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

Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce) vs Hoopsii Spruce

Picea pungens Hoopsii

Picea pungens

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Hoopsii Spruce
Blue Spruce (Colorado 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.

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.

Hoopsii Spruce Quick Facts

Blue Spruce (Colorado Spruce) Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 12 m (40 ft)
Height: 27 m (90 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


In row spacing: 3 - 4 m (10 - 12 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)


Other Names: colorado hoopsii spruce
Other Names: colorado blue spruce, colorado spruce