Abelia mosanensis
HARDY ABELIA
- Rounded habit with arching stems
- Pink buds open to fragrant pinkish-white tubular flowers
- Glossy green leaves turn orange-red in the fall
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Abeliophyllum distichum
WHITE FORSYTHIA
- Fragrant white flowers with purple throats
- One of the first shrubs to flower in spring
- Bloom Time: spring
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Abies alba 'Green Spiral'
GREEN SPIRAL SILVER FIR
- Narrowly upright with twisting branches spiraling outward and down
- Glossy needles are dark green with silvery undersides
- Use as a great focal point plant to showcase its unusual growth habit
HEIGHT: 8-9 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Abies alba 'Pyramidalis'
PYRAMIDAL EUROPEAN SILVER FIR
- Grows in a tight pyramidal shape, opening with age
- Needles are dark green with a silver stripe on the reverse
- Purple cones grow upright and disintegrate while still on the plant
HEIGHT: 2.50-3 m · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Abies amabilis 'Spreading Star'
SPREADING STAR SILVER FIR
- AKA Abies amabilis 'Procumbens'
- Dwarf, prostrate habit
- Very lush with blue-green needles
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Abies balsamea
BALSAM FIR
- Grows in a pyramidal, open habit
- Needles are emerald-green
- One of the most aromatic of all firs
HEIGHT: 18-20 m · SPREAD: 6-8 m
Abies balsamea 'Nana'
DWARF BALSAM FIR
- Rounded with laterally-spreading dense branches
- Dark green needles have white bands on their undersides
- Slow-growing dwarf
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Abies balsamea 'Piccolo'
PICCOLO DWARF BALSAM FIR
- A very dwarf globe with short, nearly vertical branches
- Radiating, dark green needles
- Showy brown buds add winter interest
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Abies cephalonica 'Meyer's Dwarf'
MEYER'S DWARF GREEK FIR
- A mounding cultivar forming spiked, spreading branches
- Radiating dark emerald-green needles
- Grows best with some shade in the heat of the day
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Abies concolor
WHITE FIR
- A large conical specimen with a stately appearance
- Large silvery-blue blunt needles
- Purple cones grow upright and disintegrate while still on the plant
HEIGHT: 15-20 m · SPREAD: 5-8 m
Abies concolor 'Blue Cloak'
BLUE CLOAK WHITE FIR
- Dwarf conifer with powder-blue foliage
- Upright, full-bodied, pyramidal form
- A strong central leader with upward-arching branches that become pendulous with maturity.
HEIGHT: 6-9 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Abies concolor 'Candicans'
CANDICANS WHITE FIR
- A large conical specimen with a stately appearance
- Large bright silvery-blue blunt needles
- Cones are 20-25 cm in length and green with a purplish hue
HEIGHT: 10-11 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Abies concolor 'Select'
SELECT WHITE FIR
- A large conical specimen with a stately appearance
- Bright silvery-blue blunt needles
- Purplish-green cones are held upright and disintegrate while still on the plant
HEIGHT: 15-20 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Abies concolor 'Swift's Silver'
SWIFT'S SILVER CONCOLOR FIR
- Evergreen conifer with a pyramidal habit.
- Soft green to deep blue needles.
- Crushed foliage has a strong lemony scent.
HEIGHT: 12-15 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Abies concolor 'Wintergold'
WINTERGOLD WHITE FIR
- Dwarf, slow-growing cultivar
- Bright chartreuse-green new growth
- Mature foliage is green then changing to butter-yellow in cooler temperatures
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 150-200 cm
Abies fraseri
FRASER FIR
- Slender specimen with an overall pyramidal shape
- Horizontal branch structure with glossy, dark green needles
- Underside of the needle displays two silver bands
HEIGHT: 15-20 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Abies koreana
KOREAN FIR
- Slow-growing compact pyramidal fir
- Glossy medium-green needles with silver undersides
- Purple cones grow upright and disintegrate while still on the plant
HEIGHT: 9-10 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Abies koreana 'Aurea'
GOLDEN KOREAN FIR
- Upright and conical in shape
- New growth is golden, fading to green throughout the season
- In the spring, the upright purple cones highlight the new growth
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Abies koreana 'Horstmann's Silberlocke'
SILVER KOREAN FIR
- Upright broadly pyramidal conifer
- New foliage emerges shiny-silver held in whorls
- Needles will fade to sea-green with a prominent silver band
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Abies koreana 'Ice Breaker'
MINIATURE KOREAN FIR
- Dwarf, compact habit
- Two-toned green and white needles
- Slow-growing 3-5cm per year
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 80-80 cm
Abies koreana 'Silver Show'
SILVER SHOW KOREAN FIR
- Attractive, dark green foliage with white undersides
- Needles are tightly curled, exposing the white stripe
- Smooth, gray bark and dark purple cones
HEIGHT: 200-225 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Abies koreana 'Wellenseind'
DWARF KOREAN FIR
- Very compact, mounding evergreen
- Short, dark-green needles with white winter buds
- Very slow growing, approximately 2.5 cm per year
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Abies lasiocarpa 'Glauca Compacta'
COMPACT ROCKY MOUNTAIN FIR
- Dense conifer with a tight uniform conical habit
- New growth is light green, maturing to a vivid blue as the season progresses
- This brilliant blue matures to steel-blue for the winter
HEIGHT: 2-2.50 m · SPREAD: 1-1.50 m
Abies procera 'Glauca Prostrata'
PROSTRATE BLUE NOBLE FIR
- Slow-growing prostrate spreading evergreen
- Soft silvery-blue needles
- May produce multiple leaders with age
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm