Globe Blue Spruce
Picea pungens 'globosa'
Globe Blue Spruce is a low, slow-growing native conifer shrub with a flat-topped mounded form. Its short blue-green needles emerge with a silvery tint and brighten in summer. Prefers full sun and rich, moist well-drained acidic soils.
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Height: |
3' - 5' |
Spread: |
5' - 6' |
Spacing: |
5’ |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
2 - 8 |
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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: Famartin, 2021-06-25 17 16 58 Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce growing along Cobra Drive in the Chantilly Highlands section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) KENPEI, Picea pungens Globosa2, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) KENPEI, Picea pungens Globosa1, CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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