Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens ‘Glauca Pendula') py-SEE-ah PUN-jenz Genus:  Picea This spruce has blue foliage and drooping branches. It grows 3 or 4 inches a year, eventually spreading to about 8 feet wide and 4 feet tall, with silvery needles like its parent species. Noteworthy Characteristics:  Slow to grow and develop its characteristic outline. Usually used as a solitary specimen plant, but its crisp, sharp texture could add spark to a perennial border. Use in mass plantings. Care:  Grow in deep, moist but well-drained, neutral to acidic soil. Propagation:  Graft in winter. Problems:  Gall insects, aphids, caterpillars, sawfly, spider mites, lesion nematode, and scale instects. Various wood rots, witches' broom, mistletoe, rust, and needle cast

Overview

Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. Spread 6 ft. to 10 ft. Growth Pace Slow Grower Light Full Sun to Part Shade Moisture Medium Moisture Characteristics Showy Foliage Foliage Color Evergreen Uses Beds and Borders, Specimen Plant/Focal Point Type Trees