Trees

Colorado blue spruce

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Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Zone 2–7

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Common nameColorado Blue Spruce
FamilyPinaceae
TypeConiferous
Botanical nameColorado blue spruce

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.

Colorado blue spruce

Soil and care

The right care,at the right time.

Minimum temperature

-40°C

Watering

Low to medium

Soil type

Well-drained, tolerant

Fertilization

Not specified

Bloom and dimensions

Its place,in your garden.

Mature height

12-18 m (40-60 ft)

Width / spread

20-25 ft (6-7.5 m)

Flower color

Not significant

Foliage color

Silvery-blue to bluish-green

Foliage type

Persistent

Growth rate

Average

Bloom period

May

Fruiting

Hanging cones (not major ornamentals)

Wildlife and pets

Life,around your plants.

Supporting wildlife

No