Abies firma in North Ga.

3 years ago

I haven't seen many in my area and certainly not large specimens. Yesterday I cut one of my larger bamboo to make a measuring pole and ended up with a length of 45 feet. Turns out pole appeared about 2' shorter than the conifer's leader leaving about 47' in length!

Johnny

Photo: Left: Abies homolepis Center: Abies firma Right Abies nordmanniana

Abies firma photo on shady side with 5 gallon bucket for scale.

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Annette Holbrook(z7a)
3 years ago
Wow! Impressive. Why did I sell my 12 acre place just as I decided I had time to get into conifers lol?
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bengz6westmd
3 years ago
Excellent firs. Wish I could grow 'em here.....
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User
3 years ago
I was going to 'Like' the original post but apparently they took the like button away.

I still like them though. Thanks for posting. :-)
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davidrt28 (zone 7)
3 years ago
what growth rate are you getting? In North GA I think you have higher average rainfall that I do.
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conifer50
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3 years ago
Hi Davidrt28; My guess is A. firma will average at least 18" on the leader and likely more after well established on good sites. My big tree is only one I have in frost pocket & bottom land close to a trout stream. Never a problem as bud-break from the unknown seed source would be invaluable. Abies holophylla planting at same period incurred major damage almost ever year and was subsequently removed!