Silver spruce, Picea Pungens, at prom, 120/140 cm.

Silver spruce is a beautiful coniferous plant, which reaches to 30 m high in its natural environment, but in your garden it will rarely amount to that much. Picea Pungens is native to the west coast of the US and very cold hardy. Its needles have a grayish-blue color, and its wood is gray, their pyramidal shape. Can be trimmed, but moderately and the new growths. Silver spruce grows well in fertile, sour, well-drained soil. Prefers sunny places, but it can also tolerate light shade.