shape that holds through winter
Safety
- Note: a known allergen for some people
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Trees
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Size when mature
- 12 m tall, 3 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun
- Moisture
- Medium, moist
- Soil
- loam, sand, clay
- Soil pH
- 5 to 7.5
- Hardy to
- -35 degrees
- Flowers
- Grown for its leaves rather than its flowers
- For pollinators
- Little
- Water
- Medium water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Steady
- In Europe
- Native
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Not toxic · Dogs: Not toxic · Cats: Not toxic
- Worth knowing
- A known allergen for some people
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Lists it is on
- Evergreen plants24 plantsWhat holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.
- Plants safe with children and pets39 plantsNothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.
- Plants for screening24 plantsFor a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.
