About
This low-profile conifer spreads outward, attaining a height of 30 cm within a decade. Its foliage features grey-blue needles, and it produces sizable cones that start as pale violet before maturing to brown.
About the genus
Abies are evergreen coniferous trees that can reach significant heights. They feature whorled branches that support narrow, flattened leaves, typically having a whitish underside. The upper branches produce substantial cones that disintegrate while still attached to the tree.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H7
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conifers
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Rock garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moist but well-drained slightly acidic soil. See conifer cultivation for further information
- Pruning
- No pruning required, however plants sometimes develop an upward growing leader shoot which should be removed
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or grafting
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to adelgids and aphids
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free, but may be susceptible to honey fungus