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Dwarf Colorado Blue Spruce 'Glauca Globosa'

Dwarf Colorado Blue Spruce is a blue-needled evergreen shrub that is native to the central Rocky Mountains. Shrubs grow only 3 to 5 feet tall. Plants are globe-shaped and can spread 4 to 6 feet wide. It prefers moist, rich soils, but is adaptable to many regions except in the heat and humidity of the Deep South. Needles remain silvery-blue color all year round, which makes it a poplar shrub during the winter.

Close-up of the end of a branch shows stiff, bristly, blue-green to silver-blue needles that point outward from the branches in all directions. Close-up of the tops of branches intersecting further down the limb densely compact horizontal spreader trunk dwarf colorado blue spruce shrub