New and Unread Tree-Mails
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White Fir |
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Colorado Fir |
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Concolor Fir |
| Plant Habit: | Tree |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
| Plant Height: | Miniature growth rate of less that 1 inch per year and less than 12 inches after 10 years |
| Plant Spread: | Achieves a bun shape |
| Leaves: | Evergreen Needled |
| Suitable Locations: | Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree |
| Pollinators: | Wind |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
| Parentage: | Witch's broom of: Abies concolor |
| Posted by arctangent (Ann Arbor, Michigan - Zone 6a) on Oct 6, 2020 11:05 AM Named for the location (Rockford, Illinois) of the parent white fir from which cuttings of the witch's broom were taken. A specimen of this cultivar can be seen at Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan, in the Harper Collection of Dwarf and Rare Conifers. [ Reply to this comment | |
