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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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree, Conifer

 

Height Range

40-60'

 

Flower Color

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Leaf Color

Blue Green, Silver

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey

 

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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.