Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'
Common name: 
Fat Albert Colorado Blue Spruce
Pronunciation: 
PI-see-a PUN-jenz
Family: 
Pinaceae
Genus: 
Picea
Synonyms: 
P. pungens var. glauca ‘Fat Albert’
Type: 
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Conifer, evergreen tree, upright, broadly pyramidal, "semi-dwarf", slow grower to 10-15 ft (3-4.5 m) tall, 10-12 ft (3-3.6 m) wide in 10 years, blue-green needles.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 2      Grafted or from cuttings.   Selected by Jean Iseli in about 1965 and introduced by Iseli Nursery in 1978 (Jacobson, 1996).
  • Silverton, Oregon: Oregon Garden - Conifer Garden.
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