Blue Wonder Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Picea glauca 'Blue Wonder' P.P.# 10993, Canadian PBR Pending
An improved selection with striking gray blue foliage. A standout in any garden! Outstanding in containers framing a doorway, or planted in the landscape in a odd number grouping. Decorate with white lights for Christmas. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-see-uh GLAW-kuh |
| Key feature: | Dramatic Foliage Color |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Patent Act: | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow growing 6 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Compact, Narrow |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant, Dramatic Foliage Color, Dwarf Plant, Easy Care, North American Native, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Very Wet Areas, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 6463 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
This beautiful blue needled evergreen with its dense, conical form is perfect for formal gardens. Use in conjunction with short sheared hedges and parterres. Try two to flank a fountain, entry door, gateway or classical sculpture. Incorporate into foundation planting for welcome verticals between windows with geometry that is stunning under snow. Combine with other evergreens in shrub borders for diversity of form and color and with flowering and colored foliage shrubs.
Companion Plants
Create a native woodland garden with Snowberry, Hyssop, Dogwood, and Potentilla, or a formal European look with Boxwood, Euonymus and the silver foliage of Fescue, Lavender, and Dead Nettle. The silvery blue foliage is always complemented by purple foliage plants like Ninebark, Barberry, and Smoke Tree.
History
This conifer is native to a number of states adjacent to the Canadian border, through Canada into Alaska. The trouble with blue-needled Dwarf Albert Spruce is that they unpredictably revert back to green. Blue Wonder does not have this tendency. This variety was introduced by Kordes nursery of Germany. Alberta spruce is grown as Christmas trees and fresh cut greens used in holiday decorating. Oils have some commercial value. Native Americans used its gum as a salve and brewed the resin into medicinal drink for childbirth and other ailments.
An improved selection with striking gray blue foliage. A standout in any garden! Outstanding in containers framing a doorway, or planted in the landscape in a odd number grouping. Decorate with white lights for Christmas. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
This beautiful blue needled evergreen with its dense, conical form is perfect for formal gardens. Use in conjunction with short sheared hedges and parterres. Try two to flank a fountain, entry door, gateway or classical sculpture. Incorporate into foundation planting for welcome verticals between windows with geometry that is stunning under snow. Combine with other evergreens in shrub borders for diversity of form and color and with flowering and colored foliage shrubs.
Companion Plants
Create a native woodland garden with Snowberry, Hyssop, Dogwood, and Potentilla, or a formal European look with Boxwood, Euonymus and the silver foliage of Fescue, Lavender, and Dead Nettle. The silvery blue foliage is always complemented by purple foliage plants like Ninebark, Barberry, and Smoke Tree.
History
This conifer is native to a number of states adjacent to the Canadian border, through Canada into Alaska. The trouble with blue-needled Dwarf Albert Spruce is that they unpredictably revert back to green. Blue Wonder does not have this tendency. This variety was introduced by Kordes nursery of Germany. Alberta spruce is grown as Christmas trees and fresh cut greens used in holiday decorating. Oils have some commercial value. Native Americans used its gum as a salve and brewed the resin into medicinal drink for childbirth and other ailments.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-see-uh GLAW-kuh |
| Key feature: | Dramatic Foliage Color |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Patent Act: | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow growing 6 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Compact, Narrow |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant, Dramatic Foliage Color, Dwarf Plant, Easy Care, North American Native, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Very Wet Areas, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 6463 |
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