Picea pungens | Colorado Blue Spruce - 160-170cm, 45lt Walnut The stems are golden yellow

The stems are golden yellow at the base of the plant and gradually turn orange and fiery red towards the tip of the plant

but lack of sun can make autumn colours less attractive

Acer platanoides 'Drummondii' is used in parks and as a solitary

pure white flowers with red anthers open from pink buds and bloom in early spring covering the branches before the leaves emerge

It prefers full sun or partial shade

Picea pungens | Colorado Blue Spruce - 160-170cm, 45lt Walnut The stems are golden yellowPicea pungens, or Colorado Spruce, is a large, narrow, conical to columnar, coniferous evergreen tree with horizontal branching to the ground, thin, grey and brownish bark with flaky scales, and stiff, prickly, needle like, blue green to silver blue leaves. The erect, light brown cones are female and yellowish to reddish purple are male. Cones are attractive to birds. Picea pungens thrives in hummus rich, neutral to acidic, consistently moist, well