Botanical Name: Picea pungens
Family: Pinaceae
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A.K.A. blue spruce and colorado spruce
- Native
- Evergreen
- 55-90′ in height, sometimes more (over 150′ in the wild)
- 15-25′ broad pyramid shape with thick branching that often reaches the ground
- Slow growth rate
- Long lived in wild
- Whorled buds
- Single, Sharp, Short and Square needles (numerous) 1-2″ in length and are blueish green
- Monoecious with separate male and female strobili
- Cones 3-5″
- Likes full sun and rich soil but grows in a variety of conditions
- Zones 4-7
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- Spruce, Colorado Blue ~ Leaves
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- Spruce, Colorado Blue ~ Bark
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- Spruce, Colorado Blue – Cone
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- Spruce, Colorado Blue – Needles
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- Blue Spruce Needle Cross Section
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- Colorado Blue Spruce – Cones Developing
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- Spruce, Colorado Blue ~ Branching
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- Spruce, Colorado Blue