Korean Fir (Abies koreana)
The Korean Fir is a slow-growing, conical conifer with particularly decorative cones. Its tough needles are lime-white below and arranged radially. Highly suitable for small gardens.
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Erscheinungsbild
The Korean Fir is a slow-growing, conical conifer with particularly decorative cones. Its tough needles are lime-white below and arranged radially. Highly suitable for small gardens.
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Blätter
Tough needles with rounded tip widening towards the tip, 1-2cm long, 0.2cm wide. Rounded or notched. Radial arrangement (needles protruding to all sides).
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Blatt Oberseite
Tough needles with rounded tip widening towards the tip, 1-2cm long, 0.2cm wide. Rounded or notched. Radial arrangement (needles protruding to all sides).
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Blüten
Flowering period: IV-V. Very pretty violet female flower. Upright, terminal, roller-like and made up of several seed scales. The yellowish, fairly inconspicuous male flower is monoecious, pendent in axillary clusters between the upper needles.
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Früchte
Very attractive brown cones, 8-15cm long, 3-5cm wide, with obovate seeds. Cylindrical-linear to slightly sickle-shaped form with pointed or rounded upright tip. Scales up to 2.5cm in size, hidden bracts.
Anwendung
Gardens, cemeteries, forage for birds, bird protection, Japanese gardens
Heimatgebiete
Korea
Standortparameter
Light: sunny to off-sun; soil type: sandy-loamy to loamy-clayey; nutrient concentration: normal to high; pH value of the soil: slightly acid to alkaline; soil: fresh to moist.
Ansprüche
Intolerant of soil compaction; fairly frost-hardy, fume-hardy; tolerates urban climates. Light: sun to off-sun.
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Height of growth 5 - 10m high, 3-5m in diameter
Blätter
Tough needles with rounded tip widening towards the tip, 1-2cm long, 0.2cm wide. Rounded or notched. Radial arrangement (needles protruding to all sides).
Blüten
Flowering period: IV-V. Very pretty violet female flower. Upright, terminal, roller-like and made up of several seed scales. The yellowish, fairly inconspicuous male flower is monoecious, pendent in axillary clusters between the upper needles.
Früchte
Very attractive brown cones, 8-15cm long, 3-5cm wide, with obovate seeds. Cylindrical-linear to slightly sickle-shaped form with pointed or rounded upright tip. Scales up to 2.5cm in size, hidden bracts.
Rinde
Grey or grey-green bark, grey-brown and smooth when young, dark grey and with spot-like lenticels when older.
Wurzel
Surface-rooter.