Scientific Name:	Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa'
Pronunciation:	PYE-see-uh PUN-jenz
Common Name:	blue globe Colorado spruce
Family Name:	Pinaceae
Plant Type:	Conifer
Key ID Features:	Bark scaly; needles stiff, 4-angled, bluish gray-green, arranged radially, round with flat top; female cones lacking.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Spreading Form: Oval - horizontal Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Garden origin, U.S. - northwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Rock garden, Winter interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Needle-like Arrangement: Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Leathery, Prickly Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Bluish, Green Colour in Fall: Bluish, Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Acicular Margins:

Inflorescence Type: n/a (male cone) Flower Morphology: n/a Colour (petals): No flowers, Purple, Red Flower Time at Peak:

Fruit Type: Cone (winged seeds) Fruit Colour: Brown, (may be red or puple when immature) Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Ectomycorrhizae

Propagation:	Grafting

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZW) GAZebo West : q.1 Location Map

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