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<\/a>Abies koreana 'Silberlocke' in Oak Ridge, TN Garden<\/p><\/div> ‘Silberlocke’, aka ‘Horstmann’s Silberlocke’, typically grows as a compact pyramidal shrub form, 8 to 10 feet tall in its first 10 years, eventually maturing to 18 to 20 feet tall and 12 to 18 feet wide. The needles are uniquely recurved and silvery-white beneath. Silberlocke was introduced in 1986 by German plantsman Gunter Horstmann.<\/p>\n When properly sited in full sun (minimum of 6 hours) and a compost-rich, well-drained soil. It prefers a cool well-drained site (USDA hardiness zones 5 to 7) and often fails in summer heat and humidity further south. If you garden in USDA zone 7 and\/or the soil is a heavy clay loam, grow ‘Silberlocke’ korean fir grafted onto Japanese Momi fir Abies firma<\/em> rootstock.<\/p>\n Silberlocke has few serious disease or pest problems. Stem cankers and Phytophthora root rot often kill most firs (Abies spp.<\/em>). Generally, firs languish, if not die, in hot droughty soils and urban pollution. Maintain a 2-3 inch thick mulch layer around Silberlocke to conserve soil moisture and moderate root temperatures.<\/p>\n Feed once yearly with 10-10-10 granular fertilizer in late winter or apply an acidic water-soluble product such as Miracle Gro\u2122, Jacks\u2122, or Hollytone\u2122 in spring and early summer.<\/p>\n Silberlocke\u2019s silvery needle foliage and erect standing purple cones provide 4-seasons of interest. Plant availability is usually limited to specialty conifer nurseries from e-commerce. Again, specify grafted stock if you garden in zone 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In any season visitors to your garden should immediately take notice of \u2018Silberlocke\u2019 korean fir. Korean fir (Abies koreana) is a densely branched pyramidal evergreen tree. Growth is slow in the beginning, eventually reaching 50 feet or more in mature height. The wide 3\/4 inch long needles are dark green and glossy above and silvery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,299,144,645,800,604,665,1020,551,843,777,630,7,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4996"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5486,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4996\/revisions\/5486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIn any season visitors to your garden should immediately take notice of \u2018Silberlocke\u2019 korean fir. Korean fir (Abies koreana<\/em>) is a densely branched pyramidal evergreen tree. Growth is slow in the beginning, eventually reaching 50 feet or more in mature height. The wide 3\/4 inch long needles are dark green and glossy above and silvery on the underside. Upright purple 3-inch cones are a distinctive feature of this fir.<\/p>\n