Baby Blue Spruce

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. 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 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. The needles are longer on lower branches and shorter on upper branches.

Baby blue spruce is a registered trademark in the us and canada. Picea pungens baby blue eyes sku 3843 slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. Baby blue spruce can only be used in conjuction with trees originating from seed at west montrose farms ltd.

After sixteen years of experimentation we now have a seed source with four very significant characteristics that sets it above all others. It grows at a medium rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more. 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.