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.
Full grown size baby blue eyes spruce.
In 1972 it was discovered as a chance seedling in a cultivated group of grafted picea pungens moerheimii trees.
Baby blueyes is a semi dwarf cultivar that will grow to 15 20 tall over time.
It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.
This tree should only be grown in full sunlight.
Plant it in almost any soil that is well drained.
Picea pungens baby blue eyes.
Plant patent pp5 457 was issued on april 30 1987.
Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces.
It can be grown from seed and is denser and slower growing than other cultivars.
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 is considered a semi dwarf tree and tops out at about 25 feet.
Planting and initial care.
Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form.
But what caught its discoverer s eye was its tendency to naturally achieve the iconic pyramidal shape for which blue spruces are valued.
Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.