Dwarf Baby Blue Eyes Spruce Tree

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.

Dwarf baby blue eyes spruce tree.

Our favorite small evergreen tree is the baby blue eyes spruce. Picea pungens baby blue eyes. Requires little pruning to maintain form. Often matures wider than high.

A typical colorado blue spruce will grow 50 75 feet tall and 20 feet wide. It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well. Baby blue eyes spruce will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 6 feet.

Drought tolerant once established. Picea pungens glauca baby blue eyes dwarf blue spruce with pyramidal shape and nice blue coloring very slow growing only 2 3 inches a year. For homeowners with size constraints this simply will not work. It has a low canopy and is suitable for planting under power lines.

Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. 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. Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely. 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.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. For homeowners with size constraints this simply will not work. Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form.