Colorado Green Spruce

Picea pungens

Use

Specimen plant, Screen plant

Additional notes

It prefers rich, moist soil in full sunlight although is more drought tolerant than other Picea; very adaptable

Dark green foliage all year

Price: CLEARANCE 3 gal: $4.99 3 gal: $17.99 / 5 gal: $27.99 / 7 gal: $37.99

Light:

Full Sun

Soil type:

Tolerates Alkaline

Zone:

3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Maximum height:

30-60 ft in avg landscape conditions; 90-135 ft in the wild

Spread:

10-20 ft in height in average conditions; 20-30 ft in the wild

Growth speed:

Slow to medium - 30 to 50 ft after 35-50 yrs

Habit (shape):

A dense, regular narrow to broad pyramid with horizontal stiff branched to the ground; often becoming open

Flowers:

Monoecious; staminate orange, pistillate greenish or purple

Fruit:

Cones oblong, cylindrical, short stalked, 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 1 1/4 inches wide, green with violet bloom when young, turning light or yellow-brown when ripe

Texture:

Medium-coarse

Insect susceptibility:

Spruce Budworm, Spider Mite, Spruce gall aphid

Disease susceptibility:

Cytospora Canker, Rhizoshaera needle cast