Products: Fir

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Balsam Fir

(Abies balsamea)
Mature Height:
40’
Mature Spread:
20-25’
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

It is more rarely used in the garden as an ornamental. The needles are 1-inch long, blunt, rounded and a lustrous dark green. It forms a dense, narrow pyramid. Makes an excellent screen and is a good choice for cooler climates, but in warmer areas it will tend to drop needles and under-perform.


Canaan Fir

(Abies balsamea var. Phanerolepis)
Mature Height:
55’
Mature Spread:
25’
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

Tall evergreen tere similar to Balsam and Fraser Firs. Lustrous, flat needled, blue-green foliage with silver undersides. Tolerates wet soils. Excellent as a Christmas tree.


Candican Fir

(Abies concolor ‘Candican’)
Mature Height:
20’
Mature Spread:
15’
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

This tree has intense, soft, blue foliage and is an excellent specimen conifer, with a medium growth rate. It’s form is pyramidal and it bears cones as it ages.


Corkbark Fir

(Abies arizonica)
Mature Height:
30-50’
Mature Spread:
20’
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

The distinguishing feature is the pale bark which makes this tree stand out among the Engelmann spruce trees, almost like aspen. The bark is usually yielding and tough, not brittle or flaky. The color is pale ash grey, creamy white, or yellow-white. Corkbark firs have blue needles that can rival the Blue spruce for color. The slow growth habit of this fir makes it more attractive for landscapes.


Concolor Fir

(Abies concolor)
Mature Height:
60-80’
Mature Spread:
30-35’
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Water Requirement:
Medium to Low
Flower Color/Season:

This rapid growing fir tree is the most drought-resistant of all native firs. Although it can exist on poor, dry sites, the white fir grows most vigorously in moist, well-drained, acid soils in protected locations. It is a rapid grower after it becomes established. It makes a handsome ornamental and decorative Christmas tree.


Douglas Fir

(Pseudotsuga menziessi glauca)
Mature Height:
50-60’
Mature Spread:
20-30’
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

This conifer tree is a beautiful Christmas tree or a picturesque ornamental tree. It is used as a windbreak tree and it can also be sheared as a hedge. It is a rapid-growing hardy tree that grows well in a variety of soils.


Korean Fir

(Abies koreana)
Mature Height:
15-30’
Mature Spread:
6-12’
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

More heat tolerant than most firs; casts dense shade; easy to transplant; shallow root system; grows more slowly than other firs.


Rocky Mountain Fir

(Abies lasiocarpa)
Mature Height:
80’
Mature Spread:
Varies
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

This is a slow-growing fir tree with grayish to chalk-white bark.


Nordman Fir

(Abies nordmanniana)
Mature Height:
40-60’
Mature Spread:
12-18’
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

This fir tree is densely pyramidal. It casts a dense shade and transplants easily. It dislikes hot, dry summers and prefers moist, well-drained soil. This slow-growing fir tree is perfect for those with no height requirements, but a tighter spot.


Noble Fir

(Abies procera Rehd.)
Mature Height:
60-80’
Mature Spread:
(varies with height)
Hardy To:
Exposure:
Sun
Water Requirement:
Medium
Flower Color/Season:

A popular variety, the noble fir is symmetrical and has a deep bluish-green color. The long needles are four-sided and twist upward leaving the lower surface of the branch exposed. The tree is dense and grows slower than most other varieties. This durable tree features dense foliage and a sturdy conformation. The aromatic dense foliage blends ornaments within branches. The Noble fir has red-brown, deeply-fissured bark; blue-green needles; and purplish, oblong-cylindric cones.