Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens

General Description

Mature Height:	30-60 feet
Mature Form:	Pyramidal, with stiff, horizontal branches
Features:	Evergreen needles; dense habit
Insects or Diseases:	Spruce gall, spider mites, Cytospora canker
Native of:	United States
Culture:	Full sun; moist, well drained soils; tolerates dry sites
Notes:	Forma gluaca is the most popular one sold, the Blue Colorado Spruce; it has blue-green needles

Size				Exposure
Large	Medium		Small	Full Sun	Partial Shade	Shade
Tolerance				Uses
Wind		No		Wind Break
Wet Sites		No		Street
Dry Sites		Yes		Specimen		Yes
Alkaline Soil		No		Shade
Salt		No		Massing
Air Pollution		No		Screen		Yes
Soil Compactation		No		Patio