Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens
Pinaceae
Other names
Colorado Blue Spruce
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Rocky Mnts. From UT to NM and Wy
Location
Urban Tree Collection, Conifer Slope
Source of plant
NH Dept. of Nat. & Cultural Resources, Claude Heit, Armintrout's West Michigan Farms Inc.
Description
Tree reaching 30' to 60' in height, 10' to 20' in width under cultivation, but can attain 90' to 135' in height, 20' to 30' in width in the wild. A broad, dense, regular, narrow pyramid with horizontal, stiff branches to the ground, becoming open, poor and dingy with age. Needles usually gray-green to blue-green young growth soft, silvery blue-gray.
USDA Hardiness Zone
2
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics, winter interest