Scientific Name: Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa'
Common Name: blue globe Colorado spruce
Family Name: Pinaceae
Origin: Garden origin, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Conifer
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Rock garden, Winter interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Prickly, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire
Flowers: n/a (male cone), Purple, Red
Fruit: Brown
Key ID Features:
Bark scaly; needles stiff, 4-sided, bluish gray-green, arranged radially, round with flat top; seed cones lacking.