Horstmann Spanish Fir
Abies pinsapo 'Horstmann'
Horstmann Spanish fir is rare sort of fir. Pictures que dwarf tree is up to 0.9 m high, 0.6 m wide. Spanish fir is a rare variety of the fir with very dense silver-blue needles. The plant forms decorative, cylindrical cones up to 20cm long. Slow-growing variety. Annual growth is 7cm. Drought resistant. It grows both in the sun and in the shade, but the needles turn blue only in full light, in the shade of the needles it turns green and loses its blue tint.
It is ideal for small gardens, rocky gardens.
See Also
Benjamin Dwarf Mountain Pine
Pinus mugo 'Benjamin'Blue Pearl Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens 'Blue Pearl'Blue Star Flaky Juniper
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'Carsten's Dwarf Mountain Pine
Pinus mugo 'Carstens'Golden Hinoki Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Aurea'Graceful Dwarf Hinoki Falsecypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'Ice Blue Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Icee Blue'Japanese Red Pine 'Low Glow'
Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow'Nordmann Fir
Abies nordmannianaProcumbens Noble Fir
Abies procera 'Procumbens'Silver Dwarf Sitka Spruce
Picea sitchensis 'Silberzwerg'Smidt's Bosnian Pine
Pinus heldreichii 'Smidtii'