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Blue Spruce
Pinaceae Picea pungens
Photo courtesy of Michigan State University - Department of Horticulture.
Picea is the Latin name for the pine, spruce or fir, from the Greek pissa. Pungens is from pungere, the Latin word "to sting." The needles of the blue spruce are very sharp pointed. Another common name is Colorado spruce. The Navajo call it ch'o deeni'nii. The Lakota did not have a name for Colorado Blue Spruce since it was not found on the prairie.
The Colorado Blue Spruce is a member of Pinaceae, the pine family, along with ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Black Hills spruce (Picea glauca var. Densata). The leaves are evergreen, 3/4 to 1 1/4 inches (2 to 3 cm) long, 4-sided needles that are dull green to silvery-blue. Cones are orange (male) or greenish (female). The mature female cone is cylindrical and 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) long with papery scales. Blue spruce pollen is wind borne. Twigs become orange-brown with age. The bark is gray and composed of thin, loosely attached scales.
Colorado Blue Spruce is native from northwestern Wyoming and eastern Idaho to Arizona and New Mexico. It is found at elevations between 6,000 and 9,000 feet (183 to 274 km). While Colorado Blue Spruce has been planted throughout South Dakota, its best growth is in the eastern part of the state. The best sites are moist, sunny locations. Colorado Blue Spruce is not shade tolerant. The tree does do better in dry soils than most spruce, however.
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Colorado Blue Spruce Trees... The trees are between 12" and 24" tall when shipped... And shipped Bare Root...
Shipping and planting times are winter and spring months. Please choose from following months: November thru April. But we will make exceptions with limited warranties due to heat during shipping.
And, any tree shipped during normal green and growth months ...which is May through October is going to arrive with brown, burned leaves. They will recover and go green again, but they are going to look dead on arrival.
PRICING AS FOLLOWS:
2 Colorado Blue Spruce Trees = $12.95 plus $9.50 s/h.
10 Colorado Blue Spruce Trees = $33.95 plus $12.50 s/h.
25 Colorado Blue Spruce Trees = $49.95 plus $20.00 s/h.
50 Colorado Blue Spruce Trees = $89.95 plus $25.00 s/h.
100 Colorado Blue Spruce Trees = $178.00 plus $32.50 s/h.
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