Note: These seeds are pre-stratified and ready for sowing as soon as you receive them. Due to the difficulty in germinating some of these seeds, we make no warranty other than to replace seeds that do not germinate. ABIES ALBA ( EUROPEAN SILVER FIR ) ( FIR01 ) The largest conifer of Europe, it can attain 225 feet with a long clear bole surmounted by a pyramidal crown that becomes flat-topped with age.. It is native to the mountains of central and southern Europe and Germany's Black Forest. Bark is smooth, gray, scaly. Branches are grooved, pale brown or dull gray with a blackish pubescence. Leaves: upper surface dark shiny green and grooved, lower surface glaucous to whitish-green. Cones are cylindrical, green when young, turning red-brown. The Silver Fir appears to have a silvery color when seen from below. Zones 5-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES BALSAMEA ( NEW ENGLAND FIR ) (FIR10 ) Balsam Fir. A splendid tree. Usually found on North American mountains and or swampy areas. Conical. Grows about 18 feet high x 6 wide in 10 years. Mature tree will grow to 50 feet tall and 15 feet wide. Smooth gray bark and purplish-blue cones 2-3 inches long. Zone 3-6 $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES BORIS REGIS ( KING BORIS FIR ) (FIR15 ) From Mountains of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece and on higher mountains including Mt. Olympus at altitudes of 1500 to 3000 feet up to 5000 feet. A rare Abies specie, seldom recognized when seen. A vigorous grower, moderate in height, rapid in girth. Rugged, broadly conic, with domed top. Tree to 75 feet in native habitat. Zone 6-8 $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES BORNMULLERIANA ( TURKEY FIR ) ( FIR16 ) Native to the mountains of Northwestern Turkey. Bright green like Grand Fir, short needle similar to Fraser Fir, but more drought tolerant. Zones 5-7. A very popular Christmas tree in europe, shows promise as a tree farm specimen in the US. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. ABIES CHINENSIS ( CHINESE FIR ) ( FIR30 ) A rare Abies specie seldom found in seed form. A native of China. Found over a wide range from Szechuan to Yunnan. A most vigorous, strong tree with exceptional lime green new spring growth carried on very dark green foliage. Tolerant of a wide range of sites. Zones 5-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. A note from one of our customers: You have an impressive variety of seeds. I'm especially interested in pine and fir tree seeds. I also appreciate that you still allow snail mail purchases for those of us who aren't comfortable with credit card over the internet. Thank you,Gary ABIES CONCOLOR ( ROCKY MOUNTAIN WHITE FIR ) ( FIR35 ) Native of Western U.S.A. & Northern Mexico growing at varying altitudes from 1800 to 7500 feet. Has outstanding tolerance to hot dry conditions. Recommended as one of the finest conifers for ornamental planting. Thrives on fairly deep, rich, moist loam and also on coarse soils from granite. A very beautiful tree with a massive straight trunk, growing 125 feet tall by 20 feet across.. Found to be unsuitable on some sites where rain falls at regular intervals during the hottest part of the summer. Soft, lax bluish green leaves 1-2 inches or longer and mid green, olive green, yellow or pale violet cones ripening to brown, 3-5 inches long. Zones 3-7. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. ABIES CONCOLOR IOWIANA ( PACIFIC WHITE FIR, LOW'S FIR ) ( FIR40 ) Another rare Abies specie available in seed form. Native of the Siskiyou Mountains of South Oregon and the coast ranges of California. Likes deep, rich, moist soils. Well drained, gravelly or sandy loam. South facing. A very beautiful jade green color, makes a wonderful landscape plant. Grows over 150 feet tall. Zones 3-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES EQUI-TROJANI ( KAZDADI FIR, TROJAN FIR ) ( FIR45 ) A rare fir in cultivation. Native to the Ida Mountains, Asia Minor. Little info on this species, limited amount of seeds. It grows best in moist but not water-logged soil. A large tree in time 100 feet tall by 25 feet wide. Cylindrical, green-brown cones 4-6 inches long. Zones 5-6. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES FABRI ( DELAVAYI FIR ) ( FIR50 ) Native to China, the middle and lower reaches of the Dadu River, the Qingyi River valley, on Mount Emei, and in the Daliang and Xiaoliang Mountains, at 2000-3100(-3600) m. Its wood has been used for construction, railway sleepers, telegraph poles, veneer, papermaking, matches and toothpicks. The gum extracted from its bark is regarded as an important adhesive for optical microscopy. It is also an important shelterbelt tree and is an important component of the Yangtze River watershed A guick growing evergreen tree to 120 tall with dark green foliage. Cones are erect, violet-black, borne in the uppermost branches and 2-4 inches long. Zones 3-7. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES GRANDIS ( GRAND FIR ) FIR51 Often an understory tree, the Grand Fir lives up to its name by being potentially a very large tree. native to the Cascades, the Blue Mountains and the Rockies, it grows at lower elevations, to 7000 feet. Wonderful in a mixed grove, with Douglas Fir and other native conifers. Trunk can grow 3-5 feet thick, and tree can grow over a hundred feet tall. Hardy to zone 6. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES HOLOPHYLLA ( MANCHURIAN FIR ) (FIR55 ) Native of Manchuria and Korea. One of the most characteristic trees at low altitudes. Grows in valleys on deep humus soils. Deserves to be more widely planted. One of the best of the smaller Abies. Growth slow at first then quite rapid. Tree grows to 45 feet high in native habitat. Bright green leaves, grayish underneath. Cones cylindrical, apex bluntly rounded and somewhat depressed, blue-yellow-green then bright yellow-brown-gray Zone 5-7 . $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. ABIES LASIOCARPA ( ALPINE FIR ) ( FIR61 ) Tree has thin gray bark and flat smooth needles. A longitudinal crease runs the length of the needle, and, as is true for all firs, cones project upward from the top side of branches. (Pine and spruce cones dangle downward from the bottom side of branches.) The tree grows to over 100 feet tall. The most widespread western true fir, with dense, long-pointed, spirelike crown and rows of horizontal branches reaching nearly to base; shrubby at timberline. The bark is browsed by deer, elk, bighorn sheep and moose; the leaves are eaten by grouse, and the seeds are consumed by songbirds and mammals. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. ABIES LASIOCARPA ARIZONICA ( CORKBARK FIR ) ( FIR62 ) A variety only 40 feet tall with deep blue needles and a slow growth rate. The bark is white and corky when mature. A favorite landscape plant. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. ABIES NEPHROLEPSIS ( SIBERIAN WHITE FIR ) ( FIR70 ) Native of Manchuria & South Korea. From areas of long winters and heavy snow with short moist summers on soils derived from rocks. Deeper moist but free-draining soils are best. A narrowly pyramidal tree 75-100 feet tall. Bark is gray-white to light gray-brown, smooth, becoming shallowly fissured. Leaves pointing forward, covering the branchlet, pectinate below, linear, grooved above, flattened below, dark shiny yellow-green to dark green above, grayish-green below. Cones cylindrical, apex pointed with a short nipple, reddish-brown to dark violet, 2-3 inches long. Zones 3-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. ABIES NORDMANNIANA ( CAUCASIAN FIR ) ( FIR75 ) Native of the northern part of Turkey. A typical fir tree - attractive at any age. Cool moist conditions produce the best growth. Prefers deep rich loam with plenty of organic matter and not too wet. Great ornamental value. Narrow pyramidal form. Bright green cones. Grows 75 feet tall. Zones 5-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES PINDROW ( WEST HIMALAYAN FIR ) ( FIR85 ) Native of West Himalayas from West Nepal through to Afghanistan and into Tibet. Has a wider distribution than the related Abies spectabilis. Best growth in cool and wet valleys where soil is deep and rich. Needs plenty of rain and cool summers. Bark on young trees smooth and gray, on old trees thick, gray-brown and furrowed. Shoots globose, yellow-gray and glabrous. Needles on the upper side of the shoot radially arranged, on the lower side pectinate. Cones cylindrical, 4-6 inches long, deep purple when young, later brown. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. ABIES PROCERA ( NOBLE FIR ) ( FIR80 ) Noble Fir. Native of the Pacific coast of North America. A name well suited to this majestic tree. Thrives best in cool, moist, well drained soil. Loves cold exposed places and poor mountain peats. Plant on south facing aspect. Grows to 160 m tall with spirelike crown. Bark is grayish brown, in age becoming thick and deeply furrowed (furrows and ridges about same width) and reddish brown (especially reddish when plates flake off). Branches diverging from trunk at right angles, stiff; twigs reddish brown, finely pubescent for several years. Gray-green to blue-gray leaves have a pungent, almost turpentine like aroma. Cones are oblong-cylindric, 3-4 inches long, green, red, or purple, overlaid with green bracts, at maturity brown (bracts light-colored and scales dark), $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds. ABIES SIBERICA ( SIBERIAN FIR ) ( FIR81 ) Native to Siberia and Mongolia, it is a narrowly conical tree growing to 30 ft. tall. Aromatic, bright green needles are famous for esscential oil they produce. Tree is valuable landscape plant due to it's cold tolerance. Cold hardy even in zone 1. Siberian fir needle oil is the most popular of the many types of fir needle oil available. It has a fresh, balsamic odor reminiscent of a pine forest. It is used extensively in perfumery in masculine, outdoors and unconventional scents. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds. ABIES VEITCHII ( VETCH'S SILVER FIR ) ( FIR92 ) A fir tree growing up to 75 feet high. Crown conical, often branched to the ground. Bark smooth and gray. Branches short, horizontal, with ringed folds near the base. Shoots reddish-brown with quite thick rust coloured down. Buds small, ovate-globose, very resinous. Needles densely arranged, directed forwards and partially upwards, those on the lower side of the shoot partly pectinate. Native to Japan. Dislikes high pH. Very hard to find commercially. Often damaged by deer. Attractive purple cones. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES ALBA ( EUROPEAN SILVER FIR ) ( FIR01 ) The largest conifer of Europe, it can attain 225 feet with a long clear bole surmounted by a pyramidal crown that becomes flat-topped with age.. It is native to the mountains of central and southern Europe and Germany's Black Forest. Bark is smooth, gray, scaly. Branches are grooved, pale brown or dull gray with a blackish pubescence. Leaves: upper surface dark shiny green and grooved, lower surface glaucous to whitish-green. Cones are cylindrical, green when young, turning red-brown. The Silver Fir appears to have a silvery color when seen from below. Zones 5-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES BALSAMEA ( NEW ENGLAND FIR ) (FIR10 ) Balsam Fir. A splendid tree. Usually found on North American mountains and or swampy areas. Conical. Grows about 18 feet high x 6 wide in 10 years. Mature tree will grow to 50 feet tall and 15 feet wide. Smooth gray bark and purplish-blue cones 2-3 inches long. Zone 3-6 $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES BORIS REGIS ( KING BORIS FIR ) (FIR15 ) From Mountains of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece and on higher mountains including Mt. Olympus at altitudes of 1500 to 3000 feet up to 5000 feet. A rare Abies specie, seldom recognized when seen. A vigorous grower, moderate in height, rapid in girth. Rugged, broadly conic, with domed top. Tree to 75 feet in native habitat. Zone 6-8 $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES BORNMULLERIANA ( TURKEY FIR ) ( FIR16 ) Native to the mountains of Northwestern Turkey. Bright green like Grand Fir, short needle similar to Fraser Fir, but more drought tolerant. Zones 5-7. A very popular Christmas tree in europe, shows promise as a tree farm specimen in the US. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES CHINENSIS ( CHINESE FIR ) ( FIR30 ) A rare Abies specie seldom found in seed form. A native of China. Found over a wide range from Szechuan to Yunnan. A most vigorous, strong tree with exceptional lime green new spring growth carried on very dark green foliage. Tolerant of a wide range of sites. Zones 5-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES CONCOLOR ( ROCKY MOUNTAIN WHITE FIR ) ( FIR35 ) Native of Western U.S.A. & Northern Mexico growing at varying altitudes from 1800 to 7500 feet. Has outstanding tolerance to hot dry conditions. Recommended as one of the finest conifers for ornamental planting. Thrives on fairly deep, rich, moist loam and also on coarse soils from granite. A very beautiful tree with a massive straight trunk, growing 125 feet tall by 20 feet across.. Found to be unsuitable on some sites where rain falls at regular intervals during the hottest part of the summer. Soft, lax bluish green leaves 1-2 inches or longer and mid green, olive green, yellow or pale violet cones ripening to brown, 3-5 inches long. Zones 3-7. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES CONCOLOR IOWIANA ( PACIFIC WHITE FIR, LOW'S FIR ) ( FIR40 ) Another rare Abies specie available in seed form. Native of the Siskiyou Mountains of South Oregon and the coast ranges of California. Likes deep, rich, moist soils. Well drained, gravelly or sandy loam. South facing. A very beautiful jade green color, makes a wonderful landscape plant. Grows over 150 feet tall. Zones 3-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES EQUI-TROJANI ( KAZDADI FIR, TROJAN FIR ) ( FIR45 ) A rare fir in cultivation. Native to the Ida Mountains, Asia Minor. Little info on this species, limited amount of seeds. It grows best in moist but not water-logged soil. A large tree in time 100 feet tall by 25 feet wide. Cylindrical, green-brown cones 4-6 inches long. Zones 5-6. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES FABRI ( DELAVAYI FIR ) ( FIR50 ) Native to China, the middle and lower reaches of the Dadu River, the Qingyi River valley, on Mount Emei, and in the Daliang and Xiaoliang Mountains, at 2000-3100(-3600) m. Its wood has been used for construction, railway sleepers, telegraph poles, veneer, papermaking, matches and toothpicks. The gum extracted from its bark is regarded as an important adhesive for optical microscopy. It is also an important shelterbelt tree and is an important component of the Yangtze River watershed A guick growing evergreen tree to 120 tall with dark green foliage. Cones are erect, violet-black, borne in the uppermost branches and 2-4 inches long. Zones 3-7. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES GRANDIS ( GRAND FIR ) FIR51 Often an understory tree, the Grand Fir lives up to its name by being potentially a very large tree. native to the Cascades, the Blue Mountains and the Rockies, it grows at lower elevations, to 7000 feet. Wonderful in a mixed grove, with Douglas Fir and other native conifers. Trunk can grow 3-5 feet thick, and tree can grow over a hundred feet tall. Hardy to zone 6. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES HOLOPHYLLA ( MANCHURIAN FIR ) (FIR55 ) Native of Manchuria and Korea. One of the most characteristic trees at low altitudes. Grows in valleys on deep humus soils. Deserves to be more widely planted. One of the best of the smaller Abies. Growth slow at first then quite rapid. Tree grows to 45 feet high in native habitat. Bright green leaves, grayish underneath. Cones cylindrical, apex bluntly rounded and somewhat depressed, blue-yellow-green then bright yellow-brown-gray Zone 5-7 . $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES LASIOCARPA ( ALPINE FIR ) ( FIR61 ) Tree has thin gray bark and flat smooth needles. A longitudinal crease runs the length of the needle, and, as is true for all firs, cones project upward from the top side of branches. (Pine and spruce cones dangle downward from the bottom side of branches.) The tree grows to over 100 feet tall. The most widespread western true fir, with dense, long-pointed, spirelike crown and rows of horizontal branches reaching nearly to base; shrubby at timberline. The bark is browsed by deer, elk, bighorn sheep and moose; the leaves are eaten by grouse, and the seeds are consumed by songbirds and mammals. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES LASIOCARPA ARIZONICA ( CORKBARK FIR ) ( FIR62 ) A variety only 40 feet tall with deep blue needles and a slow growth rate. The bark is white and corky when mature. A favorite landscape plant. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES NEPHROLEPSIS ( SIBERIAN WHITE FIR ) ( FIR70 ) Native of Manchuria & South Korea. From areas of long winters and heavy snow with short moist summers on soils derived from rocks. Deeper moist but free-draining soils are best. A narrowly pyramidal tree 75-100 feet tall. Bark is gray-white to light gray-brown, smooth, becoming shallowly fissured. Leaves pointing forward, covering the branchlet, pectinate below, linear, grooved above, flattened below, dark shiny yellow-green to dark green above, grayish-green below. Cones cylindrical, apex pointed with a short nipple, reddish-brown to dark violet, 2-3 inches long. Zones 3-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES NORDMANNIANA ( CAUCASIAN FIR ) ( FIR75 ) Native of the northern part of Turkey. A typical fir tree - attractive at any age. Cool moist conditions produce the best growth. Prefers deep rich loam with plenty of organic matter and not too wet. Great ornamental value. Narrow pyramidal form. Bright green cones. Grows 75 feet tall. Zones 5-8. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES PINDROW ( WEST HIMALAYAN FIR ) ( FIR85 ) Native of West Himalayas from West Nepal through to Afghanistan and into Tibet. Has a wider distribution than the related Abies spectabilis. Best growth in cool and wet valleys where soil is deep and rich. Needs plenty of rain and cool summers. Bark on young trees smooth and gray, on old trees thick, gray-brown and furrowed. Shoots globose, yellow-gray and glabrous. Needles on the upper side of the shoot radially arranged, on the lower side pectinate. Cones cylindrical, 4-6 inches long, deep purple when young, later brown. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES PROCERA ( NOBLE FIR ) ( FIR80 ) Noble Fir. Native of the Pacific coast of North America. A name well suited to this majestic tree. Thrives best in cool, moist, well drained soil. Loves cold exposed places and poor mountain peats. Plant on south facing aspect. Grows to 160 m tall with spirelike crown. Bark is grayish brown, in age becoming thick and deeply furrowed (furrows and ridges about same width) and reddish brown (especially reddish when plates flake off). Branches diverging from trunk at right angles, stiff; twigs reddish brown, finely pubescent for several years. Gray-green to blue-gray leaves have a pungent, almost turpentine like aroma. Cones are oblong-cylindric, 3-4 inches long, green, red, or purple, overlaid with green bracts, at maturity brown (bracts light-colored and scales dark), $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
ABIES SIBERICA ( SIBERIAN FIR ) ( FIR81 ) Native to Siberia and Mongolia, it is a narrowly conical tree growing to 30 ft. tall. Aromatic, bright green needles are famous for esscential oil they produce. Tree is valuable landscape plant due to it's cold tolerance. Cold hardy even in zone 1. Siberian fir needle oil is the most popular of the many types of fir needle oil available. It has a fresh, balsamic odor reminiscent of a pine forest. It is used extensively in perfumery in masculine, outdoors and unconventional scents. $3.50 Per Pack of 10 seeds.
ABIES VEITCHII ( VETCH'S SILVER FIR ) ( FIR92 ) A fir tree growing up to 75 feet high. Crown conical, often branched to the ground. Bark smooth and gray. Branches short, horizontal, with ringed folds near the base. Shoots reddish-brown with quite thick rust coloured down. Buds small, ovate-globose, very resinous. Needles densely arranged, directed forwards and partially upwards, those on the lower side of the shoot partly pectinate. Native to Japan. Dislikes high pH. Very hard to find commercially. Often damaged by deer. Attractive purple cones. $3.50 Per Pack of 20 seeds.
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