Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens 'Glauca'
This very popular evergreen conifer has a pyramidal form. A handsome tree with rigid tiered branches densely covered with stiff gray-blue needles. Use for accent, windbreak or tall screen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-see-a PUN-jenz |
| Key feature: | Deer Resistant |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 10, 14 - 17 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | 40 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 20 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Pyramidal |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, North American Native |
| Landscape uses: | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 6466 |
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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.
Design Ideas
Twice taller than it is wide, this native forest evergreen is best used on large properties. Use it to separate tall multistory buildings or in shelterbelts and windbreaks. Tall enough to screen the view from second- or third-story windows. Gorgeous in estate-sized forests of broadleaf and conifers, where it stands out against deciduous trees and blankets of snow.
This very popular evergreen conifer has a pyramidal form. A handsome tree with rigid tiered branches densely covered with stiff gray-blue needles. Use for accent, windbreak or tall screen.
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.
Design Ideas
Twice taller than it is wide, this native forest evergreen is best used on large properties. Use it to separate tall multistory buildings or in shelterbelts and windbreaks. Tall enough to screen the view from second- or third-story windows. Gorgeous in estate-sized forests of broadleaf and conifers, where it stands out against deciduous trees and blankets of snow.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-see-a PUN-jenz |
| Key feature: | Deer Resistant |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 10, 14 - 17 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | 40 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 20 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Pyramidal |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, North American Native |
| Landscape uses: | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 6466 |
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