Great Plant Pick: Blue Spanish fir
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What: Blue Spanish fir is a stately and majestic evergreen that draws attention with its graceful-yet-rigid layered branches, narrow conical shape and unusually stiff, intensely colored powder-blue short needles. The non-prickly needles are arranged radially around the branchlets, which creates an interesting texture and is enticing to the touch. In early spring, the branch tips are covered with surprisingly beautiful, small violet-red pollen cones, which are especially attractive against the blue foliage.