Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce

Colorado Blue Spruce

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Picea pungens

The Blue Spruce is also sometimes called the Colorado Blue Spruce. The Navajo and Keres Native Americans presented gifts of twigs to bring good fortune. The foliage has the ability to withstand temperature extremes. The tree forms a pyramid shape with branches growing horizontally to the ground. The botanical name pungens refers to the sharply pointed needles.

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Growth Rate Slow growing, less than 1 ft per year
Mature Size 80-100 ft tall, 1-2 ft trunk diameter
Soil Loam, clay; rich, moist soil
Light Full sunlight, not tolerant of shade
Leaves ¾ to 1 ¼ inch needles, individually grown on raised woody pegs off the branches
Cones 4 inches long
Deer Browse Risk Low
Benefits Used for wildlife cover, providing protected nests for native songbirds due to prickly branches. Because of cold hardiness, symmetrical form and waxy, blue hued foliage it is often used in ornamental and general landscapes. Also used as in windbreaks and Christmas trees.