Blue spruce
Blue spruce
Picea pungens
tree☀️ full-sun🪴 well-drained📏 medium🌡️ RHS H7
🌵 Thorny
📋Quick Facts
Height
12.0-18.0m
Spread
5.0-8.0m
Growth
🚀 Fast
Grows quickly, needs regular attention
Care Level
👍 Moderate
Some experience helpful
Water
💧💧 Average watering
Every "3-4" days
Hardiness
Zone 2-7
About
Ornamental spruce with silver-blue needles.
Top tip
Blue spruce needs sun and good drainage; give space and avoid hard pruning into old wood.
Also known as: Pícea azul, Blue spruce, Picea pungens, Blaufichte, Świerk kłujący (srebrny), Pícea-azul, Blauwspar / Coloradospar, Abete del Colorado (pícea blu)
Pest Resilience
3/5 — Average
Spruce aphid and red spider mite can cause needle drop; Cooley spruce gall adelgid.
Visual Characteristics
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Cones
Produces cones
The blue spruce year in your garden
Dispatching imaginary bots to check your garden out...
What to do now
How to Propagate
🌰Seed
Easy✂️Cutting
Moderate🌿Layering
Moderate🔗Grafting
AdvancedHardiness Zones
H1a (tender)H7 (very hardy)
RHS H7
USDA 4–5 equivalent