General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Leaves: Glaucous
Evergreen
Needled
Fruit: Other: female cones with papery or thin woody scales
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Flowers: Other: soft male cones
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
Other info: Seeds are inside cones
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: USPP 34,883
Parentage: R.H. Montgomery x Hoopsii

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Monty™
Cultivar name: 'INMoHoop'
Common names
  • Blue Spruce
  • Spruce

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Location: Red Butte Garden, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2024-05-11

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