blue spruce

noun

: a spruce (Picea pungens) native to the Rocky Mountains that has sharp usually bluish-gray needles and is often planted as an ornamental

Examples of blue spruce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The annual ceremony continues today, and the tree, a blue spruce grown in Virginia, is now planted on the north side of the Ellipse at the White House. —

Country Living Staff, Country Living, 28 Sep. 2020 This blue spruce is dying from the top down. —

oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023 Five-foot blue spruce: $89.99. —

Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2021 Each November, the city holds a fundraiser to bring a 34-foot blue spruce from Michigan to serve as the community Christmas tree. —

Dallas News, 14 Nov. 2022 Specifically, Quincy is looking for Norway spruce, blue spruce, or other evergreen species that are between 25 and 45 feet tall and in good condition. —

Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022 In the past, Succulent Studios has sent out plants like string of pearls, Pachyphytum oviferum 'Moonstones,' and blue spruce sedum. —

Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022 Mingled with the ponderosa pine, Douglas fir and blue spruce are waves of quaking aspen at the higher elevations. —

Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 In northern New Mexico, a hunting guide, George Rael, collected antlers and hung some of them from the limbs of a blue spruce. —

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