Blue spruce

Learn all about Colorado blue spruce trees, plus get expert tips and information for choosing, planting, growing and caring for this striking spruce in your home landscape.

The blue spruce is a popular landscaping tree used by homeowners across the United States because of its hardiness and adaptability. Learn how to plant a blue spruce tree with these easy-to-follow instructions and discover some facts about the physical and growth characteristics of the Picea punguns.

This bright blue spruce is slow growing and compact making it perfect for smaller low maintenance gardens Small and somewhat globular in early years, eventually growing to a wide spreading cone Powder-blue needles are very striking Can be a flat globe or an upright conical dwarf - Very Hardy zones 2-8 1 - year plant will reach 4 feet at maturity - shipped in container with original soil, these will be dormant from nov-may. hardy zone 2-8

Spruce trees are hardy evergreens that add year-round color to your yard. Here are different spruce trees for a wide range of planting zones.

How to Landscape for a Blue Spruce. Blue spruce trees are an elegant addition to the landscape. This evergreen tree is hardy and, once established, is easy to care for. Blue spruce is hardy in USDA zones 2 through 8. A good tip when buying blue spruce trees is to choose the bluest tree you can find. Not all spruce trees are created equal, and picking an inferior tree will leave you disappointed.

"Limbing up" the trees may seem like a good idea, but it may introduce problems. Learn how to trim evergreen trees the right way.

A popular dwarf form of Spruce with short, bluish-white evergreen needles. It is flat-topped and compact when young and becomes pyramidal with age. Use as an accent or specimen plant in beds, borders and foundation plantings.

I can remember way back when I was a young lad, just beginning to learn about the amazing beauty of conifers, and specifically blue conifers. When I think of blue conifers, I immediately think of d…