Flowering TreesColorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) is a slow-growing flowering tree, 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, drought and pollution.
- USDA zones
- 2-7
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 30-60 ft × 10-20 ft
- Spacing
- 12-24 feet
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Foliage
- Blue, Silver, Green
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Pollution, Rabbits
- Native to
- Rocky Mountains
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Colorado Blue Spruce is hardy to about -50°F (estimated from USDA zone 2), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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