| Plant
Name |
Description |
Annual
Growth |
Ten
Year |
Color |
Form |
Culture |
Hardiness |
Picea pungens
'Compacta' |
Dense,
compact selection differing from other dwarf blue spruce in being
a brighter blue color, growing a bit faster and with long, sharp-tipped,
curved needles held at a wider angle. Buds rounded, opening later
in spring. |
6-8"
per year. |
5-6
ft. |
Blue
|
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea
pungens
'Fat
Albert' |
An
outstanding blue-needled tree with a naturally straight leader and
well-shaped form. With its strong apical dominance, 'Fat Albert'
makes the perfect, predictable blue spruce! Requires no staking
or training, creating a beautiful full pyramid both as a young plant
and mature tree. |
10-12"
per year. |
10
ft. tall by 8 ft. wide |
Blue
|
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea
pungens
'Globe'
|
'Globe'
is a slow-growing, compact form of the Colorado spruce. Globose
shape when young, eventually becoming mounding or broadly upright
after many years. Good texture contrast for the rock garden. |
1-2"
per year. |
Up
to 1.5 ft. |
Green
|
Globose
|
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea pungens
'Globosa' |
Possibly
the best-known dwarf blue spruce. One of the similarly dwarf, compact
blue spruces, indistinguishable from 'Montgomery'. To maintain
the desired globose or spreading habit, prune out any upright or
vigorous shoots. |
3-5"
per year. |
3-4
ft. |
Blue
|
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea
pungens
'Hillside' |
A
compact spruce selection with grey-green needles, an intermediate
shade between the blue of 'Montgomery' and the green of 'Globe'.
Most pleasing when used with the bolder conifer colors. |
3-6"
per year. |
3-6
ft. |
Bluish
Green |
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea
pungens
'Hoopsi'
|
Long,
thick, bright silver-blue needles give 'Hoopsi' its bluest of blue
color. A superb, stately mature plant, uniformly staked to insure
an attractive upright habit. |
12"+
per year. |
10-12
ft |
Blue
|
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
| Picea pungens 'Lundeby's Dwarf' |
Steel-blue needles and horizontally-layered branches make 'Lundeby's Dwarf' a neat and reliable landscape conifer that becomes wider than tall with age. A rare form of Colorado Blue Spruce, it stays compact and provides an attractive mounding form that stays in scale, even in small urban and suburban gardens. Discovered by Lundeby Nursery in North Dakota. |
1-2"
per year. |
Up
to 1.5 ft. |
Blue |
Globose |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea pungens
'Iseli Fastigiate' |
This
selection from Iseli Nursery is an extremely ornamental blue spruce
with a strongly fastigiate habit. 'Iseli Fastigiate' looks like
a fat, steel-blue cigar, making this sentinel the perfect blue accent. |
12"+
per year. |
10+
ft. |
Blue
|
Upright
Narrow |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea
pungens
'Iseli
Foxtail' |
An
unusual form of the blue spruce, aptly named for the tapered needle
length being longer at the base of the shoot than at the shoot tip.
According to the late Dr. J.C. Raulston, North Carolina State University,
this selection has shown greater adaptability to the climate of
the southeast compared with other Colorado spruce selections. Stylish,
open pyramidal tree. |
12"+
per year. |
10+
ft. |
Blue
|
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea pungens
'Kosteri' |
Koster
blue spruce is one of the best known of the older blue Colorado
selections. A somewhat impetuous and unpredictable tree when young,
we encourage individual forms to exist in juvenility; prostrate,
upright and even sweeping. As each plant matures, however, a leader
forms and an elegant blue spruce emerges. Cold hardy, drought tolerant
and adaptable. |
12"+
per year. |
10+
ft. |
Blue
|
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea
pungens
'Mesa
Verde' |
Nest
spruce form with Colorado spruce hardiness and texture. A compact,
spreading form with uniform shape, and refreshing green color describe
this new spruce from Iseli Nursery. Beautiful low growing evergreen
for the toughest of climates. |
6-12"
per year. |
5-10
ft. |
Green
|
Spreading
|
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea
pungens
'Montgomery'
|
Another
of the globe-shaped, compact blue spruces, similar to 'Globosa',
growing into a broad, pyramid shape when mature. |
3-5"
per year. |
3-4
ft. |
Blue
|
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea pungens
'Mrs. Cesarini' |
A
bright green, flattened mound that is densely branched and profusely
budded. Shiny needles and a clustered, light-green bud break on
branch ends gives `Mrs. Cesarini' a unique texture and color contrast. |
3-5"
per year. |
3-4
ft. |
Green
|
Globose
|
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea
pungens
'Pendula'
|
A
lovely garden tree with weeping habit, presenting a beautiful cascading
effect. The terminal growth requires staking when young. Has lower
branches which are angled down or pendulous. This plant makes a
graceful statement, either staked up or allowed to spread as a ground
cover. |
12+"
per year. |
Varies
with culture. |
Blue
|
Pendulous
|
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea pungens
'Procumbens' |
Similar
to 'Pendula' in color, but used as a spreading, undulating ground
cover. `Procumbens' is very effective when draped over a rock wall
or slope. |
6-12"
per year. |
5-10
ft. Spread. |
Blue
|
Prostrate
|
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
| Picea pungens 'Sester Dwarf' |
Stunning blue needles, slow growth rate, and classic conical form make this dwarf spruce an ideal plant for the modern landscape. Only about one-fourth the growth of its larger parent, it is the perfect small form of Colorado Blue Spruce, and it requires little maintenance or pruning to keep its tidy shape. Found as a seedling selection by Sester Farms, Gresham, Oregon. Best in full sun. |
3-6"
per year. |
3-5
ft. |
Bluish |
Upright
Broad |
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea pungens
'Shilo-Weeping' |
A
weeping selection which has an upright leader with the side branches
hanging down in a dense curtain of blue foliage. This plant continues
to develop its weeping character and beauty as it ages. |
12"+
per year. |
10+
ft. |
Blue
|
Pendulous
|
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
Picea pungens
'St. Mary's Broom' |
A
dwarf blue selection with relatively long, wide-angled needles for
such a slow-growing plant. Slower growing than 'Montgomery', it
is reliably mounding or globose without any tendency to grow a leader. |
1-2"
per year. |
15-18".
|
Blue
|
Globose
|
Full
sun. |
-50
to -40 F |
