Picea pungens | Colorado Blue Spruce - 120-150cm, 70lt fruit trees It is not demanding

It is not demanding

Ensure proper staking in early years

Light pruning after flushes enhances the parachute shape and encourages fresh shoots

Resistant to wind

bloom in summer and early autumn

Picea pungens | Colorado Blue Spruce - 120-150cm, 70lt fruit trees It is not demandingPicea pungens, or Colorado Spruce, is a large, narrow, conical to columnar, coniferous evergreen tree with horizontal branching to the ground, thin, grey and brownish bark with flaky scales, and stiff, prickly, needle like, blue green to silver blue leaves. The erect, light brown cones are female and yellowish to reddish purple are male. Cones are attractive to birds. Picea pungens thrives in hummus rich, neutral to acidic, consistently moist, well