Baby Blue Eyes Spruce

Montgomery blue spruce picea pungens montgomery grows 5 to 6 feet high and 5 to 6 feet wide.

Baby blue eyes spruce.

Baby blueyes is a semi dwarf cultivar that will grow to 15 20 tall over time. This species is quite drought tolerant. Picea pungens baby blue eyes is a very dense pyramidal slow growing selection of colorado spruce with sky blue foliage. But what caught its discoverer s eye was its tendency to naturally achieve the iconic pyramidal shape for which blue spruces are valued.

Younger trees are relatively broad and as the tree becomes older it becomes narrower but it remains much denser and fuller than other common blue spruce trees. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well. Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. Baby blue eyes spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form.

It can be grown from seed and is denser and slower growing than other cultivars. Specific epithet means sharp pointed in reference to the needles. Spruce baby blue eyes picea pungens baby blue eyes pyramidal semi dwarf evergreen with sky blue needles. The baby blue eyes spruce offers all the benefits of the colorado without the massive size.

Genus name is reportedly derived from the latin word pix meaning pitch in reference to the sticky resin typically found in spruce bark. Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form. The baby blue eyes spruce is an evergreen tree of a narrow conical form staying perfectly symmetrical without trimming. Baby blue spruce will make an ideal specimen plant without any clipping but it can also be used for a knock out hedge that will stop any eyesore and look great all year round.

Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. 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. Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely. Broad and conical when mature.

Thomsen blue spruce picea pungens thomson. The silver blue foliage adds color to the winter landscape. Another cultivar with silver blue color. Cold wind and snow have no effect on this hardy plant that takes minus 40 in its stride and will tolerate periods of drought too.

Picea pungens baby blue eyes.