But what caught its discoverer s eye was its tendency to naturally achieve the iconic pyramidal shape for which blue spruces are valued.
Baby blue eyes spruce tree.
This is a relatively low maintenance tree.
Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely.
This tree grows all through the rocky mountains and all high places in the west from montana to arizona.
This native of the rocky mountain.
Baby blue eyes is considered a semi dwarf tree and tops out at about 25 feet.
If left to grow naturally it takes on the typical pyramid shape seen in many conifers.
The blue spruce tree picea pungens named for its sharp ended needles is a coniferous evergreen member of the pine family also known as the colorado spruce.
It can be grown from seed and is denser and slower growing than other cultivars.
Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.
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.
The baby blue eyes spruce is a selected form of the of colorado spruce picea pungens.
Baby blue eyes spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form.
A dense pyramidal cultivar with very good silver blue color.
Broad and conical when mature.
Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form.
Spruce baby blue eyes picea pungens baby blue eyes pyramidal semi dwarf evergreen with sky blue needles.
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.
Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces.
Picea pungens baby blue eyes is a very dense pyramidal slow growing selection of colorado spruce with sky blue foliage.
Baby blue is a mid sized spruce that reaches heights of between 15 and 20 feet and usually spans anywhere from six to ten feet across.
Montgomery blue spruce picea pungens montgomery grows 5 to 6 feet high and 5 to 6 feet wide.
Growing at those high altitudes means this tree is super tough and cold resistant.
Its branches are horizontal and grow right down to the ground.
Grows 30 to 50 feet high and 15 to 20 feet wide.
Picea pungens baby blue eyes.
For homeowners with size constraints this simply will not work.