Baby Blue Colorado Spruce Tree

This tree grows all through the rocky mountains and all high places in the west from montana to arizona.

Baby blue colorado spruce tree.

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. This is a high maintenance tree that will require regular care and upkeep. 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.

The baby blue eyes spruce is a selected form of the of colorado spruce picea pungens. Every tree is very blue with needles arranged in a full round pattern. They are comparable to the best blue clones of the species. 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.

Baby blue spruce trees are an improved strain of the colorado blue spruce tree. Growing at those high altitudes means this tree is super tough and cold resistant. 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. Its branches are horizontal and grow right down to the ground.

The needles are longer on lower branches and shorter on upper branches. Baby blue colorado blue spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. 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. History and origins of the baby blue eyes spruce.

Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces.