Full Grown Blue Wonder Spruce

The blue wonder spruce is a hardy plant that does well in full and partial sun and in the extreme cold and is salt tolerant.

Full grown blue wonder spruce. Growing blue wonder dwarf alberta spruce trees for the best color and form grow the blue wonder dwarf alberta spruce in full sun in a location sheltered from drying winter winds. But we never ship bare root in fact your blue wonder arrives in nutrient rich soil planted and grown for months ahead of shipping. This variety was introduced by kordes nursery of germany. Though it s fast growing it tops out at just 10 feet in height with a width between 5 and 10 feet.

A standout in any garden this conifer is excellent in rock gardens containers framing a doorway or planted in the landscape as a single specimen or multiple grouping. For a healthy start you will need to water regularly during first growing season. Especially since our blue wonders are well rooted and ready for explosive growth. Its stunning gray blue foliage offers a shimmery contrast to monotone landscape palettes.

The blue green needles are thickly packed on downward hanging branches. Alberta spruce is grown as christmas trees and fresh cut greens used in holiday decorating. If the length of light falls below 12 hours a day they become dormant. Blue wonder does not have this tendency.

This amazing and extremely hardy variety of weeping blue spruce is a total show stopper. Only mature blue spruce trees produce the cones. After 10 years of growth a mature specimen will measure 6 feet 2 m tall and 2 5 feet 75 cm wide. Many other nurseries ship bare root in a process that leaves up to 90 of roots behind.

When it comes to soil any well drained soil will be fine. Blue wonder was developed to maintain that special color as the tree ages. Other types of blue spruce will also produce the striking bluish gray needles but the color tends to revert back to green as they grow. Blue wonder is a cultivar of picea glauca a dwarf spruce that grows slowly and tops out around six feet 2 meters tall.

The trouble with blue needled dwarf albert spruce is that they unpredictably revert back to green. The blues weeping colorado spruce picea pungens the blues. It will grow in a little shade but the color may become a little greener and the growth not quite as dense. These cones drop their seeds in spring.

As for sunlight a spot in full sun is ideal. Nothing stops your blue wonder spruce. This conifer performs it best when plant in full to partial sun. Seedling growth of blue spruce is also very slow and you need to be patient.

Blue wonder spruce picea glauca blue wonder doesn t get lost in a sea of green landscape plants. As it matures it becomes more tolerant of droughts. Blue spruce seeds require a considerable period of light to germinate. The moisture level is especially important when the tree is young.

It will do fine with some light shade but in the cooler climates it prefers getting the light all day will bring out the best in the blue spruce. Your blue wonder has better branching better color and better long term results than ever before. Oils have some commercial value. It is known for its color but also the shape which is nearly a perfect cone even without trimming.

It delightfully graces small yards by bringing large scale beauty to small scale landscapes. Extremely cold tolerant blue wonder spruce is also a dwarf evergreen that grows to only 6 feet tall.