Abies cilicica ' Spring Grove' is a compact, rounded, dwarf selection of Cilician fir with green foliage. After ten years, a mature specimen will stand 30 inches (75 cm) tall and 18 inches (45 cm) wide, a rate of growth of 2 to 3 inches (5 - 7.5 cm) per year. Of the many dwarf firs in cultivation, this is one of the most tidy and formal looking. It is very scarce in the nursery trade, but worth seeking out.
This cultivar originated in the mid 1990s as a witch's broom found by Randy Dykstra of Fulton, Iowa in section 110 of Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Cincinnati Ohio, USA. This plant is sometimes seen listed as 'Spring Grove no. 110'. Randy is known to have found and introduced many conifer cultivars that originated as witch's brooms in Spring Grove Cemetery, the majority of which have been published with the section number pertaining to the part of the cemetery where they were found.
