Picea pungens 'Super Blue'

• Can be used as a Christmas Tree over the festive period, but would need transferring outside once the festivities are over.

Planting Advice for Picea pungens 'Super Blue':

• Grow in moist but well-drained acidic soil. Shelter from cold drying winds.
• Can be grown in full sun or part shade.
• Conifers need good drainage so do not plant in very heavy clay soil.
• Dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the roots of the shrub you're planting and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill one the shrub is in place. If your soil is very alkaline, add in some ericaceous compost.
• We've found that a square hole is better than a round one as the new roots, once they reach the edges tend to grow in a circle round the circumference of the hole whereas when they reach the corners of a square hole, they find it easier to grow through.
• Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
• Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
• Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
• Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot.
• Refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling)and firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball.
• Water well and mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
• If you're planting into pots, place some old rocks, stones or gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage and ballast.
• Use the best compost you can buy and some sand or grit for drainage.

Aftercare advice for Picea 'Super Blue':

• Keep plants well-watered while they establish, especially if planted up in a pot.
• Remove any weeds and keep well mulched.

Pruning Advice for Super Blue Fir Tree:

• Easy to keep, no pruning is needed.
• Any damaged branches can be removed if necessary, in late spring-early summer.