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Picea pungens Baby Blueeyes (syn.Baby Blue Eyes, P. pungens var. glauca Baby Blueeyes)
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Baby Blueeyes Colorado Blue Spruce
PI-see-a PUN-jenz GLAW-ka
- 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.