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Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens
Colorado Blue Spruce

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Colorado Blue Spruce Details:

Plant Facts
Mature Height
30 - 60 feet
Mature Spread
10 - 20 feet
Soil Type
Sandy, Adaptable
Moisture
Widely Adaptable
Mature Form
Pyramidal
Growth Rate
Moderate
Sun Exposure
Full Sun - Partial Sun
Flower Color
Not Showy
Fall Color
Evergreen
Foliage Color
Blue Grey
3-7

The Colorado Blue Spruce tree, Picea Pungens, is a pyramidal shaped evergreen with steel blue foliage. It prefers heavier soils, full sun, and clean cultivation. Colorado Blue Spruce trees will reach a height of six feet in eight years on a good site, starting with a 2 year old seedling. The Blue Spruce is probably the most drought tolerant of all spruce trees.

This evergreen conifer is widely used in windbreaks or as an ornamental yard tree. Not all plants will be blue. Each bundle will contain a mixture of blue, blue-green and green seedlings. A handsome ornamental specimen for use as a dense, colorful screen or windbreak. Space 6 ft. apart when used as a screen or windbreak.

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  First buy from Nature Hills and will be a returning customer, 3/14/2009 11:12:06 AM
Reviewer: bdavis113
I am working on building up a good wind break as we have a strong north wind where I live. I read about the different kinds of evergreens that might work, and decided on the Colorado Blue Spruce. I was curious how a live tree would be shipped. When I got the 2 trees I ordered, I was pleasantly surprised, they were alive and healthy looking little trees. I let them in their pots for a couple of days until I had enough time to go out and plant them. The tree were different sizes and look like they are a little differently shaped, so I am hoping that they will grow to the same shape. I planted the trees and put some mulch around them and made sure they were watered. They started taking off quickly. I put in some evergreen specific fertilization spikes to help make sure they get they nutrients they need to grow and be healthy. When I placed my order, the site gave me the shipping time on the order, however it did not say that it might not be shipped immediately. I waited the longest stated time for the trees to arrive, then emailed and asked what was going on. The answer surprised me, they said it would not ship until it was the planting season for the trees. An interesting idea to be sure and wasn't sure how happy I was with it, but with seeing how well the trees have done and survived and pretty harsh winter with a constant 3 ft of snow on the ground for months this year without a break, and without any covering on them, the tree look great and healthy. I would sincerely suggest buying from Nature Hills, specifically this tree as it is the only thing I have purchased so far. Thank you.

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