species
Picea pungens
Colorado spruce
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Picea pungens belongs to the family Pinaceae, also known as Colorado spruce, introduced to the UK. It reaches 15 m tall and 6 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam or sand soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in well drained or moist conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 15 m tall × 6 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- In the UK
- Introduced
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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