| Scientific Name: | Picea orientalis |
| Common Name: | oriental spruce |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Screening, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Distinctive smell, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Needles dark glossy green above with whitish stomatal bands below, 4-sided with blunt or acute tip, only 6-8mm long x 0.7-1mm wide (smallest of all local species); seed cones terminal, erect, becoming pendulous at maturity, often very numerous, sessile, narrowly cylindrical, tapering towards apex, green to purple before maturing to red-brown or dark purplish brown, 4.5-10cm long x 2-3.3cm wide. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Picea_orientalis.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |