King Boris Fir
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Mnts. in Bulgaria, On Mt. Olympus in Thessaly, Greece and on Thasos Island
Location
Source of plant
Treehaven Evergreen Nursery, Dilworth Nursery
Description
Intermediate between A. alba and A. cephalonica, characteristics somewhat variable. Tall tree to 30 m,not branched on the basal portion, young branches light yellow, dense and soft yellow- or black-pubescent, but quickly becoming glabrous, buds slightly resinous; needles densely arranged, not parted above, oriented upward and to the side, to 30 mm long, acute to nearly prickly, occasionally somewhat emarginate, furrowed above and usually without stomata, 2 white stomatal bands beneath, each with 6 to 10 lines; cones cylindrical to conical, to 15 cm long, seed scales short-tomentose, bract scales exserted, reflexed.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6
Special characteristics
winter interest