DESCRIPTION:
NAME: Blue Spruce
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Colorado Blue Spruce / Colorado Spruce / White Spruce
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Picea Pungens Glauca
COLOR: Blue Green Silvery Foliage / Yellowish Catkins / Red Male Pinecones Maturing to Brown, Purple Female Pinecones
PLANT SEEDS: Fall / Cold Stratify / Early Spring
PLANT HEIGHT: 40 - 60' +
PLANT SPACING: 8 - 20' (Cutting / Leaving)
BLOOM TIME: Spring Catkins / Fall Pinecones
HARDINESS ZONE: (1) 2 - 8
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 50 Seeds
Choose from our standard seed pack or our custom designed 'Grow Your Own Christmas Tree' seed pack above. (The default is the standard pack.)
To view additional 'Grow Your Own Christmas Tree' Blue Spruce Edition seed pack info click HERE, or view our entire collection of 'Grow Your Own Christmas Tree' seeds HERE.
OTHER: Native only to the US, Blue Spruce has been widely introduced around the globe, hugely popular for its ornamental beauty & adaptability. Like many, I myself love the gorgeous silvery blue of the foliage. Blue Spruce trees really catch the eye & will stand out in the landscape. Being extremely cold hardy & able to live in the drastically cold temperatures of zone 1 as well as the warmth of zone 8’s climate, they can thrive in a large variety of areas. They are popular as specimen trees in homes, parks, & commercial sites, & being an evergreen conifer with dense branches, they also make an excellent windbreak. They are a superb selection for adding color & texture to any site you choose for them, & their unique coloration provides a nice contrasting backdrop for other surrounding standard green plants that may otherwise blend in to a monochrome landscape. Additionally, Blue Spruce trees can help prevent soil erosion.
In their natural habitat, these trees can grow to reach heights of 100’ or more, but in cultivation typically don’t grow larger than 50’ tall by 15’ wide. They have gorgeous red pollen cones, & their mature brown pinecones measure 4”long & are popularly used in crafts & as décor. This spruce also has many traditional medicinal uses.
The Blue Spruce is the state tree of Colorado! Our seeds were harvested in Colorado, so you will be growing true Colorado Blue Spruce trees!
The Blue Spruce, a timeless classic beloved for their stunningly beautiful signature silvery-blue color, remains one of the most popular types of Christmas trees. Their dense branching provides a full appearance & their sturdy branches hold the weight of ornaments well. Spruce trees retain their needles for around 4 weeks after being cut if they are kept well hydrated. The fragrance is delightful, with a scent of cool pine & crisp woods that is clean & Christmasy. Capturing the essence of a stroll through a pine forest, Blue Spruce manages to be both refreshing & invigorating as well as warm, inviting, & relaxing with woody earthy undertones.
And, guess what the living Christmas Tree on the White House’s south lawn is? Yep, you got it – it’s a Blue Spruce!
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Photo Credit:
4 Picea_Pungens_Young_Cones By JJ Harrison (httpswww.jjharrison.com.au) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=5205291
