Patent Pending
PP# 2162179' 
An outstanding new introduction. Blue-green foliage explodes with butter-yellow new growth in spring. The "bloom" lasts for about six weeks, then needles evolve back to blue-green. Prefers sun/partial shade in well-drained soil. 6' tall x 3' wide in 10 years. Hardy to -40 degrees. USDA zone 3.
 
American Conifer Society Attributes:
Picea pungens 'Gebelle's Golden Spring' / Gebelle's Golden Spring Colorado spruce
RECOMMENDED HARDINESS ZONES:
3 (-30 to -40 F / -34.4 to -40 C)
HORTICULTURAL STATUS: Established
ORIGIN: Seedling Selection
COLOR: 
TRINOMIAL TYPE: Cultivar
GROWTH SHAPE: Conical (Pyramidal)
GROWTH SIZE: Intermediate: 6 to 12 inches (15 – 30 cm) per year / 5 to 10 feet (1.5 – 3 m) after 10 years
 
Picea pungens 'Gebelle's Golden Spring' is an upright, pyramidal selection of Colorado spruce with a more-or-less species-typical outline and branch structure. In spring, this conifer springs to life with a flush of butter-yellow new growth that begins to soften to Blue-green after around 4 to 6 weeks, depending on spring temperatures. After 10 years or growth, a mature specimen will measure 6 feet (2 m) tall and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide, an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 inches (15 - 20 cm).
 
Origin:
This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in the early 2000s from a field of Colorado spruce seedlings in Huron, Ohio, USA by Anthony and Ann Gebelle who operated a small nursery there.