The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: dwarf European silver fir

Family: Pinaceae (pine family)

Synonym: Abies alba 'Nana Compacta'

Distribution: Species native to Europe

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: A slow-growing dwarf rounded evergreen with needles dark green above, 2 bands of white stomata beneath. About 3' tall and wide in 10 years. Good used as a specimen plant or in a rock garden.