Evergreen Conifer w/ Purple Cones – Not Korean Fir ?

[GregManning]

What is this: Evergreen Conifer w/ Purple Cones – Not Korean Fir ?

My neighbor planted this several years ago, NE Ohio; but does not remember what it is.
Today it is ~ 9 ft tall. Last year it had very purple cones during the growing season.
It does not appear to be a Korean Fir which has cones that grow up-right.

These cones grew while hanging straight down.
Lots of cones for apparently such a young tree.

 

[The Green One]

Serbian spruce | The Morton Arboretum

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[ATH]

Norway spruce with those big cones.

 

[Stelzer]

@ATH beat me to it again. My aunt had a young Norway Spruce in her back yard years ago. The cones were drastically different colors depending upon the season. Coolest thing. From pink to purple to red to brown.

 

[GregManning]

@ATH beat me to it again. My aunt had a young Norway Spruce in her back yard years ago. The cones were drastically different colors depending upon the season. Coolest thing. From pink to purple to red to brown.

These cones stayed purple all LAST summer. I'm surprised that they have still not dropped.

 

[GregManning]

I just rechecked & there are no new cones this year.
All the cones are from last year.
Seems very strange ! ?

 

[Stelzer]

I just rechecked & there are no new cones this year.
All the cones are from last year.
Seems very strange ! ?

Unless I'm wrong, I believe many of those are sometimes on a 2 year cycle. Pretty sure some Sitka do this as well. What I don't know is how often these same trees have mast years and produce/shed lots of cones.

 

[The Green One]

I just rechecked & there are no new cones this year.
All the cones are from last year.
Seems very strange ! ?

Spruce have "Mast Years". This is normal for them.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Norway spruce top (was a crane removal), this was my Christmas tree that year. Cones up the wazoo!! A bit top-heavy but definitely made a statement.

 

[Analog]

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Norway spruce top (was a crane removal), this was my Christmas tree that year. Cones up the wazoo!! A bit top-heavy but definitely made a statement.

I love it when you can reuse a conifer top for a xmas tree! I've done that a few years here and there.