Chinese fir 'Glauca'

'Glauca' is a tree up to about 20m high in cultivation (it may grow taller in its native habitat) with dark brown bark which is shed in narrow strips and lush lance-shaped leaves up to 7cm long, deep green with a blue-grey bloom so that they have a silvery sheen. Separate male and female wind-pollinated flowers appear at the shoot tips in spring followed by roundish cones, up to 4cm across, which start bright green and become glossy brown in the autumn