Picea pungens 'Walnut Glen'

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Picea pungens 'Walnut Glen'

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Kemper Code: L710

Common Name: Colorado spruce
Zone: 3 to 7
Plant Type: Needled evergreen
Family: Pinaceae
Missouri Native: No
Native Range: None
Height: 5 to 6 feet
Spread: 2.5 to 5 feet
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low

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Plant Culture and Characteristics

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Uses:		Wildlife:	Flowers:	Leaves:	Fruit:
Hedge	Suitable as annual	Attracts birds	Has showy flowers	Leaves colorful	Has showy fruit
Shade tree	Culinary herb	Attracts	Has fragrant flowers	Leaves fragrant	Fruit edible
Street tree	Vegetable	hummingbirds	Flowers not showy	Good fall color	Other:
Flowering tree	Water garden plant	Attracts	Good cut flower	Evergreen	Winter interest
Gr. cover (<1')	Will naturalize	butterflies	Good dried flower		Thorns or spines

General Culture:

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers rich, moist soils. Variegated needles may suffer some scorch in early years until established.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

This Colorado spruce cultivar is noted for its compact, upright, broadly pyramidal habit and powder blue needles with golden yellow variegation. Grows slowly (12"+ per year) typically to a height of 5-6' by 3' wide, but may grow taller.

Problems:

No serious insect or disease problems. Susceptible to aphids (particularly spruce gall aphid), budworms and spider mites.

Uses:

Excellent specimen. Also effective in groups. Foundation plantings. Borders. Rock gardens.

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