I thought there had been discussion on this before? Picea pungens glauca 'Baby Blue Eyes' comes from Verl Holden of Holden Wholesale Growers, Silverton, Oregon. Named for Verl's nickname for his first wife. Verl is still around, active, and has a very long-standing relationship with the hort dept at OSU. OSU's database of trees on campus says "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 (Plant Patent 5,457)" I did notice that OSU has a typo, 'Blueeyes" that may well have contributed to the confusion. However, may I suggest that you satisfy your curiosity and then correct the ACS database by giving the originator a call? He's a wonderful person and a real wealth of information.

Ive had 2 baby blue eyes and 10 or so baby blue in the ground about 4 years(one year the local nursery got waaaaaaaay tooo many baby blue(blue is cool blue is cool blue is cool blue is cool blue is cool, and in case you forget blue is cool!)), pulled out the worst looking/greenest ones and sold them for cheap). Baby blue eyes is noticeably denser, at least in these smaller specimens. Baby blue is seed grown and thus there will be some variation bw specimens (Ive observed this is color with some noticeably more green or blue than others). According to the grower in Ontario, Canada, baby blue is a “slightly narrower” version of a basic P. Pungens. Only have one close pic of baby blue eyes and none of baby blue. If it was me, Id get one or two of each. If I had to pic just one, I would pick the baby blue eyes. It seems like one of the older tried and true varieties that has been largely been overlooked in more recent years. The baby blue eyes specimen I planted in the front yard, which is largely shade, has been doing quite well. In time though, who knows as I also like the idea that baby blue will probably be narrower in the long term.

I love blue!! Add some whites, woods, and textures to the space.

I have had blue birds' nest in my 2 houses for many years and never had a problem other than one time a snake or something got them. I fixed that problem. However, this year our first brood of 5 were within days of fledging and they all died. The only thing different this year is when they were feeding, I had my house washed and the guy used a fairly strong clorox based cleaner unlike my previous hose washer who used a enviro-friendly house wash. The blue birds and other birds were grabbing up the worms being flushed up from all the water and feeding the babies in a frenzy. I only let this guy wash my house because he was a neighbors nephew or some other kin. I didn't know he used a Clorox based cleaner or I would have not let him do it, I would have gotten my usual guy to do it. Clorox isn't good for vinyl siding nor the environment, but not sure about blaming the Clorox for the kill.