| Plant ID: | 507 |
| Latin Name: | Picea Pungens 'Fat Albert' |
| Common: | Fat Albert Blue Spruce |
| Plant Type: | 2 |
| Height/Width: | 10-15ft x 7-10ft |
| Sun Pref: | Full sun |
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| Notes: | This Colorado spruce cultivar is noted for its (a) dense, broad, upright pyramidal shape (a perfect cone), (b) closely-spaced, ascending branches and (c) steel blue needle color. Grows slowly (12"+ per year) to 10-15' tall (typically 10' by 7' in 10 years). Oblong cones (2-4" long) are greenish when young, maturing to light brown. This cultivar (introduced in the late 1970s by Iseli Nursery) was named after comedian Bill Cosby's fictional character of the same name. |
| Care: | No serious insect or disease problems. Susceptible to aphids (particularly spruce gall aphid), budworms and spider mites. |
| pH: | 0 |
| Links | Picea Pungens 'Fat Albert' |
| Qty | Purch Date | Price | Orig Price | Store | Planting Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9/13/2015 | 110.00 | 139.00 | Natorp Outlet | vsnMilligen side of bball court |