Colorado Spruce

Picea pungens 'Donna's Rainbow' Pinaceae

Other names

Colorado Blue Spruce

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Mullestein Winter Garden

Source of plant

Broken Arrow Nursery

Description

A dwarf, upright-rounded to cone-shaped cultivar that averages less than 2” of growth annually. Stems have an interesting “foxtail” like appearance with 1” needles that start out at the base of each stemoriented in a perpendicular fashion and transition to a parallel orientation towards the branch tip.

USDA Hardiness Zone

2

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics, winter interest, dwarf conifer