Blue Totem Colorado Blue Spruce – 1 Gallon Pot

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Foliage Color:  Light Silvery Blue new growth matures to Bright Steel-Blue

Fragrant Foliage:  Yes

Attracts:  Visual Attention

Resistances:  Cold (-40F), Deer, Disease, Drought (when established), Insect

The Blue Totem Colorado Spruce is ideal as an accent tree in smaller landscape or garden spaces where height is desired but space is limited. It is also excellent for framing entryways in home foundation plantings or spaced groupings 7 feet or more apart in larger landscape and garden spaces. It is also lovely in pots, planters, and other containers for situating on or around sunny patios and other outdoor sitting and living spaces. It is a fine addition to conifer gardens, rock gardens, blue-theme gardens, Zen gardens, and the Xeriscape.

Suggested Spacing:  5 feet or more apart in spaced groupings

Blue Totem Colorado Blue Spruce is easy to grow in damp to moist but well-drained soil of average fertility. As with many other conifers, constantly soggy or wet soils can be problematic, leading to root rot or other harmful plant diseases. So make sure to plant this one in well-drained soil, whether in the ground or pots. It grows best in full sun; however, in Zones 7b and 8a in the south, it will prefer some shade or filtered sun during the middle of the afternoon. Once established, water needs are lower when growing in the ground. In pots, soil moisture must be monitored more closely, especially during summer. When the top two inches of soil is dry, provide water.

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