Picea pungens 'Montgomery'
Object Details
- Description
- This Colorado spruce cultivar is selected for its form, color, and small size. While the species will grow as tall as 100 feet (30 meters) and can range in color from green to silver-blue, this cultivar will only measure 4.5 feet (1.4 meters) tall after 10 years, and is a more reliable conical, silvery-blue.
- Hardiness
- -40 - 10 F
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Arts and Industries Building
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2021-0627A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Colorado blue spruce cultivar
- Colorado spruce cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Pinidae
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Picea
- Species
- pungens
- Life Form
- Evergreen tree
- Average Height
- 3-4' (.9-1.2 meters)
- Foliage Characteristics
- Silvery blue needles
- Structure
- Broad cone
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0627A