Baby Blue Spruce

Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.

Baby blue spruce.

It has a low canopy and should not be planted underneath power lines. Baby blue spruce is a registered trademark in the us and canada. 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. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight.

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. The baby blue spruce container grown carries a full pyramidal shape with a cone shaped crown and takes its name from the silvery blue color needles and growing slightly smaller than the traditional colorado blue spruce. 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. 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. If left to grow naturally it takes on the typical pyramid shape seen in many conifers. The needles are longer on lower branches and shorter on upper branches.