Blue Beech vs Hoopsii Spruce - TreeTime.ca

Blue Beech vs Hoopsii Spruce

Carpinus caroliniana

Picea pungens Hoopsii

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NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

Blue Beech
Hoopsii Spruce

Blue Beech is a beautiful, ornamental tree with enticing features. The foliage transforms throughout the season, offering a kaleidoscope of color. New leaves emerge reddish-purple, transforming to dark green, and then turn striking shades of yellow, orange, and red in fall. Once all the foliage has dropped, grooved, blue-grey bark becomes striking on a winter landscape.

Blue Beech has an attractive globular shape and has been successfully grown in both full shade and full sun locations. Make sure you provide ample moisture to ensure this tree thrives.

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.

Blue Beech Quick Facts

Hoopsii Spruce Quick Facts

Zone: 3b
Zone: 2a
Height: 6 m (20 ft)
Height: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: any
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: yes
Catkins: no
Nuts: Small nuts with earthy, sweet taste
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: short
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none




Other Names: colorado hoopsii spruce