
Balsam Fir
- Botanical Name
- Abies balsamea
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 5
- Height
- 45-75 feet
- Width
- 20-25 feet
- Flowers
- Male, catkin-like
- Fruit
- Cone: dark violet when young, turning brown, 2-4 inches long, falls apart on tree
- Light
- Full sun to shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Readily transplanted balled and burlap
- Cold tolerant
- Does poorly in dry, exposed sites
- Will not tolerate polluted areas
- Problems
- Not good in hot, dry weather
- Varieties
- Jamy - dwarf variety, 1 foot tall and wide
- Piccolo - fine textured dwarf cultivar, 2 feet tall and wide
- Tyler Blue - blue needles, 25 feet tall by 15 feet wide
- Weeping Larry - very narrow form with pendulous branching
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