The Baby Blue Spruce (Picea pungens ‘Baby Blue’) is the ideal specimen tree for those cooler areas. If you want that classic silvery-blue foliage without the height, the Baby Blue is an excellent option. This tree is the perfect miniature spruce that can fit into small lawns, garden beds, or property corners.

Baby Blue® is perfect for bringing the classic pyramidal form and appealing blue-gray color to smaller landscapes. Mix it with a variety of dwarf to mid-sized evergreens for a stunning year round display. A classic favorite for landscape focal points. Provides dramatic color and form to autumn and winter landscapes.

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. After sixteen years of experimentation we now have a seed source with four very significant characteristics that sets it above all others:

Slower growing than the native Colorado spruce, this semi-dwarf selection is useful for smaller landscapes and confined spaces. Dense, eye-catching silvery blue-green foliage holds its color well. Growing only a few inches per year, it develops a broad, pyramidal form. Evergreen. LIGHT: Full sun, Partial sun.

Baby Blue is a low maintenance, compact, slow growing cultivar with silvery-blue to bright blue needles. Truly one of the best pyramidal Blue Spruce specimens available.

Plant database entry for Blue Spruce (Picea pungens Baby Blue®) with 7 images and 39 data details.

This dwarf blue spruce tree stays under 25 feet. It makes a nice colorful privacy screen or group planting. It looks amazing as a focal or specimen tree too. This stunning evergreen tree looks beautiful in any landscape. The Baby Blue Spruce tree adds cool color and phenomenal texture.

Use blue spruce as a specimen plant or accent. It also works well as a privacy screen. Plant it in drought-tolerant gardens, meadows, naturalized areas, play areas, native gardens or woodland areas. Quick ID Hints: Gymnosperm with bluish saber-like …

The silvery-blue forms, Picea pungens var. glauca, are essentially the only ones selected for the ornamentals nursery trade. Their silver-blue color is attributed to the wax that covers the outer surface of the needles.

Zone: 3-7 Height: 15-20' Spread: 6-10' Shape: Narrow, Pyramidal Foliage: Blue-green Picea pungens, commonly called Colorado spruce (also blue spruce), is a medium to large, narrow, pyramidal conifer with horizontal branching to the ground. It typically grows 30-60’ tall in cultivation, but may