spruce · Picea meyeri
Meyer Spruce Christmas trees
Blue spruce's look without the sharp edges.
Meyer spruce is what people reach for when they want the blue-spruce look and have been jabbed by one before.
Similar blue-green colour, similar dense and uniform shape, similar strong branches. The needles are blunter and easier to work around, and it holds them longer indoors than a Colorado blue does.
It is less common than the firs, and we grow it at Clear Lake, so if you have your heart set on one it is worth coming up rather than checking a metro lot.