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The spruces (Picea) are attractive silver-blue or blue-green, and occassionally green conifers. Some spruces are large trees which make a mangificent statement in a landscape. Others are very small, and suitable for small gardens. Some species are conical, with the traditional shape of a Christmas tree, and some are ball shaped or more columner and upright.
The spruces prefer rich moist soil that is acid or neutral. They prefer full sun. As garden varieties, the spruces are sturdy, low maintenance plants, providing a subtle backdrop for herbaceous plants, and year-round colour and interest. They are evergreen, retaining their needles throughout the winter, and they are long lived, lasting up to 80 years. These trees are fully hardy in the UK, down to -20°C.
Spruces have the additional benefit of being resistant against attack by deer and rabbits, and they are also drought-proof. This makes them an ideal garden tree.
Spruces are closely related to, but distinct from, a number of other groups of popular garden conifers. The group of spruces (Picea) is a sibling to the fir trees (Abies), the cedars (Cedrus), the larches (Larix) and the genus of pines (Pinus). Collectively, they make up the family of the pines (Pinaceae).
Here are mailordertrees.co.uk we have a large collection of spruces to choose from and we present below a discussion of their different qualities so that you can choose the ideal plant for your garden.
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Picea pungens Baby Blue Eyes
Colorado Spruce
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Baby Blue Eyes'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10-20 years: 3m x 2.5mSpecial features: Mid-sized icy-silver/blue spruce. Handsome conical (Christmas tree) form.A very handsome specimen of the spruce family, with icy-blue/silver foliage and layered horizontal branches on a conical structure, to make a fine Christmas tree form. This brings out the layered shape of the tree and makes it particularly attractive seen in the distance. The tree grows to around 3m in ten to twenty years.
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Picea pungens Blue Trinket
Colorado Spruce
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Blue Trinket'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 4m x 3mSpecial features: A broadly pyramidal evergreen tree with blue needles. A broadly pyramidal evergreen tree with blue needles, very colorful, an ideal size for home landscape use; also this variety is extremely hardy and rugged surviving temperatures down to -30°C. The needles are highly ornamental and remain blue throughout the winter. When pruning is necessary, it is recommended to only trim back the new growth of the current season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Picea pungens Edith
Colorado Spruce Edith
Common Name: Colorado Spruce EdithLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Edith'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10-20 years: 3m/2.5mSpecial features: Mid-sized icy-silver/blue spruce. Handsome conical (Christmas tree) form.This is one of the most handsome of the spruces, with icy-blue/silver foliage and layered horizontal branches on a conical structure, to make a fine Christmas tree form. The younger needles are more silver, while the older needles tend towards dark green. This brings out the layered shape of the tree and makes it particularly attractive seen in the distance. The tree grows to around 3m in ten to twenty years.
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Picea pungens Erich Frahm
Colorado Spruce
Common Name: Blue Colorado SpruceLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Erich Frahm'Soil: Any free draining soilPosition: Full sun Hardiness: Fully hardyFlowering Period: AutumnFlowering Colour: Brown cones when matureEventual Height/Spread after 20 years: 4m/ 2mThe 'Erich Frahm' blue Colorado Spruce is a beautiful evergreen conifer tree. It features densely-packed braches that are covered with eye-catching silvery blue needles. Mature plants will also see the added interest of cones which appear with age. This Spruce maintains its lovely conical shape and does not benefit from regular pruning. Please ensure that you plant this tree in an area with enough space for it to grow and maintain its distinctive shape.
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Picea pungens Fat Albert
Colorado Spruce Fat Albert
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Fat AlbertLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 3m x 2mSpecial features: Blue conical evergreen conifer, winter interest. RHS Award of Garden Merit.Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' is a handsome conical (Christmas tree) shaped conifer, with a beautifully subtle steel-blue colour to its needles. It grows about thirty centimetres in height per year to reach about three metres in ten years, and finally matures at three to five metres. This tree produces cones and they are five to ten centrimetres, and are greenish when young. The cones are a light brown colour at maturity.
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Picea pungens Globosa
Colorado Spruce Thume
Common Name: Colorado Spruce GlobosaLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Globosa'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 1.5m x 1mSpecial features: Roughly ball-shaped silver-blue conifer. Picea pungens 'Globosa' is a roughly ball-shaped silver/blue conifer, suitable for small gardens. It's grows to approximately 1m to 2.5m in height and width after 10 years.
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Picea pungens Gloria
Colorado Spruce Gloria
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Gloria Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Gloria'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 0.3m x 1.5mSpecial features: Roughly ball-shaped silver-blue conifer. Picea pungens 'Gloria' is a ground spreading low growing silver/blue conifer, suitable for small gardens. It is a very slow-growing variety and it grows to approximately 0.3m in height and 1.5m wide after 10 years.
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Picea pungens Hoopsii
Colorado Spruce Hoopsii
Common Name: Colorado SpruceLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'Soil: Acid, neutral. Free draining.Position: Full sun Hardiness: Fully hardyFlowering Period: AutumnFlowering Colour: Pine cones when matureEventual Height/Spread after 20 years: 4m/ 1.5mThe Picea pungens 'Hoopsii' is a classic garden conifer tree. This evergreen features densely-packed branches which form a lovely conical shape. The branches are encased in glaucous blue needles which really bring a unique burst of colour to your garden all year round. Small cones appear at the end of the shoots as the tree matures. This hardy ornamental tree can tolerate wet conditions, but it does need free draining soil. The Picea 'Hoopsii' is a low-maintenance tree and does not require any pruning.
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Picea pungens Iseli Fastigiate
Colorado Spruce Iseli Fastigiate
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Iseli FastigiateLatin Name: Picea Pungens 'Iseli Fastigiate'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10-20 years: 5m-10m/0.7mSpecial features: Handsome oval spruce. Blue needles maturing to darker blue-green. Rounded, upright blue spruce with branches that grow vertically upward, rather than horizontally outward as in so many other varieties. The whole tree is shaped like a vertically elongated oval, which gives a pleasingly comfortable outline in a border. Young needles are more silver than the greener mature needles so that there is a pattern of developing colour all over the tree. The colour change is very uniform, and again gives a pleasing aspect to the tree when viewed in the distance. This is a mid-sized to tall conifer which will provide a fine backdrop to a border, or take its place as a specimen tree in a larger landscape.
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Picea pungens Koster
Colorado Spruce
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Koster Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Koster'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 4m x 3mSpecial features: Blue conical evergreen conifer, winter interest. Picea pungens 'Koster' is a handsome conical (Christmas tree) shaped conifer, with a beautifully subtle steel-blue colour to its needles. It is very hardy and can survive in temperatures down to -40°C.
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Picea pungens Schovenhorst
Barb Spruce
Common Name: Barb SpruceLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Schovenhorst'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 3m x 1.5mSpecial features: The branches are mostly horizontalAlso known as the barb spruce is a medium sized, upright evergreen tree. The branches are mostly horizontal. It has light gray-blue to gray-green foilage throughout winter. Light brown elongated fruits cones which are 6-10 cm in length, appear during Winter when mature. It is well tolerated in the urban environment and drought resistant and very cold resistant.
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Picea pungens Thume
Colorado Spruce Thume
Common Name: Colorado Spruce ThumeLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Thume'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutral.Position: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 1m-2.5m/1m-2.5mSpecial features: Roughly ball-shaped silver-blue conifer. Picea pungens 'Thume' is a roughly ball-shaped silver/blue conifer, suitable for small gardens. It's grows to approximately 1m to 2.5m in height and width after 10 years.
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