[gardeners] Abies koreana
David G. Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 09 Feb 1999 22:10:57 -0500
Any idea how to find a non-dwarf blue Abies koreana? I've spent a couple
hours now on the web with no results.
David
At 08:36 PM 1/31/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Will Pinus parviflora, japanese white pine, make it in your area?
>There are quite a few blue cultivars of it, and it makes sort of a
>broadly conical form, up to about 50 ft tall. Or maybe limber pine,
>Pinus flexilis? I like 'Firmament', which is quite blue. There
>are also some very blue selections of P. strobus, eastern white pine--
>another large one, but native to your area.
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>Abies koreana might work, too, and it's also a smaller tree, with
>several blue forms.
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>You might also want to look at Picea mariana, black spruce... several
>blue cultivars there, and if you look at seed-raised plants, you may
>be able to pull out a really blue one.
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>Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com
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