Picea pungens 'Montgomery'
Object Details
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Arts and Industries Building
- Accession Number
- 2021-0627A
- 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
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- Range
- cultivated
- Life Form
- Evergreen tree
- Average Height
- 3-4' (.9-1.2 meters)
- Foliage Characteristics
- Silvery blue needles
- Structure
- Broad cone
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Common Name
- Colorado blue spruce cultivar
- Colorado spruce cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Pinidae
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Picea
- Species
- pungens
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0627A