This large coniferous tree has a solitary grey white trunk with horizontal branching forming a conical habit. It has glossy dark green needle-like leaves arranged along the pubescent branches and the male and female cones appear in spring.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Abies amabilisis naturally found in North America from southern Alaska to British Columbia and extending to Northern California growing in Pacific Coast Rangers and the Cascade Range from a sea level to an altitude of 2300 m (7,445 ft).

It grows in a temperate rainforests with high humidity and prefers an open sunny position. It grows on deep well drained fertile moist soils that are tending acidic with a pH 3.3-6. This large conifer is frost and snow tolerant but drought tender.

The Pacific Fir is grown for its habit and is planted in large gardens or parks as a lawn specimen tree. It is suitable for coastal or low-mountain regions establishing in 4 to 6 years and is long lived. Under cultivation the tree commonly grows to 25 m (75 ft) tall and is not normally planted in domestic gardens, disliking urban pollution. ID 3040

Abies(AH-bee-ays) amabilis(ah-MAH-bil-is)

Pinaceae(py-NAY-see-ee)
Larches, spruces, pines, firs, hemlocks and cedars