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Picea pungens 'Benno'
Common name:
Benno Colorado blue spruce
Family:
Pinaceae (pine family)
Distribution:
Species native to w. United States (Rocky Mountains)
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 3
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
A low-spreading, dwarf, evergreen shrub growing 4' tall and 6' wide with a dense, broadly conical habit. As a young plant it is more mounded but spreads with age while still retaining its low profile. This would make a wonderful specimen, in the shrub border or rock garden.
Links:
American Conifer Society Database
Locations
1:
CON: CO13
(CO13)
• Accession: D1999-1937.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual