Picea pungens var. glauca (Colorado Blue Spruce)

Architectural, Picea pungens var. glauca (Colorado Blue Spruce) is a dense and bushy, evergreen conifer of elegant pyramidal habit with stiff horizontal branches covered with prickly, slightly curved, bright silvery blue needles. The erect seed cones, borne at the branch tips, are green, becoming brown and pendulous with age. Slow-growing, this striking Colorado Blue Spruce light up the garden throughout the year and stands out in the landscape. Perfect as a focal point in a sunny border where its silvery-blue foliage will make a pleasing contrast with the other plants. It also makes an excellent windbreak. Give it plenty of room to grow!

• Grows up to 30-60 ft. high (9-18 m) and 10-20 ft. wide (3-6 m).
• Performs best in full sun in any deep, moist but well-drained, ideally neutral to acid soil. Tolerant of dry sites, wind and air pollution. Generally prefers cool climates and will struggle in hot and humid climate areas.
• Perfect as a distinctive specimen plant in the sunny border.
• Keep an eye out for adelgids, conifer aphids and honey fungus. Easy to grow and easy to care for.
• No pruning required.
• Propagate by grafting or hardwood cuttings.
• Picea pungens species is native to the central and southern Rocky Mountains. Its range extends from scattered populations in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming to better developed populations in Utah and Colorado. The range of blue spruce continues southward into Arizona and New Mexico