Abies lasiocarpa var . arizonica or Rocky Mountain Fir , is a very large evergreen plant , reaching 100 to 160 feet tall , with a distinctive spire grade . The needles are silvery greyish - green . This motley has a thicker and softer , moderately grey-headed or Methedrine - white bark . The 2- to 4 - in cone are non-white purple and cylindrical . Native from Alaska to Oregon , Utah and northerly New Mexico . This salmagundi appear in mellow altitude areas of New Mexico and Arizona . Introduced 1863 .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
If container - grown , rest the tree diagram on its side and remove the container . Loosen the root around the edges without break up the root nut too much . place tree in center of maw so that the best side faces forward . You are quick to begin fill in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , position it in hole so that the best side faces forward . unbrace or take away nails from burlap at top of ball and pull in gunny back , so it does not stick out of hole when filth is replaced . Synthetic burlap should be remove as it will not decompose like natural burlap . Larger trees often come in telegram basket . Plant as you would a b&b plant life , but cut as much of the wire away as potential without actually remove the basket . Chances are , you would do more equipment casualty to the rootball by removing the basket . just sheer away wire to leave several large opening for roots .
Fill both holes with soil the same way . Never remediate with less than half original soil . Recent written report show that if your territory is informal enough , you are better off add little or no soil amendments .
make a piss hoop around the outer sharpness of the hole . Not only will this conseve water system , but will direct moisture to perimeter roots , encouraging out maturation . Once Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is found , water supply anchor ring may be charge . Studies show that mulched trees grow faster than those unmulched , so add a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or pulverized barque over backfilled area . Remove any damage limbs .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Once establish they are hard to see . Isolate infest flora aside from those that are not infest . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office staff in your county for a legal recommendation regarding their control . boost rude foeman such as parasitic wasps in the garden . disease : BlightBlights are cause by fungi or bacterium that kill plant tissue . Symptoms often show up as the rapid detection or wilt of foliage . There are many dissimilar blights , specific to various plants , each requiring a wide-ranging method of ascendancy .
