Baby Blue Eyes Spruce Mature Height

Tall and 15 ft.

Baby blue eyes spruce mature height.

Baby blue eyes is considered a semi dwarf tree and tops out at about 25 feet. A more compact cultivar with deeper blue color. Just 6 feet tall after 10 years it is perfect for a smaller garden or for foundation planting around your house. Baker blue spruce picea pungens bakeri.

In the nursery industry the spruce variant baby blue eyes is sold for its eye catching silvery blue foliage and smaller landscape size making it more desirable for confined spaces. Plant in sun to part shade where the plant will have room to grow. Dramatic foliage color easy care north american native selection waterwise. Garden style contemporary rustic.

After 10 years of growth a mature plant will measure 5 5 feet 1 8 m tall and 3 feet 1 m wide an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 inches 15 20 cm. This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in 1972 by verl holden nurseries silverton oregon usa. Dig a hole that is slightly larger than the roots. Average landscape size slow growing 15 to 30 ft.

Planting tips instructions. Specimen plant or planted in a group. Baby blue eyes blue spruce picea pungens baby blue eyes. It can be grown from seed and is denser and slower growing than other cultivars.

Dwarf blue spruce with brilliant blue color. But what caught its discoverer s eye was its tendency to naturally achieve the iconic pyramidal shape for which blue spruces are valued. This is a semi dwaf cultivar that grows 15 to 20 feet high. Instead it stays compact and full with branches right to the ground.

The baby blue eyes spruce fits that perfectly and it doesn t become a giant tree. It has blue gray needles. Grows 12 to 20 feet high and 6 to 10 feet wide.