China fir 'Glauca' is an evergreen tree cultivar in the Cupressaceae (cypress) family. This conifer grows fairly slow but can reach 30-70 feet tall and 30-40 feet wide with a pyramidal form. The needles have a powdery coating giving them a blue shade. Blue China Fir can be used as a large background tree or specimen or pruned down to keep it a shrub shape for hedging. It prefers part shade but tolerates full sun. It also prefers some protection from hot summer or cold winter winds. The wood is rot-resistant and has been used for coffins. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. If limbed up it tends to form suckers. VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.