Abies koreana 'Horstmann's Silberlocke'
Common name:
Horstmann's Silberlocke Korean Fir
Pronunciation:
A-bez kor-e-A-na
Family:
Pinaceae
Genus:
Type:
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
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- Conifer, evergreen, small, slow growing, to about 20 ft. Leaves (needles) curved upward and back showing their silver undersides. Similar to A. koreana ‘Silver Show’.
- Sun
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Originated in Germany in about 1983; named and introduced in 1986-87 by nurseryman Gunter Horstmann (Jacobson, 1996). Seed from this cultivar is reportedly true to type.
- Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden - Conifer Garden
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plant habit
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branchlets, needles
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developing male and female cones
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maturing cones
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mature, disintegrating cones
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disintegrating cones
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disintegrating cone, seed drop
