Conifer Database - Prostrata

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Abies homolepis ‘Prostrata’

Abies homolepis 'Prostrata' is an attractive, wide-spreading shrub form of Nikko fir, with rich, olive-green needles with silvery undersides. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 4 feet (1.3 m) wide, and 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, an annual growth rate of 4 to 6 inches (10 - 15 cm), more outward than up.

This cultivar is of unknown origin, thought by Humphrey Welch, as written in The World Checklist of Conifers, to have arisen through propagating side branches. One of Its first mentions in botanical literature was in the catalog of Vermeulen & Son Nursery of Neshanic Station, NJ in the early 1970s.




Abies homolepis

Abies homolepis

Abies homolepis

Abies homolepis

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HORTICULTURAL STATUS:Established / Published
COLOR:Medium Green
GROWTH SHAPE:Spreading
GROWTH SIZE:Intermediate: 6 to 12 inches (15 – 30 cm) per year / 5 to 10 feet (1.5 – 3 m) after 10 years
ORIGIN:Unknown


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