HEIGHT: | 60 - 75 feet | SPREAD: | 15 - 20 feet | DISTINCTIONS: | Grayish-green needles with pale midrib; crisp, stiff branches; branches gray, covered with soft reddish down; young cones purple, up to 4" long and may be retained several years; symmetrically shaped tree. | LIMITATIONS: | Protect from winter winds. | HARDINESS: | SC, SE (Zone 3) | ORIGIN: | Southeast Alaska to Oregon, Utah and New Mexico. | CULTIVARS: | var. arizonica -corkbark fir, narrow pyramidal tree; corky, white bark; native to mountains of Arizona. ‘Compacta’ Conical dwarf; silver-blue needles; 6' tall, 3' wide or larger. ‘Glauca’ Upright, conical tree; long, steely blue needles; branches ascend when young and level out with age; indistinguishable from ‘Argentea.’ | _____________________________ Back to List | The information for this Evergreen Tree (27) was last updated on: 2011-01-12 17:02:38 |
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