The lumber is known as satin walnut and used for cabinet making and veneer. Also a good candidate for bonsai enthusiasts. An important timber tree that makes a wonderful shade and lawn tree. Grows to 120 ft. Grows 25m with bright red shoots.
Cones are orange-colored.
A graceful pyramidal tree with striking blackish curling bark. This is the same tree that provided the wreaths that Romans used as crowns. It is a very hardy evergreen tree that will grow to 50 ft. or so outside. Loaded with sprays of greenish yellow four petaled flowers in Spring. This exquisite spruce is raised primarily as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens, however in should be in every lawn as well.