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Picea pungens 'Glauca'
Colorado Blue Spruce
| Tall, stiff-needled, pyramidal trees, spruces grow in almost any soil. Use the larger types in park or landscape plantings. The slower-growing species are better in the garden. Planted close together, their dense foliage makes an excellent windbreak. Spruces lose their lower branches fairly early in life, and their crowns thin as they age. The pendent cones grow year-round. Easily transplanted. |
One of the hardiest and most popular of all the spruces, its striking gray-blue needles grow in whorls around the entire twig. Many cultivars are available. Dormant oil sprays turn its needles green.
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Attributes - Picea pungens 'Glauca'
Plant Type: Tree
Foliage: Evergreen
Height: 40 ft. to 60 ft.
Width: 25 ft.
Sunlight: Full Sun
Climate: Zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Notes: Thrives in Acid Soil, Hot Climates. Low Maintenance, Showy Flowers. Susceptible to Aphids, Spider Mites.
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Related Plants
Picea abies, Picea abies 'Nidiformis', Picea abies 'Pendula', Picea abies 'Pumila', Picea abies 'Reflexa', Picea abies 'Repens', Picea breweriana, Picea engelmannii, Picea glauca, Picea glauca 'Conica', Picea glauca albertiana, Picea mariana 'Nana', Picea omorika, Picea orientalis, Picea pungens, Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa', Picea pungens 'Koster', Picea pungens 'Moerheimii', Picea pungens 'Pendula'
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