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Moerheim Blue Spruce

Picea pungens 'Moerheim'

Pronunciation: PY-see-a PUN-jenz
SKU #06476
2-8

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A compact, evergreen tree that maintains a symmetrical narrow, conical form holding stiff horizontal branches with dense silvery-blue needles. New growth is bright blue.
LIGHT: Full sun, Partial sun
WATER: Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Fast growing to 30 to 50 ft. high, 10 to 20 ft. wide.

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This Plant's Growing Zones: 2-8

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Bloom TimeConifer; prized for foliage.
Deciduous/EvergreenEvergreen
Special FeaturesDramatic Foliage Color, Waterwise
Problems/SolutionsDeer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
Growth RateFast
Growth HabitPyramidal
Landscape UsePrivacy Screen, Windbreak
Design IdeasThis is a smaller version of the more majestic Blue Spruce that will fit into a suburban yard or even a larger city setting. Use as a cool blue background for green plants or as a single specimen for Christmas decorating. Beautiful under snowfall. Dense and rugged enough to make a small-scale windbreak for homes. Dense and rugged enough to make a small-scale windbreak or shelterbelt for homes or line a driveway with their bright blue forms.
Foliage ColorPurple
Companion PlantsBeech (Fagus); Flowering Dogwood (Cornus); Ninebark (Physocarpus); Maiden Grass (Miscanthus); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Salvia (Salvia)
Care InstructionsFollow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. May be watered deeply, less frequently, once established. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
HistoryThis is one of the earliest dwarf cultivars introduced in 1912, its parent a stately forest tree is native to the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to New Mexico. It was improperly classified as Picea Parryana by Charles Sprague Sargent, 1841-1947, the famous horticulturist and first director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. Its introduction in 1862 is credited by George Engelmann, 1809-1884, a botanist from Missouri who is noted in the references for other forest trees of the American west. This blue subspecies, P. p. 'Glauca' was introduced by Eduard von Regel, 1815-1892, who founded Gartenflora, and well known in Germany and Russia.
LoreThe genus was named from the Latin for pitch, a sugar rich gum extracted from spruce trees. It was brewed into beer and even used as chewing gum by Native Americans, then settlers and was a valuable commodity in ancient Europe.
Details
Bloom TimeConifer; prized for foliage.
Deciduous/EvergreenEvergreen
Special FeaturesDramatic Foliage Color, Waterwise
Problems/SolutionsDeer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
Growth RateFast
Growth HabitPyramidal
Style
Landscape UsePrivacy Screen, Windbreak
Design IdeasThis is a smaller version of the more majestic Blue Spruce that will fit into a suburban yard or even a larger city setting. Use as a cool blue background for green plants or as a single specimen for Christmas decorating. Beautiful under snowfall. Dense and rugged enough to make a small-scale windbreak for homes. Dense and rugged enough to make a small-scale windbreak or shelterbelt for homes or line a driveway with their bright blue forms.
Foliage ColorPurple
Companion PlantsBeech (Fagus); Flowering Dogwood (Cornus); Ninebark (Physocarpus); Maiden Grass (Miscanthus); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Salvia (Salvia)
Care
Care InstructionsFollow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. May be watered deeply, less frequently, once established. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
History
HistoryThis is one of the earliest dwarf cultivars introduced in 1912, its parent a stately forest tree is native to the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to New Mexico. It was improperly classified as Picea Parryana by Charles Sprague Sargent, 1841-1947, the famous horticulturist and first director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. Its introduction in 1862 is credited by George Engelmann, 1809-1884, a botanist from Missouri who is noted in the references for other forest trees of the American west. This blue subspecies, P. p. 'Glauca' was introduced by Eduard von Regel, 1815-1892, who founded Gartenflora, and well known in Germany and Russia.
LoreThe genus was named from the Latin for pitch, a sugar rich gum extracted from spruce trees. It was brewed into beer and even used as chewing gum by Native Americans, then settlers and was a valuable commodity in ancient Europe.

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We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.