Botanical Overview
Weeping Blue Spruce (Picea pungens ‘The Blues’) is a weeping, irregular; requires staking for height suited to wholesale landscape projects.
Key Characteristics
- Mature Size: 6–15 (with staking) ft tall × 4–8 ft wide
- Hardiness Zone: 2–7
- Form: Weeping, irregular; requires staking for height
Environmental Requirements
- Sun: Full sun
- Soil: Moist, well-drained; tolerates a range
- Moisture: Average; avoid prolonged drought
Seasonal Interest
- Flowering: Non-flowering; produces male/female cones in spring Reddish to yellow pollen cones
- Fall Colour: Evergreen
- Fruit / Cones: None
- Seasonal Notes: Striking blue weeping branches
Landscape Uses
Specimen, screening, windbreak
Additional Notes
- Wildlife Value: Cover and seed for birds
- Native Range: Rocky Mountains (USA)
Availability
Supplied by Uxbridge Nurseries as wholesale nursery stock. Contact us for current availability and quotes.
