OUR
SEEDLINGS

Balsam Fir

Specifications
- Good needle retention
- Short, soft, deep green needles
- Medium to fast growth rate
- Tolerates a variety of soils
- Late bud break

Seed source
Seeds stock from our orchards

Blue Obsession Balsam

Specifications
- Medium bud break
- Double soft blue needles
- Medium to fast growth rate
- Dense & pyramidal in shape
- Prefers well drained soil / acidic soil

Seed source
Controlled pollinated seed orchard

Bracted Balsam Fir

Specifications
- Medium bud break
- Dark green to blue needles
- Medium to fast growth rate
- Tolerates a variety of soils

Seed source
Maritimes

Canaan Fir

Specifications
- Late bud break
- Dark green needles
- Fast growth rate
- Tolerates well heavy soils

Seed source
West Virginia

Fraser Fir

Specifications
- Excellent needle retention
- Blue-green silvery undersides needles
- Late bud break
- Medium growth rate
- Does best in well drained, low PH soil

Seed source
Roan Mt, Ayers

Fraser X Balsam

Specifications
- Good to excellent needle retention
- Deep green needles
- Medium to fast growthrate
- Tolerates more soil variety than Fraser

Seed source
Our selected seed orchard

Koreana Fir

Specifications
- Exquisite foliage (flash of white)
- Excellent needle retention
- Tolerates soil variety
- Grows best in low PH
- Medium growth rate
- Late bud break
- More tolerant to aphids and mites
- More tolerant to root rot

Seed source
Korea

Koreana X Balsam

Specifications
- Very hardy
- Breaks bud late
- Aphid and mite resistant
- Beautiful foliage
- Good growth rate
- Tolerates a variety of soil

Seed source
Our selected seed orchard

Koreana X Lasio

Specifications
- Very hardy
- Breaks bud late
- Aphid and mite resistant
- Beautiful blue-green foliage
- Slower growth rate verus Koreana
- Tolerates a variety of soil

Seed source
Germany

Veitch X Balsam

Specifications
- Rapid growing fir
- Exquisite foliage
- Resistant to spruce budworm and wolly adelgid
- Breaks bud late

Seed source
Maritimes