A good rule of thumb is to start at about 8 to 10 feet away from your home for small trees and scale up to account for the tree’s mature height and spread. 3. After all, the wide-root oak tree that’s 70 feet tall needs much more room than the modest Japanese maple. Most of the roots that venture out that far are feeder roots and can be severed if you plan to move the tree. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. The cultivar name is Latin, and such use has been illegitimate since 1959. Conifers have a prominent place in the modern day landscape. Hardy to USDA Zone 2 Jacobson (1996) states that it has been in Canadian commerce since about 1989, and in the U.S. since 1993. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. The blue colour of this tree makes it a stand out in any landscape. New growth has intense blue color. Elegant columnar selection, highly valued as an accent or perimeter planting where a strong vertical effect is needed. The blue color of a grafted spruce is a welcoming sight when most color is gone from your landscape plants. Mature height of 20 feet, with a spread of 8 feet. Columnar Blue Spruce may be the answer. Characterized by rustic silvery-blue needles, this evergreen tree reaches a height of 30 to 70 feet and is a popular Christmas tree choice. Can be used as a feature plant, or as a unique backdrop to accent other plants. Columnar Colorado Blue Spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. One other question I have is if we want to plant additional trees to line the property line, are there fast growing columnar evergreens for privacy that we can plant or what type of tree could we plant for privacy as they are building a 3 storey, 36 foot tall building right … Tolerates heat and humidity better than others. Depending upon the size of your spruce, you'll find most of the roots in the top 12-18" of soil, extending out at least as far as the branch tips. Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely. Dark green evergreen needles are slightly curved on closely set limbs, creating a slender, uniform form with dense branching to the ground. It is reported to be not as cold hardy as most plants in this species, reported to suffer winter die back in USDA Zone 3. Picea pungens 'Baby Blue Eyes' is a very dense, pyramidal, slow-growing selection of Colorado spruce with sky-blue foliage. Withstands heavy snow loads. Columnar Blue Colorado Spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Ideal windbreak or privacy wall. This dwarf evergreen is an excellent alternative to dwarf Alberta spruce and it looks great in winter container plantings, too. Picea pungens, commonly known as the blue spruce, green spruce, white spruce, Colorado spruce, or Colorado blue spruce, is a species of spruce tree. It is native to North America, and is found in growing zones 1 through 7. Conifer, evergreen tree, tight, upright columnar shaped spruce. This tall, skinny specimen fits easily into spaces too narrow for most evergreen trees. Columnar and dwarf varieties can be used in those narrow and tight places, while mature evergreens can be majestic and make the greatest statement during winter months. 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