The Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) is one of North America's most recognizable evergreen trees, famous for its distinctive silvery-blue to deep green needles and perfectly symmetrical, pyramidal shape. Native to the Rocky Mountains, these trees are exceptionally hardy and drought-tolerant once established, making them a popular choice for windbreaks, ornamental landscaping, and Christmas tree farms.

Its sharp, four-sided needles grow individually on the branches and can retain their color year-round. The Blue Spruce is the official state tree of both Colorado and Utah. While they can grow to over 60 feet tall in the wild, cultivated varieties are often chosen for their moderate growth rate and dense foliage, offering excellent color and texture in any landscape.

The Concolor Fir (Abies concolor) is an attractive, versatile evergreen highly valued for its striking appearance and pleasant aroma. Unlike some sharper evergreens, the Concolor Fir features soft, long, blue-green to silver-green needles that curve upward, giving the branches a full, distinctively brush-like look.

Native to the mountains of the Western U.S., this tree is known for its excellent needle retention, making it an extremely popular choice for a Christmas tree. When crushed, the needles release a refreshing citrus or orange scent, contributing to the holiday atmosphere. In the landscape, the Concolor Fir is prized for being relatively tolerant of drought and urban conditions once established, and it can grow into a beautiful, stately specimen up to 50 feet tall or more.

The Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) is often called the "Cadillac of Christmas Trees" for its near-perfect features and is the most popular Christmas tree species grown in North America. Native to the Appalachian Mountains, it is highly prized for its soft, flat, deep-green needles that have excellent retention, ensuring the tree stays fresh and full throughout the season.

The tree's strong, pleasant, long-lasting balsam scent is the quintessential aroma of Christmas, and its stout, upward-turning branches are ideally suited for holding heavy ornaments. The Fraser Fir naturally grows in a dense, uniform pyramidal shape, making it ideal for both commercial harvesting and ornamental planting.