Baby Blue Colorado Blue Spruce

Every tree is very blue with needles arranged in a full round pattern.

Baby blue colorado blue spruce. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. Baby blue spruce can only be used in conjuction with trees originating from seed at west montrose farms ltd. Picea pungens baby blue eyes is a very dense pyramidal slow growing selection of colorado spruce with sky blue foliage. Excellent as a miniature evergreen tree in natural form perfect for smaller gardens or confined spaces.

Baby blue spruce is a registered trademark in the us and canada. 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. The baby blue spruce is a slow growing version of the native colorado blue spruce. Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely.

The blue spruce picea pungens glauca which we have named baby blue is grown from seed harvested from a blue spruce orchard at west montrose farms ltd. They are comparable to the best clones of that species. Picea pungens is the state tree of colorado and utah. Baby blue colorado blue spruce will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 10 feet.

Makes a formal statement in the garden. After sixteen years of experimentation we now have a seed source with four very significant characteristics that sets it above all others. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well. Picea pungens baby blue eyes sku 3843 slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces.

Its branches are horizontal and grow right down to the ground. It grows at a medium rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more. Superb container specimens or mass plant these baby spruces to make a privacy screen or a windbreak. A native tree from northern new mexico through colorado utah and wyoming and into alberta and british columbia.

The variety glauca is a latin word that indicates a grayish blue color and has been given to the silvery blue forms of the species that are selected for the ornamental nursery trade. They are typically strong symmetrical growers. If left to grow naturally it takes on the typical pyramid shape seen in many conifers.