Blue spruce - Wikipedia
The blue spruce (Picea pungens), also commonly known as Colorado spruce or Colorado blue spruce, is a species of spruce tree native to North America in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. [4] It is noted for its blue-green colored needles, and has therefore been used as an ornamental tree in many places far beyond its native ...
Picea pungens (Colorado Blue Spruce) - Gardenia
Picea pungens, commonly known as the Colorado Blue Spruce or Blue Spruce, is a majestic conifer prized for its silvery-blue needles and pyramidal form. Its vibrant hue and adaptability make it a popular choice for ornamental landscaping and as a Christmas tree.
Picea pungens - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Picea pungens, commonly called Colorado spruce (also blue spruce), is a medium to large, narrow, pyramidal conifer with horizontal branching to the ground. It typically grows 30-60’ tall in cultivation, but may reach 100’ or more where it grows naturally.
Picea pungens - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Blue spruce is a needled evergreen tree in the pine family (Pinaceae). It is native to the central Rocky Mountains from southern Montana and eastern Idaho south to New Mexico. The genus name, Picea, is thought to be derived from the Latin word, pix, which means "pitch" and refers to the sticky resin that is found on the tree's bark. The ...
Blue Spruce | Silvics of North America
Dec 1, 1990 · Blue spruce (Picea pungens) is also called Colorado blue spruce, Colorado spruce, silver spruce, and pino real. It is a slow-growing, long-lived tree of medium size that, because of its symmetry and color, is planted extensively as an ornamental. Because blue spruce is relatively scarce and the wood is brittle and often full of knots, it is not an important timber tree.
Picea pungens (blue spruce) description - conifers.org
Picea pungens is the principal species in the Blue Spruce forest cover type and is a minor associate in the Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir (Picea engelmannii-Abies lasiocarpa), Interior Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. glauca), Cottonwood-Willow (Populus-Salix), and Interior Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) cover types.
Picea pungens - USDA Plants Database
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ENH-612/ST453: Picea pungens: Colorado Spruce - EDIS
Scientific name: Picea pungens Pronunciation: PIE-see-uh PUN-jenz Common name(s): Colorado Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Blue Spruce Family: Pinaceae USDA hardiness zones: 4A through 7B (Fig. 2) Origin: native to North America Invasive potential: little invasive potential Uses: Christmas tree; specimen; screen
Picea pungens - Trees and Shrubs Online
Picea pungens. A tree 80 to 100, occasionally 150 ft, high; pyramidal as a small tree in cultivation with stiff horizontal branches; young twigs not downy; buds brownish yellow. Leaves arranged all round the branchlets, more thinly beneath, the upper ones pointing forward; they are 3 ⁄ 4 to 1 1 ⁄ 4 in. long, stiff, quadrangular, spine ...
Scientific name: Picea pungens Pronunciation: PIE-see-uh PUN-jenz Common name(s): Colorado Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Blue Spruce Family: Pinaceae USDA hardiness zones: 4 through 7 (Fig. 2) Origin: native to North America Uses: screen; specimen; Christmas tree; no proven urban tolerance Availability: generally available in many areas within