The Blues Blue Spruce
Picea pungens 'The Blues'
With no two plants alike, the strongly weeping branches and irregularly spreading and drooping top create a unique, bright silvery-blue specimen. A striking focal point when combined with complementing deep yellows, pinks and greens.
| Key feature: | Year-round Interest |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Garden styles: | Asian/Zen, Contemporary, Cottage, Rustic |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Average landscape size: | To about 5 to 6 ft. tall, or as tall as staked, with drooping top and side branches spreading as wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Weeping |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape use: | Specimen |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 1939 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
With no two plants alike, the strongly weeping branches and irregularly spreading and drooping top create a unique, bright silvery-blue specimen. A striking focal point when combined with complementing deep yellows, pinks and greens.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
| Key feature: | Year-round Interest |
| Plant type: | Conifer |
| Garden styles: | Asian/Zen, Contemporary, Cottage, Rustic |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Average landscape size: | To about 5 to 6 ft. tall, or as tall as staked, with drooping top and side branches spreading as wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Weeping |
| Special features: | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape use: | Specimen |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 1939 |
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