Picea pungens 'Baby Blue' ™

Picea pungens 'Baby Blue' ™Picea pungens 'Baby Blue' is a remarkable compact variety of the Colorado blue spruce cherished for its densely branched, neat pyramidal form and striking silvery blue foliage. Its needle like leaves offer brilliant year round color and enhance landscapes as a focal point, hedge, or ornamental specimen for small spaces. With its slower growth habit compared to other varieties, this selection is easy to maintain and perfect for adding a pop of elegance

It demonstrates moderate deer resistance and can form a beautiful focal point with its ornamental shape and elegant flowers

bright yellow leaves

it thrives in moderate temperatures and prefers well-drained

transitioning to glossy

and it provides excellent erosion control due to its spreading growth habit

creating a vibrant visual display

often starting with bronze tones in spring before maturing to green and then displaying autumnal brilliance with fiery oranges and reds

A graceful

- Drought/heat tolerance: Not highly drought-tolerant

it thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-drained soil

- Habit: Upright and compact

some protection may be needed