Blue Spruce Christmas Tree Seedlings

Seedling growth of blue spruce is also very slow and you need to be patient.

Blue spruce christmas tree seedlings.

Female cones are green with a violet colored bloom and average 2 to 4 inches in length. The blue spruce green spruce white spruce colorado spruce or colorado blue spruce with the latin scientific name picea pungens is a species of spruce tree. Colorado blue spruce trees do not need to be pruned but they can be pruned if you wish to promote denser foliage. The prevalence of diseases on blue spruce trees has intensified in recent years and.

Blue spruce seeds require a considerable period of light to germinate. Order spruce trees online or over the phone with delivery to your door. Blue spruce trees are widely planted due to their good growth rate stately form and of course their blue foliage. Colorado spruce bare root seedlings approx 9 15 tall.

Thanks to their color rich foliage and classic shape they make perfect christmas trees. These cones drop their seeds in spring. The most popular spruce by any measure colorado spruce are often the primary choice for christmas trees ornamental landscaping evergreen privacy screens and windbreaks this ornamental spruce features a pleasing conical shape can reach heights of over 100 feet and can live for up to 800 years. Unfortunately blue spruce trees are subject to a wide range of insect and disease problems that can impact their growth and aesthetic appeal.

Its natural range extends from northern new mexico through colorado and utah to wyoming and into alberta and british columbia but it has been widely. Using the baby blue spruce as christmas trees. This spruce is conical pyramidal in its appearance and exhibits very dense growth. 14 to 16 hours per day.

In addition the blue spruce is often susceptible to damage from insects. If the length of light falls below 12 hours a day they become dormant. Make sure to water young plants during dry spells. Colorado blue spruce are magnificent trees that adapt to a variety of soil types and various moisture situations.

It s not too difficult to plant a succession of them so one matures n time for the holiday season every year and can be cut for the home. Buy trees and give a gift of trees through our trees in memory and trees for america programs. There s one other use for these trees that deserves a mention. It is native to north america and is found in growing zones 1 through 7.

Prune off half of the fresh growth on each candle that is the tip at which branch growth occurs each year in spring. From alberta to blue spruce the tree center has a number of spruce trees to choose from.