The Blues Blue Spruce
$60.00 Original price was: $60.00.$18.00Current price is: $18.00.
1000 in stock
SKU: n9tzQXSm22
Category: In Martha Stewart's Garden
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Slow growing; reaches 5 to 6 ft. tall and wide, in natural form.
| Description | With no two plants alike, the strongly weeping branches and irregularly spreading and drooping top create a unique, bright silver-blue specimen. A striking focal point when combined with complementing deep yellows, pinks and greens. Evergreen. |
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| Bloom Time | Conifer; prized for foliage. |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Compact Form |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Tolerates Urban Pollution, Road Salt Tolerant |
| Growth Rate | Slow |
| Foliage Color | Blue-green |
| Companion Plants | Maiden Grass (Miscanthus); Butterfly Bush (Buddleja); Potentilla (Potentilla); Ninebark (Physocarpus); Spirea (Spiraea) |
| Care Instructions | Grows in a wide range of well-drained soils. Thrives in cool summer areas. Water deeply, regularly during first few growing seasons to establish an extensive root system. Once established, adapts to less frequent water, but prefers consistent moisture. Apply a general-purpose fertilizer in early spring. May be trained to enhance form. |
| History | This dwarf, strongly weeping conifer with bright blue coloration originated as a side sport on a Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens ‘Glauca Pendula’). It was discovered by Larry Stanley at Stanley & Sons Nursery in Oregon, and in 2008 was one of two plants chosen for the American Conifer Society Collectors Confer of the Year. |