Type of Plant:   A blue needled evergreen tree that’s hardy in ones 3 – 7

Why I Love this Plant:  I fell in love with this plant 25 years ago when I did a consultation for a woman in Yarmouth. I looked across her backyard and saw a blue needled evergreen that was about 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide. It was full from the top to the bottom, and was astounded since I assumed from the color that it was a blue spruce, and I’d never seen such an amazing, more mature specimen before.

“Wow!” I said, “Your blue spruce is amazing!” With a shake of her head she responded, “It’s not a blue spruce, it’s a concolor fir.”

Sure enough, on close inspection the needles were different.

A Word to the Wise:  These plants are best grown in good drainage (sandy or gravelly soils) and full sun. They also enjoy the cooler summers of coastal regions.

It’s a blue needled evergreen, but the needles are longer than those on a blue spruce.

This plant isn’t prone to spruce spider mites, so on Cape Cod it’s more likely to stay full from top to the ground.

Grow the concolor fir in full sun.