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Show BLUE BI.UE BIUE . SPRUCE IUAlESGOOD MAKESGOOD MAKES IUAlES { GOOD WIND BREAKThe BREAK BREAKThe The blue spruce ( ( picea plcea pungens pungensI ) is Ibeautiful 'i i I\ ' + a ! \ beautiful evergicen everglcen evergieen that IS ISnative isnative isnative native to the Rocky Mountain sec- sec section secticrr sec section - tion ticrr It is ' widely 'WIdely used as an Cnl:1- Cnl:1 Cnl1 orna- orna Cnl:1mental ornamental orna ornamental ' : - mental because of its bh bluish sh COlOl color coloibut , but it is also an excellent wmd wmdbreak wmdbreak windbreak break tree , , , since it retains its itsI itsbranches itsbranches itsbranches I branches to the groundThis groundI groundThis ground groundThis This tree has single needles that toot toot'a1 thatare thatale I 'a1 a1 ' ale are c square in cross section , stiff and andsharp andsharp . sharp to 00 the touch It does not dov do doell dow v w . ell abO\ abO abo abo\c abo c abOe \ \ e 6 6000 000 feet in m elevation elevationand elevationand elevationand and piefeis plefCls the moist 01 of llTIg'1.ted llTIg1.ted llTIg1ted irrigated llTIg'1.tedsituaticns irrigatedsituations imgitedsituations ' . situaticns situations on the better bctt.cr bcttcr . soils This Thisspruce Thisspruce Thisspruce spruce is one of the easiest ever- ever everg1 evergreens ever-gicens ever gicens - greens g1 eens to move and can be trans transplanted tl tiansplanted ans ansplanted planted very successfully durmg during durmgthe duringthe duringthe the domant season sc.ason scason . Theie Thele These is l1Iardly hardly Hardlya l1Iardlya ; a to town vn in the United Umted States l1IardlyI butwhat but butwhat butwhat I what has one or more specimens ofthis of ofthis ofthis this noted ornamental growing growmg in Int t . The blue spruce is not nt ( ) a fastgrowing fast fastgrowmg fastgrowing growmg growing tree , especially for thefirst the thefirst thefirst first few years , but when onceestablished once onceestablished onceestablished established will laverage iaverage ovei ovel over onefoot one onefoot onefoot foot of g1 giowth growth owth a year The wood wcxd weed : IS ISl1ght islight islight l1ght light colored and very soft Thebark The Thebark Thebark bark is a gray The color cclor of the thefoliage thefoliage thefoliage foliage varies through all shades shadesfrom shadesfrom shadesfrom from green to do silver blue The Thesm'1.l1 Thesm'ill Thesmill sm'1.l1 sm1.l1 sm1l1 sm'ill smill ' . ' s seeds ds arc are found in rough roughcones roughcones roughcones cones thiat tblat that thiatare tblatare - -are are - about 4 inches longFor longFor long longFor For windbreak planting plantmg , the theseeds theseeds theseeds seeds should be set about 10 feet in inthe inthe inthe the row and 12 feet between rows rowsin , in order that the branches w1llmeet willmeet will w1ll willmeet meet , , forming fonnmg a dense headlike beadlike headlikeplantmg beadlikeplanting headlikeplanting plantmg planting |