CATTON ARBORETUM
Pseudotsuga menziesii Glauca Pendula
Common name:
Weeping blue Douglas Fir
Year planted:
2019
Country of origin:
Blue Douglas Firs are found Inland from the Pacific coast in US from Montana to New Mexico
Year introduced:
First reported By David Douglas and then by Archibald Menzies in 1791 it is named after both of them
Description:
Although called a fir they actually belong to the Pine family. An evergreen conifer also know as the Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir. Glauca Pendula is a very slender weeping form with soft blue green needles. Although normal Douglas Firs can be huge trees Glauca Pendula only grows to about 4 m
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Tree number: 76