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FIR / Abies
Balsam
Abies Balsamea
Zone: 3
Height: 20 m
Spread: 8 m
Shape: Pyramidal
Foliage: Bright green
A slow growing, symmetrical evergreen tree with soft fragrant needles. Typically used as a popular variety of Christmas tree or as a specimen tree for landscaping.
Fraser
Abies Fraseri
Zone: 5
Height: 22 m
Spread: 6 m
Shape: Pyramidal
Foliage: Dark green
Slender specimen and pyramidal shape at maturity, this evergreen has glossy dark green foliage and horizontal branching. Dark green flat needles have rounded tips and blue coloration on the underside. Slow growing. Prefers moist, well-drained soil. Well liked for and cut as Christmas trees.
Douglas
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Zone: 4
Height: 20 m
Spread: 5 m
Shape: Pyramidal
Foliage: Green
Not unlike the Colorado Spruce but with much softer foliage. An ideal tree for windbreaks and screening. Prefers open, high spaces.
Korean
Abies koreana
Zone: 4
Height: 10 m
Spread: 4 m
Shape: Pyramidal
Foliage: Dark green
A non-indigenous or exotic species, has short shiny green needles are silver-white on the underside. Cones are green to blue-violet and stand upright. Slow growing and more heat tolerant than most firs. Prominent horizontal branching.
Canaan
Closely related to the Balsam Fir, with short, soft needles that tend to be medium to dark green on the top and silverish-blue on the underside. This tree is gaining considerable popularity as a cut Christmas tree because of its open-growing patterns and strong branches. It also makes a rugged landscape tree as it is highly adaptable to many soil conditions, shaded areas or direct sunlight: this is one tough tree.
Exotics
Also available: Limited specimens of Nordmann, Concolor, Grand, Silver and Noble Firs.