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Picea pungens
Colorado Spruce
Origin: Discovered in Colorado in 1862.
Mike's
Opinion
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A coarse leaved conifer but with a distinct pyramidal form. A dull green to pale blue grey in colour.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Pinaceae |
| Genus |
| Picea |
| Species |
| pungens |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 2 - 7 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 0a - 7a |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 - H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -46 -(-12) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -50 - 10 |
| Height |
| 40 m |
| Spread |
| 12 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Typically used as a wind break or mass planting. Very tolerant of saline soils. |
| Cultivation |
| Does best on moist well-drained soils. |
| Shape |
| Pyramidal and dense. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| Pyramidal with branches horizontal to the ground and new growth that is blue. |
| Pests |
| Spruce canker and sometimes gypsy moth are problematic. |
| Habitat |
| The side of mountains where it is hot and dry. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Course, flaky, purplish brown. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| 1 cm with slender scales at the base. |
| Leaf Description |
| Stiff, sharp, and four sided needles that are 3 cm long. |
| Flower Description |
| Male strobili are orange where the female strobili are green. |
| Fruit Description |
| Cylindrical cones 12 cm in length. |
| Colour Description |
| Blue foliage with brownish purple bark. |
| Texture Description |
| Medium. |
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