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 vs blue spruce.
Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely.
It is native to north america and is found in growing zones 1 through 7.
Even in the absence of competition serbian spruce has a slender form.
Ignoring the color my bbe appear to have that form branching style.
Blue spruce blue spruce picea pungens also famously called the colorado spruce is a highly adaptable plant that can grow just about anywhere and everywhere in plant hardiness zones 3 through 7.
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.
Our blue spruce are grown from seed and the needles vary in color from green to blue.
Let s take a detailed look at blue spruce vs.
Grows 12 to 20 feet high and 6 to 10 feet wide.
Baby blue spruce appearance.
Of my trees ymmv the baby blue are definitely more blue while the baby blue eyes are more silvery like yours.
Serbian spruce is a medium sized evergreen.
White spruce to help you decide which one would perfectly fit your landscape and climate.
The blue spruce green spruce white spruce colorado spruce or colorado blue spruce with the latin scientific name picea pungens is a species of spruce tree.
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Baby blue spruce can only be used in conjuction with trees originating from seed at west montrose farms ltd.
On the other hand spruce trim easily so if you choose a more compact form of colorado spruce like baby blue eyes or baby blue you should have a manageable tree you can keep at the size you are looking for without much trouble.
Depending on climate of growing location baby blue spruce grows to a full sized tree approximately 35 45 feet tall but is somewhat more slender than common colorado blue spruce.
Ive got about 12 baby blue and 2 baby blue eyes all about that size at present.
This is a semi dwaf cultivar that grows 15 to 20 feet high.
A more compact cultivar with deeper blue color.
The best way to tell however may be how much you paid.
It has blue gray needles.
If left to grow naturally it takes on the typical pyramid shape seen in many conifers.
Picea pungens baby blue eyes is a very dense pyramidal slow growing selection of colorado spruce with sky blue foliage.
Baby blue spruce is a registered trademark in the us and canada.
Its natural range extends from northern new mexico through colorado and utah to wyoming and into alberta and british columbia but it has been widely.
Blue spruce trees are ideally suited for use in shelterbelts privacy screens or as accent trees.
Baker blue spruce picea pungens bakeri.
