Blue Falls Weeping Colorado Spruce - 3 Gallon Pot
$98.99
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$98.99
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Blue Falls Weeping Colorado Spruce - 3 Gallon Pot
$98.99
Sale price
$98.99
Regular price
$114.00
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Description
Blue Falls Weeping Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Blue Falls'
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-7b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Coniferous Evergreen Tree
Height at Maturity: 6-8 or so left to grow naturally, up to 8-12 feet staked as an upright tree
Width at Maturity: 6-7' or more left to grow naturally, 3' when staked as an upright tree
Spacing: Best as a specimen, or use 2 to frame an entrance
Growth Habit / Form: Irregular Weeping Mound or Upright Weeping Pyramid, you decide
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate; 6 to 12 inches per year
Foliage Color: Bright Dusty Blue to Silvery Blue
Fragrant Foliage: Yes
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun in the hot South
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Moist to Damp But Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 - 7.5
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Cold (-40°F), Deer, Disease, Drought (when established), Insect
Description
An elegant and highly ornamental specimen or accent plant for the refined landscape, the 'Blue Falls' Weeping Colorado Blue Spruce is an evergreen conifer that is sure to please the eye with graceful form and soothing color. When left to grow naturally, its weeping branches ramble to develop a "designer original" unlike any other that might reach 5 to 6 feet tall and 6 feet or more wide over time. That said, selective pruning can be done for a desired form. When staked to grow upright, it will form a more narrow weeping tree up to 12 feet tall with beautifully cascading branches that weep to the ground. How tall you want it to grow will depend on the height of the stake. Excellent in rock or conifer gardens, to accentuate an entryway, or anywhere you want a captivating and outstanding feature plant.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Blue Falls Weeping Colorado Spruce is ideal for use as an accent tree in rock or conifer gardens, to accentuate an entryway, in home foundation plantings, or anywhere you want an outstanding feature plant that grabs attention. A fine addition to conifer gardens, rock gardens, blue theme gardens, Zen gardens, and Asian gardens.
Suggested Spacing: Best as a specimen, or use two to frame an entrance
Growing Preferences
Blue Falls Weeping Colorado Blue Spruce is easy to grow in a damp to moist but well-drained soil of average fertility. As with so many other conifers, constantly soggy or wet soils can be problematic, leading to root rot or other harmful plant diseases. So make sure to plant this one in well-drained soil, whether in the ground or in pots. It grows best in full sun; however, in Zones 7b and maybe even 8a, where summers are hot, it will prefer some shade or filtered sun during the afternoon when the sunlight and heat are most intense. Once established, water needs are lower when growing in the ground. In pots, soil moisture will need to be monitored more closely, especially during summer. When the top two inches of soil are dry, provide water.
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