Full Grown Size Baby Blue Eyes Spruce

Baby blue eyes spruce will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 6 feet.

Full grown size baby blue eyes spruce.

Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. If you have larger planters and boxes the baby blue eyes spruce is perfect for them making a great specimen that will always look good. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. Baby blue eyes is considered a semi dwarf tree and tops out at about 25 feet.

It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more. Picea pungens baby blue eyes. The baby blue eyes spruce should be grown in full sun or just a little light shade. It can be grown from seed and is denser and slower growing than other cultivars.

Plant patent pp5 457 was issued on april 30 1987. Plant it in almost any soil that is well drained. It grows best in areas with warm not hot summers. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.

Planting and initial care. Depending on climate of growing location baby blue spruce grows to a full sized tree approximately 35 45 feet tall but is somewhat more slender than common colorado blue spruce. It has a low canopy and is suitable for planting under power lines. But what caught its discoverer s eye was its tendency to naturally achieve the iconic pyramidal shape for which blue spruces are valued.