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Abies alba
Common silver Fir · Silver Fir · European silver fir · Christmastree · Jela (Serbian)
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
15–37 °C
Soil pH
5–6
Hardiness
Zone 5–11
Click count
408
Observations
3,005
Description
Source: leafsnapAbies alba, the European silver fir or silver fir, is a fir native to the mountains of Europe, from the Pyrenees north to Normandy, east to the Alps and the Carpathians, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and south to Italy, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania and northern Greece; it is also commonly grown on Christmas tree plantations in the North East region of North America spanning New England in the US to the Maritime provinces of Canada.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 15–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 15–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 5-6
Soil pH: 5-6
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Tree
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Abies
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 8-11
- Mature Height
- 39.93 m to 49.99 m
- Mature Spread
- 3.96 m to 7.92 m
- Leaf Color
- Green, Gray, Silver
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- Yellow, Pink, Green, Purple, Red
- Bloom Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer, Fall
- Native Area
- Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Poland, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Albania, Romania, France
Tags (10)
Common Names (13)
en Common silver Fir
en Silver Fir
en European silver fir
en Christmastree
en Jela (Serbian)
en White fir
en Swiss pine
en Common fir
en White silver fir
en Spiculum Silver-Fir
en Nornman Christmas tree
en V cgcffffff
en Brad (Romanian)