Picea pungens Glauca Pendula - Blue spruce
Picea pungens Glauca Pendula - Blue spruce
Picea pungens Glauca Pendula - Blue spruce
Picea pungens Glauca Pendula
Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce, Silver Spruce
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Description
Picea pungens 'Glauca Pendula' is a dwarf and weeping form of the blue spruce. It develops a twisted habit with trailing branches along the trunk, eventually forming a narrow and columnar silhouette. Of moderate growth, it produces blue-grey needles densely arranged around its branches. Its compact and narrow size and low maintenance, make it suitable for planting in rockeries or flower beds, or even in pots on the terrace or in front of the house. It thrives everywhere, as long as it is in the sun, in well-drained soil, even occasionally dry and slightly chalky.
Native to the west coast of the United States, and the Rocky Mountains of North America, up to Canada, Picea pungens, also known as Colorado Blue Spruce or Blue Spruce, is a very hardy evergreen conifer belonging to the pinaceae family. In its natural environment, it grows slowly, with an elegant and very regular conical habit, with very tiered horizontal branches. This tree can reach a height of 25 to 40 m tolerating limestone soils and some drought.
The 'Glauca Pendula' variety, derived from this species, is a selection from seedlings by the Koster & Co. nursery in Boskoop, the Netherlands. It is a charming small conifer, with a pendulous and narrow habit. It reaches 3 to 5 m in height at maturity, but its growth is slow. It produces trailing branches along the trunk, covered with very short and sharp needles, arranged in dense brushes around the branches. Its foliage is a fairly light blue-grey. Its scaly, grey-purple bark is quite decorative.
The 'Glauca Pendula' Blue Spruce stands out for its original silhouette and compact growth that requires no maintenance, making it a perfect choice for rockeries or small flower beds, or even as a standalone specimen to highlight its twisted habit. Its ability to thrive in a pot also allows it to decorate a terrace. This spruce blends perfectly with rocks in the garden. It can be accompanied by dwarf conifers with columnar or rounded habits to enhance the visual impact through contrast. Essential in the creation of contemporary gardens that enhance the aesthetics of shapes, silhouettes, and textures rather than blooms. Conifers, with their constancy, can structure a space in a lasting way, delineate paths, border terraces and advantageously replace trimmed boxwoods or hollies. They pair well with ground cover plants such as aubrietas, ceraistes, bushy salvias, and flowering shrubs, allowing for a subtle play on volumes and colours.
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Botanical data
Picea
pungens
Glauca Pendula
Pinaceae
Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce, Silver Spruce
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant Picea pungens 'Glauca Pendula' from September to November and from February to June in fertile, well-drained, light, rather neutral, slightly calcareous, or slightly acidic soil, even dry in summer. A sandy, loamy, humus-bearing, or rocky soil will be perfect. Choose a sunny (or at most semi-shaded) location, sheltered from prevailing winds. In a wet situation, it will be more sensitive to root rot. Soak the root balls well before planting. You can add an organic fertiliser at planting and water generously in the first years and in case of prolonged drought. In poor soil, apply a special conifer fertiliser every year in April and hoe the soil in summer. This extremely hardy conifer dislikes heavy soils, waterlogged in winter.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.