Hardiness
Zone 2–7
Discover the plant
Colorado Blue Spruce
FamilyPinaceae
Picea pungens is a majestic ornamental conifer widely known as the Colorado blue spruce, prized for its unique blue-silver evergreen foliage that brings a colorful and structured presence year-round to beds, hedges, and large gardens. Its elegant pyramidal shape provides harmonious verticality, ideal for structuring residential or public landscapes without encroaching on space. In addition to its distinctive color, this tree offers a dense and refined vegetal backdrop, perfect as a shade tree, isolated specimen, or structural element. Very hardy and tolerant of a variety of well-drained soils, it prefers a sunny to semi-shady exposure, where it thrives without particular demands, even in colder climates.
Soil and care
The rightconditions.
Fertilization
Not specified
Bloom and dimensions
The completeprofile.
Bloom periodMay
Flower colorNot significant
Foliage colorSilvery-blue to bluish-green
Foliage typePersistent
FruitingHanging cones (not major ornamentals)
Maximum height12-18 m (40-60 ft)
Maximum width20-25 ft (6-7.5 m)
Growth rateAverage
Hardiness zoneZone 2–7
Minimum temperature-40°C
