The baby blue eyes spruce is a selected form of the of colorado spruce picea pungens.
Dwarf baby blue eyes spruce.
But what caught its discoverer s eye was its tendency to naturally achieve the iconic pyramidal shape for which blue spruces are valued.
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It has a low canopy and is suitable for planting under power lines.
It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.
This tree grows all through the rocky mountains and all high places in the west from montana to arizona.
This dwarf evergreen produces a clear pyramidal form of fine branches covered with scaly purple tinged gray bark.
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.
Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces.
Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form.
However the depth of color and thickness of needles found in a colorado blue spruce can be hard to replicate.
Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.
The baby blue eyes spruce features the same wonderful color as the colorado with a range of greenish to deep blue colored needles.
This species is quite drought tolerant.
This tree should only be grown in full sunlight.
For homeowners with size constraints this simply will not work.
It can be grown from seed and is denser and slower growing than other cultivars.
Growing at those high altitudes means this tree is super tough and cold resistant.
Baby blue eyes is considered a semi dwarf tree and tops out at about 25 feet.
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.
A typical colorado blue spruce will grow 50 75 feet tall and 20 feet wide.
Baby blue eyes spruce will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 6 feet.