Blue Spruce Iseli Fastigiate (Columnar) vs Fat Albert Spruce - TreeTime.ca

Blue Spruce Iseli Fastigiate (Columnar) vs Fat Albert Spruce

Picea pungens Fat Albert

Picea pungens Iseli Fastigiata

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Fat Albert Spruce
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The Fat Albert Spruce is a cold-hardy evergreen variety with silvery-blue needles, and a large, tear-drop shape. It is deer resistant, and considered a good choice for xeriscaping projects as it is quite drought tolerant.

The Fat Albert Spruce is a Blue Spruce cultivar that was introduced in the late 1970’s by the Iseli Nursery and is named after the fictional character of the same name.

Iseli Fastigiate Blue Spruce is perfect if you are looking for colour all year. A cultivar of the Blue Spruce, it is also known as the Columnar Colorado Blue Spruce. The Iseli Fastigiate Blue Spruce is one of the more distinctive evergreens. Its foliage is blueish in the spring and blue/green in the winter. Best used as an accent tree, the Blue Spruce has a narrowly upright and columnar form with upwards forking branches.

Fat Albert Spruce Quick Facts

Blue Spruce Iseli Fastigiate (Columnar) Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2b
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Height: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Foliage: silvery blue
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: iseli columnar blue spruce