Meyers Spruce vs Hoopsii Spruce - TreeTime.ca

Meyers Spruce vs Hoopsii Spruce

Picea meyeri

Picea pungens Hoopsii

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Meyers Spruce
Hoopsii 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 Hoopsii Spruce is a cold-hardy variety that has attractive silvery-blue foliage. It is a dense evergreen tree with a distinctive pyramidal form. The needles are highly ornamental and retain their color throughout the winter, which allowed it to win the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.

The Hoopsii Spruce, is a Blue Spruce cultivar and is popular due to being relatively low-maintenance and having a high pollution tolerance.

Meyers Spruce Quick Facts

Hoopsii Spruce Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Height: 12 m (40 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 hoopsii spruce