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Colorado Blue Spruce

Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens

Colorado Blue Spruce is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and colour all season long.

Bloom time
Foliage plant
Hardiness
Zones 2–7
Sun
Full sun
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
15 m × 6 m
Type
Conifer
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Growing Colorado Blue Spruce

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 2–7. Expect it to reach about 15 m tall and 6 m wide at maturity, in roughly 20 years.

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Drop this plant onto a 3D plan, see how it fills in, and watch your whole garden bloom across the year.

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