Iseli Foxtail Blue Spruce is a slow-growing native conifer shrub with horizontal branching forming a refined pyramidal habit. Its new growth emerges as soft bright blue needles that sharpen as they mature to blue-green and hold their color in winter. Prefers full sun and rich, moist well-drained acidic soils.
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| Origins: | Rocky Mountains, USA | 
| Height: | 30' - 50' | 
| Spread: | 10' - 20' | 
| Spacing: | 15’ | 
| USDA Hardiness Zone: | 2 - 8 | 
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| Bloom Color: | N/A | 
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. Susceptible to needle cast, rust, and cytospora canker. Watch for aphids, scale, bagworms and budworms. Spider mites infestations can severally damage new growth.
LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or mass plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Foundation Planting, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Ninebark, Weigela, Smoke Tree
IMAGES: Ivanhercaz, Picea pungens in Rue Holt, Montreal, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
 
   
   
             
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
 
    
  
