Picea pungens ‘Montgomery’ – Colorado Spruce

Description

P. pungens – Colorado Spruce – This conical to columnar tree from the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to Colorado grows 50-100′ feet tall and 15′ feet wide.It has scaly, gray bark and thick, orange brown shoots.It produces stiff, thick, sharp pointed, 4 sided, bluish gray green leaves, ½-1 1/4″ long, arranged radially on the shoots, curve upward, and are covered in glaucous wax. Cylindrical, green, later pale brown female cones are 3-5″ long with flexible scales. ‘Montgomery’– this dwarf is slow growing reaching 5′ feet tall and 3′ feet wide with silvery gray blue leaves and a broad conical habit Grow in any deep, moist but well drained, ideally neutral to acidic soil in full sun.It will not withstand polluted environments. Zones 2-8