Korean Fir                        A-bez kor-e-A-na

• Conifer, evergreen, slow growing, compact, to 15-30 ft (4.5-9 m).  Young bark is smooth with resin blisters, becomes furrowed and plate-like, purplish then pale gray, inner-bark reddish-brown.  Leaves (needles) crowded, 1-2 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, usually broader toward the apex, which is rounded or emarginate, glossy above, whitish stomatal bands below.  Cones upright, 4-7 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, violet-purple when immature; produces cones at an early age.
• Sun or shade.  Reportedly more heat tolerant than most firs.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5         Native to Korea.
• A few selections available, including:
• ‘Aurea’  -  yellow needles
• ‘Horstmann's Silberlocke’  -  needles curved upward displaying the silver-white undersides.
• ‘Prostrate Beauty’  -  spreading habit, long needles.
• ‘Silver Snow’  -  needles curved upward displaying the silver-white undersides.
• koreana: of Korea.