Dwarf Baby Blue Eyes Spruce Tree

Requires little pruning to maintain form.

Dwarf baby blue eyes spruce tree.

For homeowners with size constraints this simply will not work. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. Picea pungens baby blue eyes. Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces.

A typical colorado blue spruce will grow 50 75 feet tall and 20 feet wide. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well. Baby blue eyes spruce will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 6 feet. Picea pungens glauca baby blue eyes dwarf blue spruce with pyramidal shape and nice blue coloring very slow growing only 2 3 inches a year.

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. 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. Drought tolerant once established. Our favorite small evergreen tree is the baby blue eyes spruce.

It has a low canopy and is suitable for planting under power lines. Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form. Picea pungens baby blue eyes is a very dense pyramidal slow growing selection of colorado spruce with sky blue foliage. Often matures wider than high.

Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely. 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. It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.