Baby Blue Eyes Spruce is a semi-dwarf native conifer tree with a broad pyramidal habit and dense silver-blue needles that becomes more blue in light shade. Prefers full sun and rich, moist well-drained acidic soils. Drought tolerant once established. Baby Blue Eyes has good disease resistance.
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Type: |
Tree, Conifer |
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Height: |
15' - 30' |
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Spread: |
10' - 15' |
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Spacing: |
12’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
2 - 8 |
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Culture: |
Full Sun, Part Sun |
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Bloom Color: |
N/A |
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Season of Interest: |
Year-Round |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. Susceptible to needle cast, rust, and cytospora canker. Watch for aphids, scale, bagworms and budworms. Spider mites infestations can severally damage new growth.
LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or mass plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Foundation Planting, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Ninebark, Weigela, Smoke Tree
IMAGES: Photos by OSU Landscape Plants, Picea pungens 'Baby Blueeyes', (2) Qirille, Blue spruce may 16 2, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
