Baby Blue Colorado Spruce Tree

Baby blue colorado blue spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form.

Baby blue colorado spruce tree.

Growing at those high altitudes means this tree is super tough and cold resistant. Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form. This tree grows all through the rocky mountains and all high places in the west from montana to arizona. The blue spruce picea pungens glauca which we have named baby blue is grown from seed harvested from a blue spruce orchard at west montrose farms ltd.

History and origins of the baby blue eyes spruce. 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. After sixteen years of experimentation we now have a seed source with four very significant characteristics that sets it above all others. The baby blue eyes spruce is a selected form of the of colorado spruce picea pungens.

Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. The needles are longer on lower branches and shorter on upper branches. Its branches are horizontal and grow right down to the ground. If left to grow naturally it takes on the typical pyramid shape seen in many conifers.

Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well. 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. They are comparable to the best blue clones of the species. This is a high maintenance tree that will require regular care and upkeep.

The baby blue spruce container grown carries a full pyramidal shape with a cone shaped crown and takes its name from the silvery blue color needles and growing slightly smaller than the traditional colorado blue spruce.