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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
Small lot suitable
Flowering tree
Safe for beneath power lines
Fruit
Showy
Edible
Leaves
Good Fall color
Leaves fragrant
Gold foliage
Evergreen
Bark
Showy
Wildlife value
Attract hummingbirds
Attract butterflies
Attract birds
Poisonous
Foliage
Fruit
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.
Images
Weeping habit
Mature tree
Weeping branches
