Baby Blue Eyes Spruce Trees
Broad and conical when mature.
Baby blue eyes spruce trees. It is reported to be not as cold hardy as most plants in this species reported to suffer winter die back in usda zone 3. This is a relatively low maintenance tree. A typical colorado blue spruce will grow 50 75 feet tall and 20 feet wide. The silver blue foliage adds color to the winter landscape.
Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. As with other types of colorado blue spruces baby blue eyes has stiff 4 angled needles with tiny white lines. Picea pungens baby blue eyes. Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form.
Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. Pyramidal semi dwarf evergreen with sky blue needles. Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely. The coloration of this cultivar s needles is slightly grayer than that of other cultivars.
The baby blue eyes spruce is an evergreen tree of a narrow conical form staying perfectly symmetrical without trimming. Our favorite small evergreen tree is the baby blue eyes spruce. The blue spruce tree picea pungens named for its sharp ended needles is a coniferous evergreen member of the pine family also known as the colorado. Younger trees are relatively broad and as the tree becomes older it becomes narrower but it remains much denser and fuller than other common blue spruce trees.
Baby blue is a mid sized spruce that reaches heights of between 15 and 20 feet and usually spans anywhere from six to ten feet across. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well. While not a true dwarf ornamental the baby blue eyes spruce tree is the closest thing to a dwarf evergreen tree on the market today. How to care for a diseased blue spruce tree.
Another cultivar with silver blue color. Its branches are horizontal and grow right down to the ground. Baby blue eyes spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. Prefers a rich well drained soil.
The needles grow straight out from the twigs and are secured with short leaf stems. Spruce baby blue eyes. If left to grow naturally it takes on the typical pyramid shape seen in many conifers. Thomsen blue spruce picea pungens thomson.
Ideal as an accent plant for small areas in the landscape.