CATTON ARBORETUM

Pseudotsuga menziesii Glauca Pendula

Common name: Weeping blue Douglas Fir

Year planted: 2019

Country of origin: Blue Douglas Firs are found Inland from the Pacific coast in US from Montana to New Mexico

Year introduced: First reported By David Douglas and then by Archibald Menzies in 1791 it is named after both of them

Description: Although called a fir they actually belong to the Pine family. An evergreen conifer also know as the Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir. Glauca Pendula is a very slender weeping form with soft blue green needles. Although normal Douglas Firs can be huge trees Glauca Pendula only grows to about 4 m

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Tree number: 76
Pseudotsuga menziesii Glauca Pendula (Weeping blue Douglas Fir)