Picea pungens - Blue spruce

Feed Picea pungens : Let’s avoid fertilizing trees too often; we can enrich the soil with organic fertilizer when planting, then we’ll act again every 2-3 years, in autumn or at the end of the winter.

continental : Let's grow the the Picea pungens where it can enjoy as many hours as possible of direct sunlight.
These plants can be located in the garden during the whole year; they can stand minimum temperatures many degrees below zero.

alpine : Plant which needs to be exposed to direct sunrays.
Autumn climate usually isn’t very harsh, in any case these plants can even bear very prolonged freezing, therefore they can be grown in the garden during any season.

mediterranean : Locate the the in a sunny place, where it can receive direct solar rays for at least a few hours a day.
These plants can stand the cold and can also stand very harsh minimum temperatures.

continental : The Picea pungens needs frequent and regular irrigations; we advise keeping the soil damp using 3-4 buckets of water, watering every 2-3 weeks.

alpine : Water abundantly with 2-3 buckets of water approximately every 3-4 weeks, wetting the ground deep down; let’s always wait for the soil to dry before watering again.

mediterranean : Let’s water the the Picea pungens frequently with 4-5 buckets of water, even every 1-2 weeks, so that the soil is always damp, but not soaked with water.

Adversity Picea pungens : When the climate is still not too harsh we should apply a wide range fungal treatment, vaporizing the fungicide even on the soil on the feet of the plants. Let’s remember to collect and destroy the leaves of the plants affected by black spot disease or by leaf curl disease.

Picea pungens - Abete del Colorado