Dwarf Pacific Silver Fir

Abies amabilis 'Spreading Star' Pinaceae

Growth habit

Dwarf Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Coenosium Gardens, Iseli Nursery

Description

An older selection from Holland with very attractive needles with silvery undersides that develops into a very low, wide-spreading shrub reaching about 3' in width in 10 years (DS 625). A low-growing form that originated years ago at the Pinetum Blijdenstein, Hilversum, the Netherlands; sometimes a leader develops that should be removed to maintain the low, creeping habit (DS 469).

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

dwarf conifer, winter interest