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-sided, bluish gray-green, arranged radially, round with flat top; seed cones lacking.
Habit:
Spreading
Form:
Oval - horizontal
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.7 - 1.3m
Mature 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:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Rock garden, Winter interest
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Needle-like
Arrangement:
Spiraled
Texture/Venation:
Leathery, Prickly
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Summer:
Bluish, Green
Colour in Fall:
Bluish, Green
Shapes:
Acicular
Apices:
Acute
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers, Purple, Red
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Fruit Colour:
Brown (may be red or puple when immature)
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Absent (male cultivar)
Bark Morphology:
Lightly fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Brown
Organ Modifications:
Ectomycorrhizae
Propagation:
Grafting
Pest Susceptibility:
Blight or needle cast, Canker or sap rot, Mites, Rust (Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZW) GAZebo West : q.1 cv? not very bluish