Spruce, Globe Blue Spruce

Globe Blue Spruce is a low, slow-growing native conifer shrub with a flat-topped mounded form.  Its short blue-green needles emerge with a silvery tint and brighten in summer.  Prefers full sun and rich, moist well-drained acidic soils.  

Syn. with Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa'

Type:	Shrub, Conifer
Height:	3' - 5'
Spread:	5' - 6'
Spacing:	5’
USDA Hardiness Zone:	2 - 8
Culture:	Full Sun
Bloom Color:	N/A
Season of Interest:	Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant. Susceptible to needle cast, rust, and cytospora canker.  Watch for aphids, scale, bagworms and budworms.  Spider mites infestations can severally damage new growth.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Specimen or mass plantings, Borders,  Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Foundation Planting, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Ninebark, Weigela, Smoke Tree

IMAGES: Famartin, 2021-06-25 17 16 58 Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce growing along Cobra Drive in the Chantilly Highlands section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) KENPEI, Picea pungens Globosa2, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) KENPEI, Picea pungens Globosa1, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.