I would like to try and grow some tree from the Picea family(something as close as possible to Picea Abies) in the conditions of Israeli shore climate(+15C average in the winter,and +30C in the summer,with high humidity).
The main problem is obvious - AFAIK Picea would not like to move out of zone 5...
Without going and deploying a special greenhouse with cooling system in the yard:),can anyone think about possible solution for this task?
I thought about grafting picea on some local conifers(we have a planty of pines and araucaria trees here)...might it work?

I will be most grateful for any suggestions and ideas.

Thanks in advance,

Alex

I'm trying some Picea abies in the SE US (USDA Zone 7, nearly zone 8), but fear I'm not going to be patient enough to see how many summers they will tolerate.

This Chihuahua spruce is surely an interesting option to consider.A brief on-line check discovers the plant is kind of rare...
Hope no special overseas expedition to it's natural habitats required to get some seeds:).

If you want something that looks similar, either try Araucaria columnaris, or one of the forms of Cupressus sempervirens with level branches and drooping branchlets - they can look surprisingly spruce-like from a distance.

Resin