Hoopsi Blue Spruce
Robust picea pungens hoopsii colorado spruce is a small evergreen tree of elongated pyramidal habit densely clothed with long thick intense powdery blue needles.
Hoopsi blue spruce. Hoopsii blue spruce trees are a member of the colorado blue spruce picea pungens family. Slow growing when young becoming one of the best shaped spruces. New growth is especially bright blue. However it comes with drawbacks it is notoriously difficult to graft and to form into a shapely plant.
Because it grows at high altitude it is amazingly hardy. It has a tendency to develop multiple leaders and may look irregularly shaped when young. History and origins of the hoopsii blue spruce the colorado spruce picea pungens grows all through the rocky mountains from colorado and montana to new mexico and arizona. Picea pungens hoopsii is a robust upright conical selection of colorado blue spruce with uniformly tiered branching that holds dense intensely blue needles.
Outstanding evergreen tree generally considered the bluest form. Popular specimen or group planting. Pyramidal form that holds stiff horizontal branches with dense silvery blue needles.