About
Blue Spruce Trees: Gorgeous, brilliant, stately. The
Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens), is a pyramidal shaped evergreen
with steel blue foliage. It prefers heavier soils, full sun, and clean
cultivation. Blue Spruce will reach a height of six feet in eight
years on a good site. The Blue Spruce is probably the most drought
tolerant of all spruce.
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Blue
Spruce picture
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| Blue
Spruce Tree Facts |
| Scientific
Name: |
Picea
pungens
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| Foliage: |
Green
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| Mature
Height: |
30-90'
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| Mature
Spread: |
10-20'
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| Soil: |
Prefers
sandy, but adapts to a wide range
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| Zones: |
2-7
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| Moisture: |
Widely
adaptable
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It
is widely used in windbreaks or as an ornamental yard tree. Should
reach 6 ft. in 7-8 years, starting with a 2 yr. seedling. Not all
plants will be blue. Each bundle will contain a mixture of blue,
blue-green and green seedlings. A handsome ornamental specimen or
use as a dense, colorful screen or windbreak, space 6 ft. apart.
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