harsh winds
Propagation is difficult because most of its seed is sterile
pure white flowers with red anthers open from pink buds and bloom in early spring covering the branches before the leaves emerge
The stems are golden yellow at the base of the plant and gradually turn orange and fiery red towards the tip of the plant
but lack of sun can make autumn colours less attractive
Picea pungens | Colorado Blue Spruce - 160-170cm, 45lt Walnut harsh windsPicea pungens, or Colorado Spruce, is a large, narrow, conical to columnar, coniferous evergreen tree with horizontal branching to the ground, thin, grey and brownish bark with flaky scales, and stiff, prickly, needle like, blue green to silver blue leaves. The erect, light brown cones are female and yellowish to reddish purple are male. Cones are attractive to birds. Picea pungens thrives in hummus rich, neutral to acidic, consistently moist, well