Fat Albert Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'
Superb evergreen conifer with rich blue coloring. Dense-branching, pyramidal form makes a wonderful living Christmas tree. An excellent landscape specimen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-see-a PUN-jenz GLAW-ka |
| 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 - 6, 14 - 17, 32 - 45 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow grower to 10 to 15 ft. tall, 10 to 12 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Pyramidal |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, North American Native |
| Landscape uses: | Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 6478 |
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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
This is the ideal Spruce for the small garden. Reaching just fifteen feet tall, it is excellent for front lawns in the most limited landscapes, or use as a background foliage plant behind beds and borders. Good choice to fill up a bare corner or to provide mass in gardens of dwarf conifers and other very hardy low-growing plants. Dense and durable, it works well in windbreaks, shelterbelts, as a screen or sound barrier.
Superb evergreen conifer with rich blue coloring. Dense-branching, pyramidal form makes a wonderful living Christmas tree. An excellent landscape specimen.
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
This is the ideal Spruce for the small garden. Reaching just fifteen feet tall, it is excellent for front lawns in the most limited landscapes, or use as a background foliage plant behind beds and borders. Good choice to fill up a bare corner or to provide mass in gardens of dwarf conifers and other very hardy low-growing plants. Dense and durable, it works well in windbreaks, shelterbelts, as a screen or sound barrier.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | PY-see-a PUN-jenz GLAW-ka |
| 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 - 6, 14 - 17, 32 - 45 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow grower to 10 to 15 ft. tall, 10 to 12 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Pyramidal |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, North American Native |
| Landscape uses: | Windbreak |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 6478 |
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