Selecting Trees for Your Home - Colorado Spruce (Picea pungens)

University of Illinois Extension - Selecting Trees for Your Home
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Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens

2 pictures total.

Colorado Spruce form

Size:

Small

Medium

Large

Exposure/ Light Requirements:

Full Shade

Full Sun

Partial Sun/Shade

Pests and Problems:

Environmental Damage

Fungal Disease

Insect Damage

Insect Relative Damage

(SNEED) Sudden Needle Drop also sometimes called Spruce Needle Drop

Hardiness Zone:	3 - 7 [Find Your Zone]
Mature Height:	30-60 Feet
Features:	Evergreen needles; dense habit.
Culture:	Full sun; moist, well drained soils; tolerates dry sites.
Cultivars:	'Bakeri'-good silvery blue needle color. 'Fat Albert'-blue needle color, semi dwarf (15 feet tall). 'Hoopsii'- intense silvery blue color. 'Moerheim'- very blue color. Forma gluaca is the most popular one sold, the Blue Colorado Spruce; it has blue-green needles.
Mature Form:	Pyramidal, with stiff, horizontal branches.
Native To:	United States
Soil Conditions:	Dry Moist, Well-Drained Wet
Tolerance:	Alkaline Soil Dry Sites Salt Soil Compaction Wet Sites Wind
Uses:	Massing Patio Screen Shade Specimen Street Wind Break
Foliage Color:	Green
Fall Foliage Color:	Green
Additional Notes: