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Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens · Conifer
Colorado Blue Spruce is a slow-growing conifer, hardy in USDA zones 2-7, that matures to about 30–60 ft × 10–20 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained soil. It stands up well to deer and drought and pollution.
- USDA zones
- 2-7
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 30–60 ft × 10–20 ft
- Spacing
- 12–24 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Foliage
- Blue, Silver, Green
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Pollution, Rabbits
- Native to
- Rocky Mountains
Will it survive your winters?
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