blue spruce

Had the opportunity to collect a large densely mounding Colorado Blue Spruce, so went for it even though it is fall. I’m in PNW and it is still pretty nice here. •Since the tree was in round raised bed that I could dismantle before removing the tree, there was not much holding the tree in...

Was on a treasure hunt today and found a looker in the bargain bin. The tree is a hoopsii blue spruce about 5’ tall and a 3-4” trunk depending on side. I really liked the movement in the lower portion of the trunk and the taper is good. The lower branches seem to have pushed good growth last...

Hi guy, happy holidays! Recently I have bought my chritmas tree, and its a blue spruce. I was wondering if I could make a bonsai out of it. I have seen Bonsai Empires video ( ), do you guys have any tips or trick? Mainly for the period when it is indoors, and til early spring, I would love to...

Hey folks, I recently had to clear some lower branches off my large front yard Blue Spruce trees (city made me) and discovered 4 small trees growing underneath and in between the large ones. I'm wondering about turning one (or all) of these into Bonsai. Do Blue Spruce make good Bonsai...

Hi there! About a month ago I came back from a visit to Denver with 5 pine cones from a Colorado Blue Spruce in my family's yard. I understand there's roughly a 1/1000 chance of getting the characteristic blue coloring of the parent tree, but I'm still interested in trying to stratify and...

Hello all! I got a beautiful thick blue spruce today for like 10 bucks at HD. I am wondering is now a good time to do a repot / chop. Would you break it up or wait till spring etc? I’d love to get it out of this clay muck this year but if it’s not the time it’s not the time! @rockm @Leo in N E...

Hi, completely new to bonsai and to the forum. I recently acquired an untrained Blue Spruce. It's completely packed with thick branches, which I will need to reduce significantly. My questions is, what is the best time of the year to do some heavy pruning and wiring? Right about now at the turn...

Hello there. Picked up this Blue Spruce from a side of the road nursery as I thought it might have some potential. Seems to want to want be a leaning style or wire to informal upright? Dug down into the base and seen this interesting trunk. Any thoughts on that? Was thinking I should style/wire...

Does anyone know why a blue spruce would be producing visible sap on its needles/is this normal? Google seems to fail me here. Picture of several sappy needles A ball of sap, there are several of these spread about.

Well it would appear that I've managed to get my Blue Spruce to backbud, but only on one branch. Its worth noting, I didnt do anything special and I wasnt trying to get it backbud either. Do you think these buds will mature and open up this season? I see smaller buds forming on the hardened off...

So I have a blue spruce I am attempting to turn into a bonsai, and it currently has its first flush of new growth. I have read that I should be pinching off this new growth, and others say to leave it be. I have attached some picture of it, the new growth is about an inch and a half long now...

I picked up this tree last spring in our local mountains. It came out with a nice root ball and all I did was plant it in this temporary pot. I haven't done anything to it, just wanted it to get use to being in a pot. Any suggestion on what to do next will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.