Abies alba 'Pyramidalis'

Common name: Pyramidal European silver fir

Synonyms:Abies pectinata var. pyramidalis (Carrière), Traite Gen. Conif.: 207 (1855), Abies alba f. pyramidalis (Carrière) Voss, Vilm. Blumengartn. ed. 3, 1: 1237 (1896), Pinus picea f. pyramidalis, (Carrière) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 4: 774 (1913)  

Selection:1850 by Charles Lawson (1795 - 1873), in Lawson & Son Nursery (Edinburgh), Scotland.

Publication: List of Plants of the Fir Tribe (1851), by Peter Lawson & Son.

Origin: Unknown

Growth shape: Narrow pyramid or columnar

Intensity of growth / year:Intermediate (15 – 30 cm)

Adult size: 1.8 – 5 m

Conifer color:Dark green

Rootstock:Abies cephalonica