Picea pungens ‘Edith’ Spruce Back To List Description: A slow-growing, conical, evergreen coniferous shrub or small tree with upright or horizontal branches bearing short, silvery blue, glaucous needles. Oblong, green cones in summer mature to pale brown by autumn. History: Received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Picea Growing Tips: Grows well in most soil types apart from chalk, in moist but well-drained acidic soil. Shelter from cold drying winds. Height and Spread (after 10 years): 2m x 1m Attributes Leaf colour: Blue / Silver Evergreen Growth rate: SlowS Size: Small Award-winning Needs well-draining site Do not prune Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Picea pungens ‘Hoopsii’ Spruce An excellent small to medium sized tree of densely conical habit with vividly glaucous blue leaves. Full Details Picea pungens ‘Iseli Fastigiate’ Spruce A narrow upright tree with steely blue needles. Found in 1965 as a seedling in Iseli Nursery, Oregan USA. Full Details Picea pungens ‘Erich Frahm’ Spruce A form of conical habit, with good silvery blue foliage and brown cylindrical cones. Similar to ‘Hoopsii’. Full Details Picea smithiana ‘Aurea’ Spruce Syn: Sunray. Small, upright, slow growing evergreen. Noted for its very long golden yellow needles. Full Details
Picea pungens ‘Hoopsii’ Spruce An excellent small to medium sized tree of densely conical habit with vividly glaucous blue leaves. Full Details
Picea pungens ‘Iseli Fastigiate’ Spruce A narrow upright tree with steely blue needles. Found in 1965 as a seedling in Iseli Nursery, Oregan USA. Full Details
Picea pungens ‘Erich Frahm’ Spruce A form of conical habit, with good silvery blue foliage and brown cylindrical cones. Similar to ‘Hoopsii’. Full Details
Picea smithiana ‘Aurea’ Spruce Syn: Sunray. Small, upright, slow growing evergreen. Noted for its very long golden yellow needles. Full Details