Picea pungens 'Baby Blueeyes'
Common name: 
Baby Blueeyes Colorado Blue Spruce
Pronunciation: 
PI-see-a PUN-jenz
Family: 
Pinaceae
Genus: 
Picea
Synonyms: 
‘Baby Blue Eyes’
P. pungens var. glauca ‘Baby Blueeyes’
Type: 
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Conifer, evergreen tree, upright, semi-dwarf, broad pyramidal habit, blue-green needles, maintains blue color.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 2      Discovered in 1972 as a chance seedling growing in a cultivated group of grafted Picea pungens 'Moerheimi' by Verl Holden in his nursery in Silverton, Oregon (PP 5,457).  The original tree showed a terminal growth rate of about 6-8 inches (15-20 cm) per year and at 21 years old was about 10 ft tall.
  • Silverton, Oregon: Oregon Garden - Conifer Garden.
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