Meyers Spruce vs Christmas Blue spruce - TreeTime.ca

Meyers Spruce vs Christmas Blue spruce

Picea meyeri

Picea pungens Christmas Blue

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Meyers Spruce
Christmas Blue spruce

Meyer's Spruce is a popular accent tree with a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. This tree resembles Blue Spruce with its flaking bark and bluish-green needles. Meyer's Spruce can tolerate very dry conditions. This species is deer resistant.

The Christmas Blue Spruce is a popular choice for Christmas tree farms due to its strong scent and pyramidal shape. This is a cultivar of the Blue Spruce and is a cold-hardy evergreen tree with grey-blue needles.

The Christmas Blue Spruce is highly pollution tolerant, and is native to North America.

Meyers Spruce Quick Facts

Christmas Blue spruce Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Moisture: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Bark: grey-brown with irregular flaking
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none




Other Names: chinese blue spruce
Other Names: colorado christmas spruce