Serbian Spruce Tree 20/40cm (Cell)
Picea omorika
£12.95
The Serbian Spruce – Picea omorika is an elegant conifer with a slim, columnar shape and striking two-tone needles. Its graceful, weeping branches and narrow profile make it perfect for smaller gardens
- ✓ Naturally slender and elegant evergreen conifer with a columnar shape, perfect for smaller gardens where space is limited but height is desired
- ✓ Stunning two-tone needles with deep green upper surfaces and silvery-white undersides create beautiful movement and contrast in the garden
- ✓ Remarkably low-maintenance tree that maintains its symmetrical shape without regular pruning, ideal for busy gardeners seeking elegant structure
- ✓ Tolerant of urban conditions and pollution, making it an excellent choice for town gardens while providing year-round architectural interest
- ✓ Quality UK grown stock from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier
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The Serbian Spruce – Picea omorika is one of the most graceful and elegant conifers for gardens. This slender tree has a naturally narrow, almost columnar form with gently weeping branches that sweep upwards at their tips. The needles are particularly striking, with a deep green upper surface and silvery-white bands underneath, creating a lovely two-tone effect when the branches move in the breeze.
Despite its delicate appearance, this tree is remarkably tough and adaptable. It grows with a wonderfully regular, symmetrical shape that rarely needs pruning to maintain its form. The narrow profile makes it perfect for smaller gardens where space is limited, yet it still provides height and year-round interest.
Originally found in the Drina River Valley between Serbia and Bosnia, this spruce has become a favourite in British gardens. Its slim, upright form creates a stunning vertical accent without casting heavy shade. In winter, small purple cones appear near the crown, adding extra seasonal interest.Plant your Serbian Spruce in any reasonable soil that isn’t waterlogged. It’s adaptable to both full sun and partial shade positions and copes well with urban pollution. While young trees need regular watering to establish, mature specimens are quite drought tolerant. No regular pruning is needed – the tree naturally maintains its elegant shape. Apply a mulch in spring to retain moisture and suppress weeds. This spruce appreciates shelter from strong winds to maintain its graceful form.
Ultimate height
Higher than 12 metres
Time to ultimate height
20–50 years
Ultimate spread
2.5–4 metres
Our deep cell trays are a smart strategy for cultivating trees with strong and deep root systems. This leads to healthier and more resilient trees that are better prepared for transplantation and long-term growth in your garden.
Extended Planting Season
Cell grown trees offer a significantly broader planting window, allowing for planting almost year-round in certain conditions. This flexibility ensures easier scheduling and enhances tree establishment due to warmer soil and more favourable weather conditions, extending beyond the traditional planting season.
Robust Root System
The roots of cell grown trees are encased and safeguarded within compost, preventing the young fibrous roots from drying out or sustaining damage. This intact root system, with its uniform and manageable shape, facilitates straightforward planting.
Convenient Storage
These trees can be effortlessly stored outdoors before planting, eliminating the need for labour-intensive temporary planting (heeling in) or costly refrigerated storage.
Ease of Handling and Planting
The extended shelf life of cell grown trees means there’s no immediate urgency to plant. Their user-friendly root system increases the likelihood of successful planting. These characteristics make them ideal for planting by novices or volunteers.
High Survival Rate
The intact root system of cell grown trees significantly boosts their chances of successful establishment, virtually removing the need for expensive replanting (beating up).
Cost-Effectiveness
While the initial purchase price of cell grown trees may be slightly higher than bare-root stock for some species, the long-term savings achieved by reducing the need for replacing failed transplants than compensates for the initial minor cost difference.
No plastic waste
Trees are often supplied plastic pots that are difficult to recycle, especially the black pots. We rely on our customers to reuse these where possible, however these cell grown trees do not have plastic pots – saving any reuse & recycling concerns.
Delivery
Yarrow Gardens aim to have your order with you in fastest time possible and safest method of transport. Dependent on the parcel size and geographical destination in mind with will select the most suitable courier.
You are welcome to collect any times from our nursery in Euxton, Lancashire. Please contact us to arrange a suitable date and time.
With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.
Returns
In the rare instance that your item has been damaged during delivery or incorrectly shipped by us, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the return and replacement of your item.
Once you have contacted us and we have confirmation that your parcel is on its way back to us we will be happy to issue a refund for the return postage.
Delivery Class | Delivery Cost | |
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Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £0.95 (Flat) | |
Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £2.10 (Flat) | |
Standard Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £7.95 (Flat) | This item |
Standard Items - Standard Courier (Evri) | £4.49 (Flat) | This item |
Medium Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcelforce) | £28.95 (Flat) | |
Large Items - Standard Courier (Parcel Force) | £24.95 (Flat) | |
Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) |
We are a small family business based in Euxton, West Lancashire. We specialise in the supply of trees, shrubs both bare root & cell grown. Much of our stock is grown directly on site from seed or cuttings. Other stock is all UK sourced where possible.
We adhere to industry leading biosecurity measures, this ensures that our nursery remains clean and disease free.
We are DEFRA registered and our nursery is regularly inspected to confirm compliance with all current plant and plant health regulations.
Our Plant Passport Registration Number is GB140010
You can view our Plant Healthy report here.
We are actively working towards the Grown in Britain certification along with the Plant Healthy certification.
Should you have any concern or question in respect of our plant health matters, please get in touch.