Brynek Spruce Colorado Blue Spruce Miniature  Blue HW: 1F x 1F
Botanical Reference: Picea pungens
 
A compact, globose miniature spruce with prickly, thick steel-blue needles and fleshy branchlets. Estimated 10 year dimensions: 14 In H X 14 In wide , with an annual growth rate of 1 to 1.5 inches.
 
Attribution from The American Conifer Society
Picea pungens 'Brynek' / Brynek Colorado spruce
RECOMMENDED HARDINESS ZONES:3 (-30 to -40 F / -34.4 to -40 C)
HORTICULTURAL STATUS: EstablishedORIGIN: Seedling SelectionCOLOR: Blue TRINOMIAL TYPE: CultivarGROWTH SHAPE: Globe or GloboseGROWTH SIZE: Dwarf: 1 to 6 inches (2.5 – 15 cm) per year / 1 to 5 feet (0.3 – 1.5 m) after 10 years
 
Picea pungens 'Brynek' is an exceptionally compact, globose selection of Colorado spruce with extremely prickly, thick steel-blue needles and extraordinarily fleshy branchlets. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will be 14 inches (35 cm) tall and wide, a growth rate of 1 to 1.5 inches (2.5 - 3.5 cm) per year. Its unique color and structure make it well worth the effort to seek it out for a collection of xeric conifers.
 
This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in 1983 by Sławomir Skórka, Warsaw, Poland from seed he collected from specimens of Picea pungens 'Glauca' in Poland's Brynek forest district. He suspects that this particular seedling is a tetraploid, a genetic mutation.
 
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