Scientific name: Abies koreana

Common name: Korean fir

Family name: Pinaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 4-8m tall, 3-6m wide

Form: upright, pyramidal

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: needle-like. Spirally arranged.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: cone; blue/purple; showy. Spines of cone left over (unique).

Limitations: Unique form, not good in groups

Suitable uses: very beautiful cones, most attractive fir

Quick ID: conifer. Tree. Evergreen. Asia. Flattened needles (very obvious). Two, very wide white strips below. Notched at tip. Dark green needles. Spiraled (needles go around whole stem). Blunt needle tips.