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Dwarf Pacific Silver Fir

Abies amabilis
Pinaceae

Growth Habit

Dwarf Tree

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).

Source of plant

Coenosium Gardens, Iseli Nursery

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

dwarf conifer, winter interest