Botanical Name: Common Names:
Picea pungens Montgomery Dwarf Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce, Conifer,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs, Conifers Conical, Dense, Horizontal Branching
Description:
Attractive dwarf evergreen conifer with a conical habit and dense blue foliage. Great for containers, rockeries and formal gardens. Grows approx. 50-90cm tall x 50-90cm wide. Very slow growing. Also available in a topiary standard.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Rockery, Topiary / Espalier, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free, Mites
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Pinaceae NorthAmerica
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Blue
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: N/A
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Slow
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: High
Wind: High