Common names:
Blue Spruce
Colorado Spruce
Spruce
Colorado Blue Spruce
Silver Spruce

Also sold as:
  • 'Kosteri'
  • 'Koster Compacta'

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Tree
Life cycle:Perennial
Sun Requirements:Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences:In Water
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 13 +15.6 °C (60 °F) to +21.1 °C (70 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 7a
Leaves:Malodorous
Needled
Resistances:Birds
Propagation: Seeds:Provide light: seeasi ods ecn Sierned
Will not come true from seed
Pollinators:Moths and Butterflies
Miscellaneous:Dioecious
Conservation status:Extinct (EX)

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