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About Picea engelmannii ‘Big Sky’: This Engelmann spruce broom was one of 7 specimens discovered and collected in Montana. We found the brooms on a road trip in October 2014 to attend a friend’s wedding. No great vacation is complete without finding at least one broom!
![Engelmann spruce broom](https://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Picea-pungens-B2-Big-Sky-2-1024x686.jpg)
Mike returned in February 2015 to harvest scions.
![Engelmann spruce broom scions.](https://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Picea-pungens-B2-Big-Sky-3-1024x686.jpg)
Picea engelmannii ‘Big Sky’ scions
See all the cute little cones that had fallen from the Engelmann spruce tree on to the ground!
![Picea engelmannii 'Big Sky' spring growth](https://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Picea-pungens-B2-Big-Sky-May-1024x684.jpg)
The long trip was worth it! 8 years later, Picea engelmannii ‘Big Sky’ is a beautiful little globose cultivar with a nice growth pattern and colorful blue needles!
![Picea engelmannii 'Big Sky' with 6 years growth](https://cascadeconifers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Big-Sky_6318-1024x684.jpg)
Hopefully the new cultivar “Big Sky’ some day will also produce cones like it’s parent!