Baby Blue Spruce

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

Baby blue spruce.

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. Dense eye catching silvery blue green foliage holds its color well. It grows at a medium rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more. Baby blue spruce is a registered trademark in the us and canada.

It has a low canopy and should not be planted underneath power lines. Baby blue spruce can only be used in conjuction with trees originating from seed at west montrose farms ltd. Baby blue colorado blue spruce will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 10 feet. 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.

If left to grow naturally it takes on the typical pyramid shape seen in many conifers. Its branches are horizontal and grow right down to the ground. The needles are longer on lower branches and shorter on upper branches.