Fat Albert

Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'

Fat Albert is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.

Bloom time

Foliage plant

Hardiness

Zones 2–7

Sun

Full sun

Water

Moderate water

Mature size

30 ft × 13 ft

Type

Conifer

Verification

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Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 2–7. Expect it to reach about 30 ft tall and 13 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 20 years.

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When to plant Fat Albert

Plant Fat Albert in spring once the soil is workable, or by very early fall at the latest: an evergreen needs its roots down well before the ground freezes. For the middle of its hardy zones 2 to 7 range, that is April to June, or August on the fall side.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 5 in April.

One of 10 in the Spruce family. Same family, similar care.