Blue Spruce (Picea Pungens Glauca)
- For those who like something a little different!
- Startling silver-blue to fresh green foliage and ridged branches
- Particularly popular as a pot-grown or potted display tree
- Highly perfumed (hence the Pungens name)
- Very popular in Germany, where real candles are placed on the tree at Christmas
- Sharp needles slightly longer than the Norway Spruce; not a family-friendly tree
- Good needle retention
- Available in sizes from 1.5 to 2m
| Firs | Pine | Spruce | ||||||
| Nordmann | Noble | Fraser | Lodgepole | Norway | Blue | |||
| Needle Holding (without water) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Needle Holding (with water) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Firmness Branches | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Fragrance | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Needle softness | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Cost | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||