| Cultivar Name
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Size |
Zone |
Foliage |
Description |
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UPRIGHT SPRUCE
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Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
'Glauca'
|
50-65'
(19m) x 25' (7.5m) |
2 |
Blue green |
Similar to the Colorado Spruce
but the needles are a very attractive bluish color. An
excellent choice for a windbreak or screen. Also a great
feature in a large space. |
|
Colorado Green Spruce
Picea pungens
|
50-65'
(19m) x 25' (7.5m) |
2 |
Silvery-
green |
A hardy, drought resistant
spruce that grows symmetrically in a broad-pyramidal form. The
needles are stiff and spiny. |
|
Hoopsi Blue Spruce
Picea pungens glauca
'Hoopsi'
|
50-65'
(19m) x 15-20' (6m) |
2b |
Intense
silver blue |
A grafted selection of Colorado
Blue Spruce with a narrow and compact form. The Hoopsi
probably has the brightest blue foliage making it a perfect feature
or contrast tree. |
|
Select Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
|
50-65'
(19m) x 15-20' (6m) |
2 |
Silver
blue |
A
hardy, seedling strain with intense silver-blue needles.
Useful as a specimen, hedge or windbreak. |
|
White Spruce (Black Hills Strain)
Picea glauca
'Densata'
|
35-45'
(13m) x 15-20' (6m) |
2 |
Dark green |
A special strain of white spruce
that is dense, growing in a conical form. This very
hardy, ornament upright spruce makes an excellent specimen. |
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DWARF SPRUCE
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Globe Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
'Globosa'
|
3-4'
(1.25m) x 4-5' (1.5m) |
2 |
Blue |
An outstanding dwarf spruce
that is well suited for restricted planting locations. |
|
Dwarf Norway Spruce
Picea abies
'Pumila'
|
3'
(.9m) x 3-5' (1.5m) |
3 |
Rich dark green |
A
very slow, low growing mound of foliage making it excellent
for a low hedge or foundation plant. It is also a good choice
for shrub beds or rock gardens. |
|
Dwarf Serbian Spruce
Picea ormorika 'Nana'
|
5'
(1.5m) x 5' (1.5m) |
3 |
Dark green
foliage with a tinge of blue on the needles |
An
excellent dwarf, compact spruce with a dense crown. The needles are
closely set. A good choice for rock gardens,
perennial beds & foundation plantings. |
|
Little Gem Spruce
Picea abies
'Little Gem'
|
18"
(.5m) x 5' (1.5m) |
3 |
Rich
green with lime green growth in spring |
A
dependable, slow growing dwarf evergreen shaped in a dense flat-topped
mound. An excellent choice for rock gardens or for mixing in to borders or in groups. |
| Ohlendorffi Spruce
Picea abies
'Ohlendorfii'
|
5'
(1.5m) x 5' (1.5m) |
3 |
Yellow-
green with brown winter buds |
A dwarf evergreen
that grows in a broad, cone shape making it an excellent specimen for a small space. |
