We are in Utah. There are three main problems we face here with spruce. The one that killed our tree was fungus. A spruce specific fungicide has worked nicely for us since we planted our new one. Two other common problems are mites and borers. There are easily accessible products on the market at your local hardware or IFA for all three of these problems. You will have to be diligent in application and follow manufacturer directions. I have a blue spruce that has been turning red for a couple years now.
We replanted the tree from a nursery when it was only a couple feet tall. Unfortunately it is getting worse and hubby wants to cut it down this year. My trees are planted in soil with a high clay content in Wisconsin, will they survive?
The trees are thinning from the bottom up. What causes this? Can it be prevented? Dying from the bottom up is likely a needlecast fungus. Good luck! Question: We are about to plant 5 Colorado Blue Spruce and would like to know if the wire-form surrounding the root ball should be removed? Extremely high waters for two consecutive years suffocated the Colorado Blue Spruce we planted approximately 5 years ago, so we are raising the grade to prevent a re-occurrence. When removing the dead Colorado Blue Spruce, we found that the root balls were still in tact and being held together by the wire-forms they were shipped in.
Thank you in advance for comments. I dig the hole. Fill it full twice with water. Let it drain. Spray root ball gently. Remove wire and burlap. Pull and separate root ball slightly. Put it in hole fill with dirt. Soak it with water. Finish the top dirt into a dish shape to hold water when watering. The weeds should germinate within a week or so. Manually weed them out then light cover of mulch. My blue spruce has un even branch growth. It has some branches that grown very nice and then there are branches under those that do not grow out as far thus cause a weird shape to the tree, What can I do?
I rooted 4 Blue Spruce cuttings this past fall, and they are currently in 4-inch clay pots. For the rest of winter, I was thinking of moving them from a small and rather cheap greenhouse outdoors to a massive bright window indoors.
They only have about small roots right now. Will they make it by sunny window indoors, or should I leave them outside? Pls, anybody can answer? Can I train it to vertical form, instead of spreading?
I do not have much space for it. But, whether they end up wearing that crown, they have shown us not to underestimate the blue spruce.
An engineer by education, Robert T. Leverett is the co-founder and executive director of the Native Tree Society. He writes from Florence, Mass. See the American Forests webinar on measuring tree height. How large does the blue spruce grow? Credit: Will Blozan. The team at the base of the point blue spruce. Related Posts. The blue spruce tree Picea pungens "Glauca" is also commonly known as the Colorado blue spruce and silver spruce.
The tree is a native of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and grows to a mature height of more than 80 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 1 to 2 feet.
The tree canopy measures about 30 feet at maturity. The blue spruce tree gets its name from its blue-green to silvery blue color. The dense textured branches start to grow very low on the trunk covered with ash-brown colored, flaky bark. Blue spruce tree roots are spreading and shallow. Plant the tree in an area of full sun as the tree is intolerant of shade. Though the blue spruce prefers a moist soil to grow well, the tree has the highest drought tolerance among all the spruces.
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