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Graceful Grace Douglas-fir

Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii ‘Graceful Grace’
Taxonomy
Family:Pinaceae
Type:Coniferous trees
Native:NO
Plant Requirements
Zone:4 to 6
Sun:Full sun
Moisture:Dry
Plant Characteristics
Height:40 ft
Width:20 ft
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description Graceful Grace Douglas-fir is a captivating evergreen conifer with elegant weeping branches from a leader that works its way up and may also eventually weep.

  Morphology:
Graceful Grace Weeping Douglas Fir will grow to be about 40 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. The leader will reach for the sky in a unique slanted manner. Originally discovered as a cultivated plant in Pennsylvania, this fine weeping form features longer needles on an upright plant with gracefully-drooping, lax branches. The needles have a bluish cast with a silver color on their back sides. In addition they are soft to the touch.

  Adaptation:
This plant enjoys full sun and a moist, slightly acidic soil.

  Pests:
None reported.
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