PlantsTrees
Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Blue evergreen for a yard that can hold it
ModerateTrees
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 40–60 ft
- Spacing
- 15–25 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Evergreen
- How it spreads
- Large conifer
- What to buy
- Container plants. Know the mature size.
- When to plant
- Plant April.
In the design
Needlecast diseases bother blue spruce in humid Chicago summers. Don't plant it two feet from the porch.
