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 Abies lasiocarpa <\/b><\/strong>var. arizonica <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 Alpine Fir \u2013 Subalpine Fir – Rocky Mountain Fir \u2013 Corkbark Fir \u00a0– <\/b><\/strong>This <\/b>conical tree that reaches 60\u2019 feet tall and has a spread of 12\u2019 feet. \u00a0Found in the upper most tree lines in the USA Rockies from Arizona to Alaska. \u00a0It has dense spiky 1\u201d needles that are a blue gray crowded and overlapping with a waxy coating. \u00a0Also has thick corky pale bark.\u00a0 Cones are 3-4\u201d long and are fat oblong and dark purple.<\/p>\n Zones 5-6<\/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":31495,"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-160251214"},"_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\/2837"}],"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=2837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2837"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2837"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=2837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}