Colorado Blue Spruce

[John Hill]

Hi Vance,
I took your suggestion and did a quick virt to see what you think of planting on a slab. Probably take a nice size one and you will have to get the neighbor to help you move it ;-)
But I too think a slab will work.


A Friend in bonsai
John

 

[Vance Wood]

Hi Vance,
I took your suggestion and did a quick virt to see what you think of planting on a slab. Probably take a nice size one and you will have to get the neighbor to help you move it ;-)
But I too think a slab will work.


A Friend in bonsai
John

Thank you John, you are right that does work. From this planting the tree looks like a class bonsai. I am thinking about a cement fondue slab if I cannot find a real one of the appropriate size.

 

[JasonG]

Nice Virt John!

I like the slab option better than the current pot as well.

There ya go Vance, another spring project,

Jason

 

[Walter Pall]

I am interested in the horticultural side. I have access to a few very old specimens of Picea pungens which were collected in Colorado in the high mountains.

Would these trees live well in Pennsylvania?
How abot Atlanta, GA?
Does someone have experience?

 

[Anonymous User]

Hi Walter,

Nice to see you here.

I can assure you that Blue Spruce will thrive in Michigan, however, I have no experience at all with high altitude trees acclimating to lower elevations. My curiosity is peaked now.



Will

 

[Vance Wood]

I am interested in the horticultural side. I have access to a few very old specimens of Picea pungens which were collected in Colorado in the high mountains.

Would these trees live well in Pennsylvania?
Hown abot Atlanta, GA?
Does someone have experience?

Pennsylvania is no problem, as to Georgia I would assume they would grow well there also. Georgia has a temperate climate and a winter which is about all they need. When I was a boy I remember them growing in the San Francisco Bay area.

 

[Tachigi]

Walter,

I have one here in Maryland that didn't bat a bud when brought from Colorado. Has been growing with a vengence since. So up at Natures Way should be no problem. See.... http://www.bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120