Baby Blue Eyes Spruce Trees

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Baby blue eyes spruce trees.

The coloration of this cultivar s needles is slightly grayer than that of other cultivars. 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. Spruce baby blue eyes. If left to grow naturally it takes on the typical pyramid shape seen in many conifers.

Pyramidal semi dwarf evergreen with sky blue needles. The baby blue eyes spruce is an evergreen tree of a narrow conical form staying perfectly symmetrical without trimming. While not a true dwarf ornamental the baby blue eyes spruce tree is the closest thing to a dwarf evergreen tree on the market today. Baby blue eyes spruce is a dense evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form.

Picea pungens baby blue eyes. Prefers a rich well drained soil. Ideal as an accent plant for small areas in the landscape. Picea pungens baby blue eyes is a very dense pyramidal slow growing selection of colorado spruce with sky blue foliage.

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. Montgomery blue spruce picea pungens montgomery grows 5 to 6 feet high and 5 to 6 feet wide. Another cultivar with silver blue color. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.

The needles grow straight out from the twigs and are secured with short leaf stems. The silver blue foliage adds color to the winter landscape. Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form. 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.

Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. For homeowners with size constraints this simply will not work. Its branches are horizontal and grow right down to the ground. Thomsen blue spruce picea pungens thomson.

As with other types of colorado blue spruces baby blue eyes has stiff 4 angled needles with tiny white lines. A typical colorado blue spruce will grow 50 75 feet tall and 20 feet wide. Broad and conical when mature. This is a relatively low maintenance tree.

Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely.