Moving Blue Spruce
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Moving 8' Blue Spruce
Comments (8)Been there done that... cut it down. We planted an 8' crabapple a couple years ago during spring. By fall we had to move this because we added a 3rd garage onto our house. We dug around it, pulled it out of the ground. It was a B&B tree... the soil pretty much fell apart and we were left with a bare root tree. We replanted, now about a year and a half later it looks great as if nothing happened. However, this was a special $80 tree... it took me and my dad about 4 hours to dig and replant. That's 8 hours back breaking labor for an $80 tree. I can imagine a spruce would be much harder since it hugs the ground, has sharp needles, and is probably much more established than mine was....See MoreNeed Dark Conifer Name
Comments (4)Black Hills Spruce, very hardy, slow grower, dense, good wind break, perky, cheerful, dark green, gorgeous tree. Slow grower, they all say, but mine gets a lot of water and part shade part sun and this year, 2 years in ground, really growing, 8" so far and already forming lots of new buds. This is my favorite tree of all because when mature it is so perky and cheerful. Had a Picea mariana, black spruce, very dark green, very beautiful, but it could not handle the summer heat we get near Portland Oregon....See MoreFlushing out of Norway Spruce and Colorado Blue Spruce
Comments (1)Weather... Dax...See More2 Questions on Norway Spruce transplant and Blue Spruce color
Comments (3)cal ... do not buy the picea pungens .... wait until spring ... to verify its spring color .... the blue.. is a waxy coating.. its is prime.. the best ... at spring flush .. this is when you buy an unnamed variety ... if you want to buy now.. you buy a named variety.. [of which we can provide names and mail order places] ... and do to such.. there will be predictability of color .. as a waxy coating.. it wears off to some extent.. over the summer.. high heat.. rain storms... sprinklers.. just to piss you off ..... etc ... so they all dull up to some extent.. as summer rolls by ... if you look in the interior.. you will see 2 and 3 years old needles.. nearing the green color all needles are.. under the wax.. this is all normal .. regardless.. BUY A NAMED VARIETY ... even if you have to buy smaller and mail order ... and it will make your toes tingle.. too many peeps buy unnamed seedlings... which are kinda blue.. and hope they will be like the ones that make your toes curl ... odds are.. it wont be .... go for quality .. over the instant gratification of size.. pic below of my Picea pungens Hoopsi.. at spring flush.. showing its annual growth.. starting from a one gallon ... one foot turd ... ken it was a blue turd.. lol......See Morespruceman
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