Gaines- I'm in NE Ohio, and Norway spruce grow well, and big here, if not pretty. I'll send along some pics.
Steve On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Gaines McMartin <[email protected]>wrote: > Steve: > > Where are you? In some areas NS doesn't grow that well. For > example, in NY, if you are west of Syracuse. maybe around Skaneateles, > the NS are rather poor. Go east towards Casanovia or Clinton, and > they are spectacular. The reason is soil nutrients. I am not sure, > but one study suggested that magnesium is a requirement that not all > soils satisfy for NS. > > Also, if I knew where you are I might be able to tell you where to > look. Here near Winchester VA is the Virginia Arboretum (on route 50 > east of town). The NS there is about 75 years old--there are dozens. > If you can't see these as beautiful, all I could say is, "there is no > accounting for taste." The most beautiful NS I know of is in Upper > Marlboro, MD. It is as full and lush as any tree could be, although > the top is very open. This tree could be my #1 candidate for the > "flat out most beautiful tree in the world." I would guess it is about > 90 feet tall, and something like 140 years old. > > The VA arboretum also has some nice Oriental spruce--if you saw > those you might put them ahead of Serbian. But I like Serbian also, > but it won't grow in some of the drier and hotter areas, like here in > Northern VA, like Oriental will. I have some large Serbian at my > timberland in the MD mountains. > > Also, NS can't grow as well, usually, in the warmer and drier parts > of Z7, and further south, even in the mountains, such as around > Asheville, NC I don't usually see NS like I do around here or further > north. There could be some exceptions. > > --Gaines > ------------------------------------------------ >
