This coniferous tree has a smooth ash-grey bark that becomes fissured with age and ascending branches that form a narrow pyramid habit. it has upright glossy bright green needle-like leaves and produces red-brown female cones.

Hardiness zones 6 to 9

Abies cilicicais naturally found from southeast Turkey to north Syria and extending to northern Lebanon in the Antitaurus Mountains at an altitude from 1,000 m to 2,100 m (6,889 ft). It prefers an open sunny to partially shaded position and grows in most well-drained moderately fertile sandy-stony to clay soils with a pH 6-7.5 and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

Cilician Fir Is grown for its foliage and its conical habit. It is planted in parks and botanical collections as a specimen or used as a bonsai subject. It is suitable for inland or low-mountain regions establishing in 5-7 years and is long-lived. This conifer is not commonly cultivated commercially and it may be difficult to obtain. ID 3735

Abies(AH-bee-ays) cilicica(kil-LEE-kee-kuh)

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