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Blue Spruce |
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Colorado Spruce |
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Spruce |
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Colorado Blue Spruce |
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Silver Spruce |
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: | 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 Other info: Seeds are inside cones |
Pollinators: | Wind |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Monoecious |
Posted by jathton (Oklahoma City, OK) on Dec 2, 2019 4:08 PM For lots of obvious reasons central Oklahomans like to visit Colorado. When they return, if they are gardeners, they always have something favorable to say about Colorado Blue Spruce. Unfortunately, most of Oklahoma falls within hardiness zones 7A and 7B... and this Spruce is not really recommended for gardens this far south and west. Nonetheless a lot of gardeners in the 1970's and 1980's invested some serious money [for a plant] and tried raising them in central Oklahoma. Many of those Spruce failed... and those that did not frequently lost their beautiful blue color. It was simply bleached out of the needles by our sun... and the needles looked pale apple green for the balance of the growing season. [ Reply to this comment | |
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