Fat Albert Spruce

$230

Fat Albert Spruce

Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’
Size: #15
30-40 feet high x 20-30 feet wide
Zone 3
Sun to Filtered Shade

$230

Available for the Early Order Sale!

An outstanding blue form with a naturally straight central leader and strong apical dominance giving it a reliable, well-shaped form.

Categories: 2019 Early Order Sale, Evergreens, Trees Tags: 2019 Sale: Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, evergreen, two drops

KILLED BY KINDNESS
Unfortunately conifers can actually drown when over watered. Clay soils do not allow water to drain off and roots are cut off from oxygen that they require. Pines are particularly at risk of drowning if planted in soil that does not drain or low spots with standing water. For tight clay in hot sunny and windy sites the junipers are good choices: Wichita Blue and Table Top Blue Juniper are your best selections for extreme wind conditions and in clay soils. Follow our guide on watering for establishment and pay extra attention to be sure that the tree or shrub is not standing in water before more water is applied.

WINTER WATERING
Even though we consider the evergreens to be some of the toughest plants, they are not totally dormant in winter and continue to lose moisture through their needles year round. For establishment purposes we recommend watering new plants monthly in dry open winters. Water established plants once or twice a winter depending on soil moisture and temperature. Our water is hard, focus your attention on the roots and not on the foliage! Newly planted deciduous trees and shrubs should be watered once or twice a winter.

Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:

These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these.

These plants are adapted to intermittent deep watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care.

These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant death.

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Fat Albert Spruce

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Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:

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