Problem with Colorado blue spruce
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Colorado Blue Spruce: color vs statue
Comments (12)i can not speak to your heat and zone .... as i am life long z5 handicapped ... the girards peep are just great peeps.. great value for price ... the only caution i might make.. is to nearly bare root anything you get.. no matter from who .. and find out if the plant is root bound in the pot ... untangle or prune to reduce future problems ... below are the pix i promised ... in closing.. for 20 odd bucks.. plant one if it thrills you.. if in 10 years it is a problem .. get rid of it.. most likely.. you will blow more per year on a coffee rather than the 2 bucks over ten years ... no matter which plant you choose ... good luck ken here are some pix 2006 2008 with growth chart .... and some closeups .......See Morecolorado spruce problem
Comments (2)Where are you, is it in shade, how is it watered, was it hit by lawn chemicals, and do you have a picture? tj...See MoreColorado Blue Spruce Growth rate
Comments (24)Just a note about the trees you may find at the "big box" stores: Don't make any assumptions that they are bad--they may be a bit careless about what they buy and sell to the public, but they don't make any special efforts to always offer terrible trees. Before you pay a lot for some tree, check out your local Walmart, Home Depot, etc. This year here in Winchester, VA the local Walmart had really, really top quality green giants--better than any of the regular nurseries around here had for two to four times the price. I bought some and the root systems were beautiful. And the same Walmart had Colorado spruce that were just sold as seedlings. Some obviously were, but there were two mixed in that had color and form as good as any I have ever seen, including Hoopsi--2 1/2 footers for $24. I wonder if these were really seedlings, or if somehow some special blue cultivars got mixed in by mistake. I have loads of blue spruce, or I would have walked away with those beauties. As for the growth rate for blue spruce in good soil in the Northeast and central Atlantic states--18" per year would be a good average. Vigorous strains on very good soils can beat that. But they may not achieve that growth rate for several years after planting, if they are small and/or have some transplant shock. --Spruce...See MoreFlushing out of Norway Spruce and Colorado Blue Spruce
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