Melinda Myers

Colorado Spruce

Botanical Name

Picea pungens

Hardiness

Zones 3 to 7(8)

Height

30 to 60 feet

Width

10 to 20 feet

Fruit

2-4" straw colored cones of scales with tattered margins

Light

Full sun

Soil

Moist, well drained, adaptable

Planting & Care

• Transplant as balled and burlap in spring or fall
• Poor heat tolerance
• More drought tolerant than other Spruce
• Salt tolerant

Varieties

• Picea pungens glauca - Colorado Blue Spruce, greater amount of blue-silver needles