It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.
Dwarf baby blue eyes spruce tree.
Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well.
Our favorite small evergreen tree is the baby blue eyes spruce.
Often matures wider than high.
Slower growing than the native colorado spruce this semi dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces.
It has a low canopy and is suitable for planting under power lines.
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.
Its dense form makes its strong blue color stand out very nicely.
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.
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.
Growing only a few inches per year it develops a broad pyramidal form.
This tree should only be grown in full sunlight.
For homeowners with size constraints this simply will not work.
Picea pungens baby blue eyes.
Our favorite small evergreen tree is the baby blue eyes spruce.
Baby blue eyes spruce will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 6 feet.
For homeowners with size constraints this simply will not work.
Requires little pruning to maintain form.
A typical colorado blue spruce will grow 50 75 feet tall and 20 feet wide.