Globe blue spruce
Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa'
- Size
- 1.5 m tall, 1.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun
- Hardy to
- -35 degrees
- Flowers
- May
- Green all winter
- A specimen to look at
- Evergreen
- Silver leaves
Safety
- Thorny: not under a window and not along a path children run down.
- Note: a known allergen for some people
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Shrubs
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Size when mature
- 1.5 m tall, 1.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Soil
- loam, sand, clay
- Soil pH
- 5 to 7.5
- Hardy to
- -35 degrees
- Flowers
- May
- For pollinators
- Little
- Water
- Medium water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Slow
- In Europe
- Introduced
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Not toxic · Dogs: Not toxic · Cats: Not toxic
- Worth knowing
- Has thorns · A known allergen for some people
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