| General Description | The branches have upturned tips coloured blue/green to grey/white; while the tree has a conical shape. The bark can be thin and scaly looking especially in older trees and the cones are slender and are green-reddish, turning brown when mature with flexible scales. |
| ID Characteristic | Needles are a blue/green in colour and the tree is broad, upright or oval/conical in shape. |
| Shape | Its shape is broad upright or oval/conical shape. |
| Landscape | As an ornamental in large gardens. |
| Propagation | Fresh seeds should be sown during autumn in a cold frame. Cuttings of semi-ripe terminal shoots should be 5-8 cm long collected during August and put into a cold frame, roots should form in the spring. Similarly, cuttings of mature terminal shoots should be 5-10 cm long during September to October and put into a cold frame for about year or so. |
| Cultivation | Grows well in a temperate climate to warm temperate climate. Trees should be planted into their permanent positions when they are quite small, between 30 - 90 cm. Picea jezoensis is frost tolerant and cold hardy when dormant. Grows well in deep moist soil, tolerates poor peaty soils, and prefers full sun. It can succeed in wet, cold, and shallow soils but is not wind firm in shallow soils. It grows well in pH 4-6 and dislikes shade. Picea jezoensis is also very intolerant of atmospheric pollution. |
| Pests | This evergreen may be susceptible to spruce budworm, wood rot, and brown rot. |
| Notable Specimens | A Picea jezoensis bonsai specimen planted in 1939 can be seen at The U.S. National Arboretum in Washington D.C.; in the US National Bonsai and Peijing Museum, established in 1976. |
| Habitat | Picea jezoensis can be found from near sea level to 2700 m, and in various soils in cold climates that are preferably moist or wet. It is commonly found growing in association with other firs. |
| Bark/Stem Description | The bark is greyish brown and contains fissures and ridges as the tree ages. The tree peels and sheds its bark in plates. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | The buds can be slightly resinous and are about 5-8 mm in length. |
| Leaf Description | The foliage is showy as the tree has flat, glossy dark green leaves which are retained all year. The leaves are needle-like and 15-20 mm long, dark green above with no stomata and blue-white to white below with two dense bands of stomata. |
| Flower Description | Flowers are small but brilliant in colour. The bright red 1-2 cm flowers pop against the green foliage. Usually 3-6 flowers will appear on each mature branch. The flowers are monoecious. |
| Fruit Description | The cones are small and cylindrical. They are crimson when young and mature into a rich brown. The cones ripen in September to October and bear seeds approximately 5-7.5 cm in length.
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| Colour Description | The leaves are green/blue and grey/white throughout the year. The bark is greyish brown. The cones start out in spring with a reddish hue and ripen to a brownish colour through the autumn. The seeds are black. |
