Comments on: Plant of the Month: Picea orientalis ‘Skylands’ (Oriental spruce) https://www.scottarboretum.org/plant-of-the-month-picea-orientalis-skylands-oriental-spruce/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:44:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Lisa Bray-Sinclair https://www.scottarboretum.org/plant-of-the-month-picea-orientalis-skylands-oriental-spruce/#comment-1497 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 16:56:15 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=10163#comment-1497 Thank you for all of this wonderful information about Skylands. My son purchased this tree for me for mother’s day ,it is the feature of the garden infront of our home in South Dartmouth, MA. The cones which are purple/magenta on mine are growing longer since we planted it around mothers day and therefore weigh some of the branches down, is this normal ?

]]> By: Mary Tipping https://www.scottarboretum.org/plant-of-the-month-picea-orientalis-skylands-oriental-spruce/#comment-1496 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 16:01:10 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=10163#comment-1496 In reply to robert moreton.

Your Picea orientalis ‘Skylands’ will not grow true-to-type if grown from seed. Simply put, seed collected from your specimen will not grow to exhibit the golden foliage of ‘Skylands’ and will only resemble the straight species (Picea orientalis) with dark, green needles. ‘Skylands’ is propagated from cuttings that are grafted on to another Picea species.

]]> By: robert moreton https://www.scottarboretum.org/plant-of-the-month-picea-orientalis-skylands-oriental-spruce/#comment-1495 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:31:24 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=10163#comment-1495 i have a 6 yesr old picea orientslis skylands i love it was wondering if i can grown skylands seedlings from the cone seeds?

]]> By: Mary Tipping https://www.scottarboretum.org/plant-of-the-month-picea-orientalis-skylands-oriental-spruce/#comment-1494 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:32:09 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=10163#comment-1494 In reply to JOAN CORKEY-O’HARE.

I’m so glad that you like this conifer. I like it very much as well. Check with your local nurseries, not a big box store, to see if they have it in stock. If they don’t, ask if they can locate one for you now or in early fall.

Mary Tipping,
Curator
Scott Arboretum

]]> By: JOAN CORKEY-O'HARE https://www.scottarboretum.org/plant-of-the-month-picea-orientalis-skylands-oriental-spruce/#comment-1493 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:38:15 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=10163#comment-1493 What nurseries will have this tree. It’s beautiful.

]]> By: Becky Robert https://www.scottarboretum.org/plant-of-the-month-picea-orientalis-skylands-oriental-spruce/#comment-1492 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:54:05 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=10163#comment-1492 In reply to Wendy Coolen.

Thank you Wendy. I hope you get a chance to see the specimen in person.

Sincerely,
Becky Robert
Scott Arboretum

]]> By: Wendy Coolen https://www.scottarboretum.org/plant-of-the-month-picea-orientalis-skylands-oriental-spruce/#comment-1491 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:59:27 +0000 https://www.scottarboretum.org/?p=10163#comment-1491 Beautiful tree, will have to look into this one. Thanks for showing close up as well as full photos of it.

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