Picea pungens 'Globosa' / globose Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Globosa' is possibly the best known and most popular of the dwarf Colorado blue spruces. Its branching is short and dense and its needles are sickle shaped with stunning silvery blue color. Many similar compact dwarf, globose clones exist. In fact 'Globosa' is virtually indistinguishable from Picea pungens 'Montgomery.' To maintain the desired globose or spreading habit, prune out any upright or vigorous shoots.
After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 2 to 2.5 feet (60 - 70 cm) tall and 2 to 3 feet (60 - 90 cm) wide, an annual growth rate of 2 to 3 inches (5 - 7.5 cm)
This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in 1937 by Anthony Kluys of Boskoop, The Netherlands and formally described in 1949 by P. den Ouden in his text, Coniferen, Ephedra en Ginkgo.
Picea pungens 'Globosa' — an18-year-old specimen in a private garden in Glendale Heights, Illinois.
Photo by Ron Schlak
Picea pungens 'Globosa' / globose Colorado spruce
RECOMMENDED HARDINESS ZONES:
3 (-30 to -40 F / -34.4 to -40 C)
9 (20 to 30 F / -1.1 to -6.7 C)
HORTICULTURAL STATUS: Established
ORIGIN: Seedling Selection
COLOR: Blue
TRINOMIAL TYPE: Cultivar
GROWTH SHAPE: Globe or Globose
GROWTH SIZE: Dwarf: 1 to 6 inches (2.5 – 15 cm) per year / 1 to 5 feet (0.3 – 1.5 m) after 10 years
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Picea pungens 'C Blue' / C Blue Colorado spruce
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Picea pungens 'Cedar Ridge Flat Top' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Cedar Ridge Gold Mine' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Cedar Ridge Lolly Pop' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Chip's Catch' / Chip's Catch Colorado spruce
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Picea pungens 'Dani' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Delp's Dwarf' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Dietz Prostrate' / Dietz Prostrate Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Donna's Rainbow' / Donna's Rainbow Dwarf Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Dwarf Blue'
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Picea pungens 'Early Cones' / Early Cones Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Ed Wood' / Ed Wood Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Egyptian Pyramid' / Colorado Spruce
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Picea pungens 'Erich Frahm' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Fastigiata' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' / Fat Albert Colorado blue spruce
Picea pungens 'Filip's Blue Compact' / Filip's Blue Compact Colorado spruce
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Picea pungens 'Frieda' / Frieda Colorado blue spruce
Picea pungens 'Furst Bismarck'
Picea pungens 'Gail's Skyline' / Gail’s Skyline Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Gebelle's Golden Spring' / Gebelle's Golden Spring Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Gentry's Gem'
Picea pungens 'Gerald's Dwarf Blue' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Girard Dwarf' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Glauca Compacta' / blue compact Colorado spruce
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Picea pungens 'Glauca Procumbens' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Glauca Prostrata' / Prostrate Blue Spruce
Picea pungens 'Globe'
Picea pungens 'Golden Feather' / Golden Feather Colorado Spruce
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Picea pungens 'Hartsel' / Hartsel Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Hermann Naue' / Hermann Naue Colorado spruce
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Picea pungens 'Koster' / Koster's Blue Spruce
Picea pungens 'Linda's Mad Dancer' / Colorado Spruce
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Picea pungens 'Lucky Strike'
Picea pungens 'Lucretia' / Lucretia Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Lutea'
Picea pungens 'Luusbarg'
Picea pungens 'Mesa Verde' / Mesa Verde Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Microphylla'
Picea pungens 'Millbrook' / Millbrook Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Millburn'
Picea pungens 'Mission Blue'
Picea pungens 'Moerheim' / Moerheim Blue Spruce
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Picea pungens 'Montgomery' / Montgomery Colorado blue spruce
Picea pungens 'Mrs. Cesarini' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Offutt' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Offutt' / Offuit Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Oldenburg'
Picea pungens 'Orphan' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Orphan Spring' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Otto Van Bismark'
Picea pungens 'Pali' / Pali Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Pendula' / Weeping Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Pinedale' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Porcupine' / Porcupine Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Procumbens' / Procumbens Blue Spruce
Picea pungens 'Prostrata' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Prostrata Wells' / Colorado Spruce
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Picea pungens 'Regal Chub' / Regal Chub Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Rifle Blue' / Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Royal Blue' / Royal Blue Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Royal Knight' / Royal Knight Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Ruby Teardrops' / Ruby Teardrops Colorado spruce
Picea pungens 'Saint Mary's Broom' / Colorado Spruce
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Picea pungens 'Shilo-weeping' / Shilo-Weeping Blue Spruce
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Picea pungens 'Skyline' / Skyline Colorado spruce
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Picea pungens 'St. Mary' / St. Mary Colorado spruce
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Picea pungens 'Thomsen' / Thomsen Colorado spruce
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My 'Globosa' Colorado Spruce needles are brown and dry - Plant is in full sun in a large container. Does this need feeding?
no, I'm afraid it needs replacing. Brown and dry needles indicate a dead plant.
Please provide its heat tolerance.
Hi James, Picea pungens is heat-tolerant well into the 100s in Mediterranean climates, but not in humid, continental or semi-tropical climates.
Is Picea glauca globosa succeptible to disease or is it resistant? It would be planted in northern Illinois.
Hi Barby ... since it's still a Picea pungens, it's just as susceptible to all of the fungal plagues that all Colorado spruces succumb to in the midwest.
Barby I have an 18 year old 'Globosa' in Glendale Heights. After about 15 years of age, it started to show signs of needle disease. I hope trimming & spraying will make it last longer.
Is there any literature to determine whether there is a distinguishable difference between 'Globosa' and 'Glauca Globosa'? Different growers or resources seem to list them differently, but I haven't found any one source that lists both simultaneously. I have seen limited evidence that growth habit and foliage color may differ between them, but it may well be circumstantial.