This mid to large evergreen shrubs and trees, makes them ideal for shurburn areas. \u00a0They prefer cool-cold climates such as Europe, North Africa, Asia and North America mountainous areas where they escape urban pollution and extreme temperatures although some varies expand into the tropics. \u00a0These fir\u2019s has long narrow, needles that are distributed equally horizontal and laterally along the twig. Color differs mid to dark green often with grayish white bands underneath. Female cones grow erect on upper branches, which ripen over a year then release seeds.<\/p>\n
They prefer sun moist soil or soil with good moisture retention but with good drainage, neutral to alkaline soil. \u00a0The only pruning needed to be done is to remove dead twigs to insure good circulation.<\/p>\n
Prone to adelgids, bark beetles, bagworms<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and spruce budworms.<\/i><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0A wide variety of fungi cause needle blights<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and root rots. \u00a0Rust<\/i><\/em>\u00a0diseases are common.<\/p>\n A. spectabilis \u2013 A. brevifola \u2013 A. webbiana \u2013 Himalayan Fir –<\/b><\/strong>Native to the high attitudes of the Himalayas up to 13,000\u2019 feet although not reliably frost hardy. \u00a0Its needles are in row forming a \u201cV\u201d shape. \u00a0The needles are curved and tangled 1 \u00be\u201d inches long, are dark green with a white-banded undersides. The cones are 6 inches long, barrel shaped and violet purple ripening to brown. \u00a0Purple dye has been made from its cone scales. \u00a0In cultivation this cone shape tree grows 60-80\u2019 feet tall.<\/p>\n Zones 7-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Abies- Fir This mid to large evergreen shrubs and trees, makes them ideal for shurburn areas. \u00a0They prefer cool-cold climates such as Europe, North Africa, Asia and North America mountainous areas where they escape urban pollution and extreme temperatures although some varies expand into the tropics. \u00a0These fir\u2019s has long narrow, needles that are distributed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[53,21,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160251205"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2830"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2830"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=2830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}