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Moerheim Blue Spruce
Picea pungens 'Moerheim'
Pronunciation: PY-see-a PUN-jenz
SKU #06476
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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| Description | 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. |
|---|---|
| Bloom Time | Conifer; prized for foliage. |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Dramatic Foliage Color, Waterwise |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Growth Habit | Pyramidal |
| Landscape Use | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
| Design Ideas | This 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 Color | Purple |
| Companion Plants | Beech (Fagus); Flowering Dogwood (Cornus); Ninebark (Physocarpus); Maiden Grass (Miscanthus); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Salvia (Salvia) |
| Care Instructions | Follow 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 | This 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. |
| Lore | The 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
| Description | 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. |
|---|---|
| Bloom Time | Conifer; prized for foliage. |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Dramatic Foliage Color, Waterwise |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Growth Habit | Pyramidal |
Style
| Landscape Use | Privacy Screen, Windbreak |
|---|---|
| Design Ideas | This 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 Color | Purple |
| Companion Plants | Beech (Fagus); Flowering Dogwood (Cornus); Ninebark (Physocarpus); Maiden Grass (Miscanthus); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Salvia (Salvia) |
Care
| Care Instructions | Follow 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
| History | This 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. |
|---|---|
| Lore | The 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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