Picea pungens 'Blue Totem', Colorado Blue Spruce summer dormant Showy lace-cap flowers begin light

Showy lace-cap flowers begin light pink becoming an almost cranberry-red with age (especially with colder temperatures)

Low basal foliage undergirds a bevy of lavender-pink flowers in late summer and fall

Its beauty

but it definitely needs a bit of a boost after a couple of weeks without rain

The male catkins are long and the mature female catkins are short and cone-like—a doubly ornamented winter tree

Picea pungens 'Blue Totem', Colorado Blue Spruce summer dormant Showy lace-cap flowers begin lightA symmetrical, upright, some might say columnar, version of the Colorado Blue Spruce. Living up to its name with a sophisticated and consistent dusty blue green needle color. Drought tolerant once established. Mature size: 8 ft tall x 2 ft wide in 10 years Minimum temperature: 30 F