Baby Blue Eyes Spruce Mature Height
It can be grown from seed and is denser and slower growing than other cultivars.
Baby blue eyes spruce mature height. After 10 years of growth a mature plant will measure 5 5 feet 1 8 m tall and 3 feet 1 m wide an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 inches 15 20 cm. It has blue gray needles. Dwarf blue spruce with brilliant blue color. This is a semi dwaf cultivar that grows 15 to 20 feet high.
It typically grows 30 60 tall in cultivation but may reach 100 or more where it grows naturally. Dig a hole that is slightly larger than the roots. Baby blue eyes is considered a semi dwarf tree and tops out at about 25 feet. Tall and 15 ft.
The baby blue eyes spruce fits that perfectly and it doesn t become a giant tree. Garden style contemporary rustic. Instead it stays compact and full with branches right to the ground. Specimen plant or planted in a group.
Baker blue spruce picea pungens bakeri. Dramatic foliage color easy care north american native selection waterwise. Noteworthy characteristics picea pungens commonly called colorado spruce also blue spruce is a medium to large narrow pyramidal conifer with horizontal branching to the ground. Baby blue eyes blue spruce picea pungens baby blue eyes.
Just 6 feet tall after 10 years it is perfect for a smaller garden or for foundation planting around your house. Grows 12 to 20 feet high and 6 to 10 feet wide. Planting tips instructions. In the nursery industry the spruce variant baby blue eyes is sold for its eye catching silvery blue foliage and smaller landscape size making it more desirable for confined spaces.
A more compact cultivar with deeper blue color. But what caught its discoverer s eye was its tendency to naturally achieve the iconic pyramidal shape for which blue spruces are valued. Plant in sun to part shade where the plant will have room to grow.