| HEIGHT: | 10 - 15 feet |
| SPREAD: | 3 - 5 feet |
| DISTINCTIONS: | Looks like a fat steel-blue cigar. |
| LIMITATIONS: | May be slow to get established; susceptible to spider mites; needles sharp to the touch; pesticides and anti-transpirants dissolve bluish color on needles; needles on newly planted trees turn purplish brown when dry and under stress. Does not do well near busy roadways or in southeast Alaska; often dies to snowline in the interior. |
| HARDINESS: | SC (Zone 2-3) |
| ORIGIN: | Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming |
| CULTIVARS: | There are many other cultivars of Picea pungens glauca. See entry under Evergreen Trees. |
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| The information for this Evergreen Shrub (377) was last updated on: 2012-01-27 15:11:17 | |
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