General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 6-8 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Needled
Fruit: Other: female cones with papery or thin woody scales
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Flowers: Other: soft male cones
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Seeds are inside cones
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Monoecious

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Common names
  • Engelmann Spruce
  • Spruce

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Location: Red Butte Garden, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-03-10
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-09
Picea engelmannii 'Bush’s Lace' 24W19 Engelmann Spruce U1- (Dic
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-09
Picea engelmannii 'Bush’s Lace' 24W19 Engelmann Spruce U1- (Dic
Location: Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-30
Location: Michigan State University Hidden Lake Garden, Tipton, MI
Date: 2012-02-23
Location: Michigan State University Hidden Lake Garden, Tipton, MI
Date: 2012-02-23
Location: Michigan State University Hidden Lake Garden, Tipton, MI
Date: 2012-02-23
Location: Michigan State University Hidden Lake Garden, Tipton, MI
Date: 2012-02-23
Location: Michigan State University Hidden Lake Garden, Tipton, MI
Date: 2012-02-23
Location: Michigan State University Hidden Lake Garden, Tipton, MI
Date: 2012-02-23
Location: Michigan State University Hidden Lake Garden, Tipton, MI
Date: 2012-02-23
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-03-31
"Picea engelmannii 'Bushs Lace', 2017, [Engelmann Spruce], PYE-se

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