Globe Blue Spruce vs Hoopsii Spruce - TreeTime.ca

Globe Blue Spruce vs Hoopsii Spruce

Picea pungens Hoopsii

Picea pungens Glauca Globosa

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

Hoopsii Spruce
Globe Blue Spruce

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.

The Globe Blue Spruce is a uniquely shaped evergreen shrub species, with a rounded and compact form. It has silvery-blue needles that can last all winter, which add to its ornamental value.

The Globe Blue Spruce is a cultivar of the Blue Spruce and is especially popular in urban environments for its eye-catching shape, cold-hardiness and high pollution tolerance.

Hoopsii Spruce Quick Facts

Globe Blue Spruce Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 12 m (40 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Light: 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: silver-blue
Foliage: silver-blue
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: colorado hoopsii spruce
Other Names: colorado globe spruce