The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce
Bower & Branch Trees and Plants
Picea pungens 'The Blues'
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OVERFLOWING WITH UNIQUENESS IN EVERY BRANCH
FEATURES:
- Stunningly bright blue needles weep down toward the ground
- Unique branching habit creates individuality from plant to plant
- Year round interest with extreme cold hardiness
- Tolerant of urban pollution and very easy to care for
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Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 2-8
- Mature Height: 5-6' tall
- Mature Width: 5-6' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Spacing: 6-8' apart
Why plant The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce?
One of these things is not like the other! The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce is a unique specimen tree covered in dazzling, steely blue needles that weep down toward the ground. However, if symmetry is your 'thing', you may want to pass, as The Blues is known for being one kind! The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce, maintaining its status in the Pine family, produces light brown cones when maturity is met. With its slow growth rate and very manageable lifestyle, this Spruce is a perfect fit in any home landscape.
The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce was found by Larry Stanley of Stanley & Sons Nursery in Boring Oregon around 1982 as a side sport on "Glauca Pendula." The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce was chosen in 2008 for the ACS Collector's Conifer of the Year Program.
How to use The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce in the landscape?
The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce would do wonderfully in a rock garden to add color to muted tones as well as movement. You can never go wrong planting this tree as a specimen to bring attention to your property. A few other place we can recommend would be woodland type gardens as well as more urban garden areas.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 2-8
How To Plant The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce
Grows best in sunny locations with well draining soils, however it is adaptable to most soil types - making location decisions very easy. Plants well with Maiden Grass, Butterfly Bush, Potentilla, Ninebark, as well as Spirea.
How To Water
When first planted, we suggest a regular watering schedule weekly until established. Once established, it can handle more infrequent water, however, they do prefer consistently moist soil.
How To Fertilize
While growing steady on its own The Blues Weeping Blue Spruce does not often require fertilizer however for added boost to growth and nutrition we offer our Elements Starter Plant Food.
How To Prune
Pruning your Weeping Blue Spruce is not actually necessary unless you have a design in mind. However, if you do decide to, do so in late summer to fall would be best but also in early spring before new growth flushes out.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
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Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
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