Picea pungens Monty®: This very choice Colorado spruce has an outstanding, compact, conical form and amazing, vivid color. In 2001, Iseli Nursery did a controlled cross between the compact, blue, spreading oval-shaped ‘Montgomery’ cultivar and the strikingly silvery blue, dense, tall pyramidal cultivar, ‘Hoopsi’. The best traits of both appeared in a distinct, incredibly appealing, very dense, conical, bright silvery blue selection with a relatively slow growth rate. It is ideally suited for a smaller space where some bold color would liven up the scene. In 10 years, Monty (PP34,883) can be expected to be about five feet tall and four feet wide. It is suitable for USDA zones 2 through 8.

Shipping Date Options: You will be asked to select your preferred shipping date. If ordering maples, please be sure to select February or March as these are the only months they can be shipped.

Fine Print: Purchases for the Collectors' Conifer of the Year program are limited to one of each selection per individual. Orders will be honored on a first-received basis. Since the inventory is limited to 50 plants for each offering, ordering early is advantageous to ensure your desired plant(s) is/are available. To efficiently provide notice of availability, ordering will be available online this year at https://www2.conifersociety.org/store/. Each offer comes with a one-year/one-time replacement guarantee should the plants fail to grow during the first year in their appropriate USDA zone. Accompanying each conifer will be an anodized aluminum stake and a Metal photo tag that identifies the plant as a winner of the American Conifer Society’s annual award of “Collectors’ Conifer of the Year” and displays a QR to the society’s website. Likewise, a tag and stake will accompany companion plants. Shipping is included in the listed costs. All orders must be received by January 1, 2026 (unless sold out sooner). We cannot ship outside the continental United States.