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Fat Blue Albert Spruce

Fat Blue Albert Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' Description: Similar shape to a Colorado Blue Spruce without the 80' height. An exceptional blue needled tree with a broad, pyramidal shape. Fantastic, consistent...

Fat Blue Albert Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' Description: Similar shape to a Colorado Blue Spruce without the 80' height. An exceptional blue needled tree with a broad, pyramidal shape. Fantastic, consistent...

Colorado Blue Spruce

Colorado Blue Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea pungens glauca Description: Very stiff, regular, horizontal branches forming a broad pyramid. Blue form of the species. Prefers dry soil. A hardy tree tolerant of many growing...

Colorado Blue Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea pungens glauca Description: Very stiff, regular, horizontal branches forming a broad pyramid. Blue form of the species. Prefers dry soil. A hardy tree tolerant of many growing...

Blue Diamond Spruce

Blue Diamond Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Blue Diamond' Description: Blue Diamond is a true jewel. This conifer is a variety of Colorado spruce with intensely blue colored needles with silver overlay. They...

Blue Diamond Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Blue Diamond' Description: Blue Diamond is a true jewel. This conifer is a variety of Colorado spruce with intensely blue colored needles with silver overlay. They...

Alberta Spruce

Dwarf Alberta Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea glauca conica Description: A perfect cone shaped dwarf conifer displaying dense green needles which are soft to the touch. Excellent as a container plant or miniature Christmas...

Dwarf Alberta Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea glauca conica Description: A perfect cone shaped dwarf conifer displaying dense green needles which are soft to the touch. Excellent as a container plant or miniature Christmas...

Black Hills Spruce

Black Hills Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea glauca densata Description: Dense symmetrical cone shape. Dark green foliage. Cold hardy. Resistant to winter injury. Adaptable. Medium growth rate. Requires little, if any, pruning. Deer tolerant....

Black Hills Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea glauca densata Description: Dense symmetrical cone shape. Dark green foliage. Cold hardy. Resistant to winter injury. Adaptable. Medium growth rate. Requires little, if any, pruning. Deer tolerant....

Columnar Norway Spruce

Columnar Norway Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea abies 'Cupressina' Description: Elegant columnar selection, highly valued as a specimen, perimeter planting or accent plant. Slender, uniform growth habit with dense branching to the ground. Dark...

Columnar Norway Spruce

Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Latin Name: Picea abies 'Cupressina' Description: Elegant columnar selection, highly valued as a specimen, perimeter planting or accent plant. Slender, uniform growth habit with dense branching to the ground. Dark...