Compact White Fir is a dwarf cultivar of the white fir and belongs to the pine family (Pinaceae). As the parent is native to the mountains of the western USA, it will require cool summers and long winter conditions It has a dense compact and irregular form growing only 3-6 feet tall and 3-6 feet wide. It can be left to its natural irregular shape or be pruned round or conical. It grows slowly and does best in full sun to part shade in moist rich well-drained soils. Avoid heavy clay, wet sites and humid conditions. The needles have a lovely blue-green color and the upright cones are brown to purple. The blue color contrasts nicely with greener plants. Use in a rock garden, in the border, as a specimen, as a foundation plant or even in a container. This tree won the Award of Garden of Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society. Insects, Diseases and Other Plant Problems: Relatively problem-free. Watch for aphids. See pests of conifers to the left. More information on Abies concolor .
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.