Abies koreana

• BOTANICAL NAME: Abies koreana
• PRONUNCIATION: a-BEEZ core-e-A-na
• COMMON NAME: Korean Fir
• FAMILY: Pinaceae
• NATIVITY: Mountains of Korea.
• GROWTH HABIT: Conical tree.
• SIZE: 15 - 35'.
• HARDINESS: Zone 6 - 8.
• CULTURE: Full sun, cool, moist soils. Is at least as tolerant, if not more so, than most firs grown in the Delaware Valley.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Good specimen tree where a formal but smaller specimen is needed.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, 1/2 - 3/4" long. Apex of needle rounded or notched, 2 distinct white bands on the underside of each leaf.
• BUDS: Globose, red-brown in color and slightly resinous.
• BARK: Young stems tan-brown to yellowish, sparsely pubescent.
• FRUIT: Cone, 1 1/2 - 3" long and purple in color. Plants are quite prolific and
  flower at a young age. A plant with cones is rather attractive.
• PROPAGATION: Seed.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS:
  • `Prostrata' - low, spreading plant.