Full Grown Size 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.

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. Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form. Plant patent pp5 457 was issued on april 30 1987. 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.

Baby blue eyes is considered a semi dwarf tree and tops out at about 25 feet. Planting and initial care. Picea pungens baby blue eyes. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.

The baby blue eyes spruce should be grown in full sun or just a little light shade. It has a low canopy and is suitable for planting under power lines. Baby blue eyes spruce will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 6 feet. Baby blueyes is a semi dwarf cultivar that will grow to 15 20 tall over time.

Plant it in almost any soil that is well drained. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more. In 1972 it was discovered as a chance seedling in a cultivated group of grafted picea pungens moerheimii trees.