Why Plant Baby Blue Eyes Colorado Spruce?
Oh, baby—what a cutie! Reaching only about half the size of the typical Colorado Blue Spruce, Baby Blue Eyes is easy to tuck into your landscape. Except for its size, it shares all of the qualities of its big brothers—a tidy pyramidal habit, beautiful blue color, evergreen needles, and an easygoing nature. You’ll never have to prune it or rake up its leaves. Showcase Baby Blue Eyes in your front yard, where it will slowly but steadily become a prime focal point while never overwhelming the landscape!
Blue Spruce is a native tree that you’re likely to see from the ski lift on a trip to the Rocky Mountains. Known popularly as “Colorado” Blue Spruce, it can also be found from the forests of Wyoming all the way down to the cooler regions of New Mexico. In the wild, it typically becomes a tall, narrow pyramid of prickly green needles, but this selection is a petite true-blue beauty. Baby Blue Eyes was discovered as a seedling in an Oregon nursery in 1972. When the owner patented it many years later, the tree was 21 years old and only ten feet tall.
How to use Baby Blue Eyes Colorado Spruce in the landscape?
Don’t get Baby Blue Eyes confused with Baby Blue. Baby Blue is a seedling strain of Blue Spruce with good blue foliage, but these seedlings are all a bit different in color, and they eventually reach full size. The selection we offer here is Baby Blue Eyes, a variety that is a consistently beautiful shade of blue and which stays much more compact than the typical Colorado Spruce.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 3-8
How To Plant Baby Blue Eyes Colorado Spruce
Baby Blue Eyes Colorado Spruce is easy to grow and care for in much of the U.S. (though it struggles in the hot, humid Deep South). Full sun is a prerequisite, and drainage must be excellent. Think of its cool, dry Rocky Mountain homeland. As you can imagine, heavy snows and frigid winter temperatures are no problem for this super-hardy tree, and it has no serious pest or disease issues, either.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
