Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce) vs Meyers Spruce - TreeTime.ca

Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce) vs Meyers Spruce

Picea meyeri

Picea pungens

Meyers Spruce
Blue Spruce (Colorado 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.

Blue Spruce, also known as Colorado Spruce, is our best selling tree! People are attracted to the distinctive blue-green color of this hardy evergreen. But Blue Spruce really stands out because it is tough, long lived, and adapted to a wide range of growing conditions. Blue Spruce trees are ideally suited for use in shelterbelts, privacy screens, or as accent trees.

Please note: our Blue Spruce are grown from seed and the needles vary in color from green to blue.

Meyers Spruce Quick Facts

Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce) Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Foliage: blueish green needles
Bark: grey-brown with irregular flaking
Cones: large light brown cones (up to 10 cm long), mature in August and open on the tree, then fall to the ground over the following year
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


In row spacing: 3 - 4 m (10 - 12 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Other Names: chinese blue spruce
Other Names: colorado blue spruce, colorado spruce