Profile
Engelmann Spruce
Picea engelmannii
Evergreen Tree
Height |
30 - 75 (feet) |
|---|---|
Spread |
25 - 40 (feet) |
Distinctions |
Ornamental; light bluish needles; dense conical habit, almost spire-like with ascending branches; long-lived and slow growing. |
Limitations |
Difficult to transplant; loses lower limbs with age. |
Hardiness |
SC, SE (Zone 3) |
Origin |
British Columbia, Alberta, Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico. |
Cultivars |
‘Glauca’ upright habit; steel-blue needles.See entry under Evergreen Shrubs. |
