Picea pungens (Cultivated- S. Korea/ USA/ Europe)

Picea pungens Engelm., Gard. Chron. n.s., 11: 334 1879. (syn: Abies commutata var. glauca Chargueraud; Abies menziesii Engelm. [Illegitimate]; Abies menziesii var. parryana André; Abies parlatorei Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.; Picea commutata Beissn.; Picea menziesii Engelm. [Illegitimate]; Picea menziesii var. parryana André; Picea parryana (André) Sarg.; Picea pungens var. compacta (Rehder) Rehder …; Pinus armata Voss; Pinus parryana (André) Voss [Illegitimate]);

The Colorado spruce, blue spruce, green spruce^[1] white spruce,^[2] or Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens), is a species of pine tree native to the Rocky Mountains of the United States, from Colorado to Wyoming, and introduced as a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range.

Growing to 15 m (49 ft) tall by 5 m (16 ft) wide, it is a conical evergreen conifer with scaly grey bark. Waxy grey-green leaves, up to 3 cm (1 in) long, are arranged radially on the shoots, curving upwards. The pale brown cones are up to 10 cm (4 in) long.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The specific epithet pungens means “sharply pointed”, referring to the leaves.^[6]

The blue spruce is the State Tree of Utah and Colorado.^[7]

Picea pungens and its many cultivars are often grown as ornamental trees in gardens and parks.^[4]^[5]^[8] It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry.^[4]

(From Wikipedia on 11.7.13)

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Picea pungens_RKC_01_03072013 : Attachments (4). 5 posts by 4 authors.

Sharing images of Picea pungens Engelm.

Family: Pinaceae

Loc.: Jochiwon, S. Korea

Date: 29th June 2013
Native to US. Under cultivation at Bear Tree Park, Jochiwon in S. Korea.

Simply gorgeous! Thanks … for sharing these splendid images.

Really loved these photographs, the first one is such an idyllic scene. Thank you … for posting these lovely sights.

Gymnosperms Fortnight- Pinaceae- Picea pungens from California-GS-29 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author.
Picea pungens Engl.,
Tall tree with stiff horizontal branches, radially spreading 20-25 mm long spine-tipped leaves, 4-angled; cones 6-10 cm long.
Photographed from Sunnyvale California.

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Flora from /warsaw-PC-03-07.07.2015-ID please : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
here is another snap of dwarf pale blue conifer, from the same residence I am living in. Please Identify

Difficult without cone but a wild guess – is it Cedrus deodara?

This one is a dwarf cultivar of Picea pungens (Colorado Blue Spruce).