Professional Landscape Design

ALBERTA BLUE DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE

Zones - 2-8

Description -

Extremely cold hardy blue evergreen for tight spaces. Reliable silvery blue color does not revert to green. Slow growth in tight conical form is nearly maintenance free. Ideal formal garden specimen, corner element or in pairs. Small scale is perfect for containers and city gardens. Evergreen. Full sun. Slow growth 5 to 7 feet tall, 18 inches to 2 feet wide.

Key Benefits
An improved selection with striking silvery-blue foliage - a standout in any garden! Outstanding in containers framing a doorway, or planted in the landscape in a grouping of three or as a single specimen. Decorate with white lights for Christmas.

Time of Flowering
Produces no flowers.

Average Landscape Size
Tight, formal, conical habit 5 to 7 ft. tall, 1½ to 2 ft. wide; slow growing.

Water Needs
Once established needs only occasional water.

Sun Exposure
Full to partial sun

Cold Hardiness
-50 to -40 F

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