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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.

Black Spruce is a medium-sized coniferous tree that tolerates wet ground better than most spruces. It has a characteristic straight trunk and a narrow crown.

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Christmas Blue spruce Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a

Zone: 1a

Height: 27 m (90 ft)

Height: 20 m (66 ft)

Spread: 6 m (20 ft)

Spread: 5 m (16 ft)

Moisture: dry, normal

Moisture: normal, wet

Light: full sun

Light: any

Hybrid: no

Fuzz/fluff: no

Catkins: no

Growth rate: slow

Life span: long

Maintenance: low

Suckering: none

Pollution tolerance: high

Pollution tolerance: medium

Other Names: colorado christmas spruce

Other Names: bog spruce, canadian spruce, double spruce, eastern spruce, shorleaf black spruce, swamp spruce

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Tags: All Items, Columnar or Narrow, Native Alberta Plants, Native British Columbia Plants, Native Manitoba Plants, Native New Brunswick Plants, Native Newfoundland Plants, Native North America Plants, Native Northwest Territories Plants, Native Nova Scotia Plants, Native Nunavut Plants, Native Ontario Plants, Native Prince Edward Island Plants, Native Quebec Plants, Native Saskatchewan Plants, Native Yukon Plants, Spruce, Waterside and Riparian Zone Plants

Ships to Canada: yes
Ships to USA: yes

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