Abies
concolor 'Albospica'
lc: new growth whtish, later a normal gray-green
Abies
concolor 'Archer's Dwarf'
ha: miniature, globose to spreading, more conical with age in some examples
lc: more blue than species typical
ll: shorter
Abies
concolor 'Argentea' ('Candicans')
lc: foliage more distinctly silvery or whitish
ns: this variant occurs occasionally in seedbeds.
Abies
concolor 'Aurea'
lc: new growth golden-yellow, later a more normal silvery-grey
Abies
concolor 'Big Shot #14
ha: upright, very compact
lc: blue
ll: smaller than species typical
or: Jerry Morris
ns: this is a provisional name
so:
Stanley and Sons
Nursery
Abies
concolor 'Birthday Broom'
ha: miniature bun, very flat
ht: 6 in wide in 10 years
or: Rich Eyre found as witches broom on his birthday
so:
Stanley and Sons
Nursery
Abies
concolor 'Blue Cloak'
ha: weeping with upright, strong leader and branches all downward
lc: blue
so:
Stanley and Sons
Nursery (online catalog 2001)
Abies
concolor 'Blue Spreader'
ns: a listed name, presumably more glaucous and wide-spreading
Abies
concolor 'Brevifolia'
ll: needles shorter than species typical
Abies
concolor 'Brady' (3/01)
so: listed in 2001 Plantlist for onsite sales by Arrowhead Alpines.
Abies
concolor 'Butzii'
lt: needles distinctly directed forward
so: thought to be lost from cultivation.
Abies
concolor 'Candicans' = 'Argentea'
Abies
concolor 'Compacta' ('Glauca Compacta')
ha: dwarf, compact, irregular at times
lc: needles more glaucous than species typical
lt: needles more stiff, sometimes falcate (sickle-shaped)
ll: 2.5-4.0cm - much shorter
Abies
concolor 'Conica'
ha: conical, dwarf, slower
lt: needles more horizontal than species typical, not curved as common in 'Compacta'
lc: blue-green, less glaucous than 'Compacta'
ll: 2.0-4.0cm - shorter
Abies
concolor Lowiana Group 'Creamy'
ns: a listed name.
Abies
concolor 'Domschke'
ha: dwarf
gr: 1 in per year
or: eastern Europe
so:
Stanley and Sons
Nursery (online catalog 2001)
Abies
concolor 'Elkins Weeping' (3/01)
so: listed in 2001 Plantlist for onsite sales:
Arrowhead Alpines
Abies
concolor 'Fagerhult' (3/02)
ha: vigorous, pendulous, cascading over rocks if allowed. Can staked to make a
small pendulous tree.
lc: very blue
ll: longer needles than species typical
or: Fagerhult Nursery, Sweden before 1933
Abies
concolor 'Falcata'
lt: needles almost all sickle-shaped or falcate
Abies
concolor 'Fastigiata'
ha: columnar, branches shorter and more erect
Abies
concolor 'Gable's Weeping'
ha: semi-pendulous, often just irregular and horizontal
Abies
concolor 'Glauca' = Violacea Group
Abies
concolor 'Glauca Compacta' = 'Compacta'
Abies
concolor 'Glenmore'
ha: upright, conical
lc: rich light blue
Abies
concolor 'Globosa'
ha: globose, dwarf, branches very short
lc: less distinctly glaucous compared to 'Compacta'
Abies
concolor 'Green Globe'
ha: globose
lc: more green than many cultivars
Abies
concolor 'Hillier's Dwarf'
ns: a listed name.
Abies
concolor 'Husky Pup'
ha: conical, more flat-topped and mounded as young plants
lc: light grey-green
Abies
concolor 'Igel'
ha: extreme dwarf
so: Coenosium Gardens 503-266-5471
Abies
concolor 'Imaculate Conception' (3/01)
so: listed in 2001 Plantlist for onsite sales:
Arrowhead Alpines
Abies
concolor 'La Veta'
ha: dwarf
gr: 1 in. per year
or: Jerry Morris as witches broom
so:
Stanley and Sons
Nursery (online catalog 2001)
Abies
concolor Lowiana Group (var. lowiana (Gord.) Lemm.)
id: see chart above.
Abies
concolor 'Masonic Broom'
Abies
concolor 'Mike Stearn'
ha: globose
lc: light blue
ll: shorter than species typical
in: Kenwith Nursery c. 2002
Abies
concolor 'Mora'
ha: dwarf
gr: 0.75 in. per year
lc: rich blue
or: Jerry Morris found in NM near Mora Mexico as witches broom
so: catalog from
Stanley and Sons Nursery
Abies
concolor 'Ostrov Nad Ohri'
ha: dwarf, globose
lc: light blue
Abies
concolor Lowiana Group 'Pendens'
ha: weeping
so: thought to be lost forever. It is not 'Pendula'.
Abies
concolor 'Pendula'
ha: narrowly pendulous, branches drooping down
Abies
concolor 'Pigglemee'
ha: flat globe, more spreading than some dwarf clones
gr: 1 in./year
ll: 1.5cm - very short
lt: more curved needled
lc: light blue
so:
Coenosium
Gardens (website
2002)
Abies
concolor 'Recurva'
lt: needles strongly recurved at first
lc: glaucous blue
Abies
concolor 'Schrammii'
lc: more intensely glaucous blue
lt: needles often forming a V-shape on each branchlet.
Abies
concolor 'Scooter'
ha: dense dwarf
gr: 1.5 in. per year
lc: green
or: Jerry Morris found as broom east of Silver City NM
so:
Stanley and Sons
Nursery (online catalog 2001)
Abies
concolor 'Sidekick'
ha: compact, dwarf, 1 inch growth a year
lc: rich blue
or: Jerry Morris as witches broom
Abies
concolor 'Swifts Silver'
lc: rich silver
Abies
concolor Lowiana Group 'Variegata'
lc: variegated in some manner. Lost today.
Abies
concolor Violacea Group ('Violacea',var. violacea (Murr.) Beiss., 'Glauca')
lc: needles notably silvery-white, occuring sometimes in seedbeds
ns: this is best treated as a cultivar group. It is this species analog of
Picea pungens 'Glauca'
Abies
concolor 'Violaceous Prostrate' ('Violacea Prostrata' illegitimate) NEW NAME
ha: low spreading
lc: light silvery-blue, as Violacea Group
or: cultivariant of Violacea Group
Abies
concolor 'Wattez Prostrate'
ha: spreading, cultivariant version of 'Wattezii'
Abies
concolor 'Wattezii'
lc: new growth light yellow, later cream colored. It looks sick unless large
and well cared for.
eval: there are many nicer gold firs around.
Abies
concolor 'Wintergold' ('Winter Gold')
ha: conical, erect, moderate vigor
lc: gold in cold weather.
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