Baby Blue Spruce - Mid-Summer Check-in - August 2024
Late last Fall, I put in three Baby Blue (dwarf) Spruce trees. Two IB2DWs and one in the back by the Linden espalier. This one has been getting a little bit of water from when I water this bed, but not a lot of attention. How is it doing? Seems to be ok. Below is the current look - where it has put on new growth this season and held on to some of the blue needles: That part - the needles - and....lack of real needle-drop - is the most promising. Fall Planting seems to be the ticket for conifers. It appears to have given this dwarf conifer enough runway to get established and - as of now - survive the hot part of the Summer. We're not out of the woods yet - still another month of hot, dry heat. But, with a little bit of attention, I'm thinking this one has a good shot.