Picea pungens f. glauca 'Fastigiata'
Columnar Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens f. glauca ′Fastigiata′ - Overall Tree
 Family:
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 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Blue (New growth is a strong blue that fades to a bluish-green with age; evergreen)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Cone)
 Ultimate Height:
25 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
7 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Four-sided, stiff, sharply pointed needles. Woody petioles remain on branch after needles fall. Yellowish-brown buds with papery scales that resemble a dried flower. Younger twigs are yellowish tan and glabrous. Staminate cones orange and pistillate cones greenish-yellow.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Foliage Characteristics 55
  • Screen 179
  • Specimen 612
  • Slow Growth Rate 266

    • Additional Information

    'Fastigiata' is a striking conifer with its intense blue-colored foliage and columnar habit. Some drought tolerance. Blue spruce must be used with restraint because it does not combine well with other plantings in the landscape. Some susceptibility to Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid (Adelges cooleyi).

    3 Picea pungens f. glauca 'Fastigiata' found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    1ORIG_0278*ASHRV
    2ORIG_0045*APOUL
    3ORIG_0028*APOUL

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