Botanical Name: Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'
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Common Name: Hoop's Blue Spruce  
Plant photo of: Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'
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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree, Conifer

 

Height Range

40-60'

 

Flower Color

n/a

 

Flower Season

n/a

 

Leaf Color

Blue Green, Silver

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Medium, Extra in Summer

 

Growth Rate

Moderate, Slow

 

Soil Type

Clay, Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Acid, Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

Formal, Meadow, Ranch, Woodland

 

Accenting Features

Silhouette, Specimen, Unusual Foliage

 

Seasonal Interest

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

 

Location Uses

Background

 

Special Uses

Screen, Wind Break

 

Attracts Wildlife

Birds

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: JJ Neilson Arboretum

  • Description

  • Notes

Hoop's is a cultivar of Colorado Spruce selected for its outstanding, consistent blue color. New growth is especially bright blue. It has a pyramidal form with horizontal branches, with dense, silvery-blue needles. Fast growing to 30 to 50 feet tall and 10 to 50 feet wide.
Grow in full sun in clay-loamy to sandy-loamy, well drained soil. At higher elevations, spruces are more heat and drought tolerant; in the valley, it will grow more vigorously and be less prone to disease and insect prolems if it receives regular watering (though don't over-water, either).