Picea pungens
Pine Family, with several pests, of which spider mites are the worst, causing an overall decline in the new growth during mid-Summer, and several diseases, of which needle cast and trunk canker are the worst Blue Spruce is sometimes not sheared ... [... more]
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VARIOUS WOODY ORNAMENTAL PROBLEMS
Two diseases which commonly affect woody ornamentals in the Michigan area are cytospora canker of blue spruce and tip blight of junipers. Both of these are fungal diseases, and can be detected by the black spread of the fungus. Cytospora Canker ... [... more]
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Needle Cast of Spruce
The fungus Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii causes needle cast of spruce. It mostly occurs on spruces that are not being grown in their native habitat. The Colorado blue spruce is the most susceptible spruce to this disease. White spruce is moderately ... [... more]
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Needle Cast Disease of Blue Spruce
Black pycnidia (fruiting bodies) develop on infected needles. Promote good air circulation around trees by open spacing, selective pruning, and removing brush and grass around trees Symptoms of the disease are discoloration of the needles, needle ... [... more]
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Colorado Blue Spruce
The needle-like evergreen foliage of the Colorado Blue Spruce has a very stiff appearance. Its foliage color varies from blue-green to silver. For consistent color, choose a named cultivar that has been vegetatively propagated. (Foliage color ... [... more]
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Blue Spruce
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BLUE SPRUCE
Set against the beautiful, desolate landscape of northwest Montana, this collection of 12 richly evocative stories explores the mysteries and mores of life on a vanishing frontier. David Long writes with enviable, evocative precision.--William Kittredge. [... more]
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Picea pungens
Colorado spruce (also blue spruce) is a medium to large, narrow, pyramidal conifer with horizontal branching to the ground. It typically grows 30-60' tall in cultivation, but may reach 100' or more where it grows naturally. It is native to the ... [... more]
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Picea pungens 'Montgomery'
Colorado spruce, also commonly called Colorado blue spruce, is a medium-sized (to 100' tall) evergreen conifer which is native to the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to New Mexico, typically occurring at elevations ranging from 5500' to 11000'. ... [... more]
Missouri Botanical Garden |
Plant Dictionary
Globe Blue Spruce is a high-impact, strong focal point in the landscape, and should be used with discretion as it will draw attention away from all other nearby plants and structures. Picea pungens glauca 'Globosa' Globe Blue Spruce [... more]
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Colorado Blue Spruce - PA DCNR
LEAVES: Needles 4-sided, stiff, in-curved and spiny pointed to 1/4", usually blush-green, persist for 7-10 years. TWIGS: Orange-brown turning gray-brown with age, without hairs. Buds dark orange-brown. FRUIT: Cones to 4" long, cylindrical, ... [... more]
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The Blue Spruce
When a storm knocks down the blue spruce tree in a boy's yard, he and his father work with all their might to right the tree again. [... more]
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