Baby Blue Eyes Colorado Spruce

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.

Baby blue eyes colorado spruce.

Picea pungens baby blue eyes is a very dense pyramidal slow growing selection of colorado spruce with sky blue foliage. Description 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. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. This native of the rocky mountain.

This is a semi dwaf cultivar that grows 15 to 20 feet high. Baby blue eyes spruce will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 6 feet. As with other types of colorado blue spruces baby blue eyes has stiff 4 angled needles with tiny white lines. Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely.

Unit of measure quantity. Baby blue eyes blue spruce picea pungens baby blue eyes. Picea pungens baby blue. It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.

Baker blue spruce picea pungens bakeri. Specific epithet means sharp pointed in reference to the needles. Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. It has a low canopy and is suitable for planting under power lines.

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 spruce. A more compact cultivar with deeper blue color. Baby blueyes is a semi dwarf cultivar that will grow to 15 20 tall over time. It has blue gray needles.

This tree grows all through the rocky mountains and all high places in the west from montana to arizona. Picea pungens baby blue eyes. The coloration of this cultivar s needles is slightly grayer than that of other cultivars. Gallon s bloom color family.

N a evergreen height feet 100. Growing at those high altitudes means this tree is super tough and cold resistant. The needles grow straight out from the twigs and are secured with short leaf stems. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.

The baby blue eyes spruce is a selected form of the of colorado spruce picea pungens. Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form. Plant patent pp5 457 was issued on april 30 1987.