Globe Blue Spruce - Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa' Pine Family (Pinaceae)
- It is slow-growing and can get 3-5 feet tall and 5-6 feet wide
- Globe blue spruce is a flat topped, conifer ornamental tree, prized for its blue needles
- The rigid branches provide excellnt rain protection and nesting areas for birds
- There are recorded globe spruces that are 600-800 years old. They’re in it for the long haul
- Stiff, bristly, four-angled, green to blue-green to silver-blue needles (to 1.5″ long) point outward from the branches in all directions. Cylindrical light brown cones (to 4″ long) have flexible scales
Pro Tip: The Keres and Navajo tribes consider the blue spruce a significant good luck charm
References:
- Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globasa’. Missouri Botanical Garden. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c825 No Publication Date. Accessed January 23, 2024.
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