{"product_id":"abies-lasiocarpa-glauca-compacta-dwarf-blue-rocky-mountain-fir","title":"Abies lasiocarpa 'Glauca Compacta' (Dwarf Blue Rocky Mountain Fir)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbies lasiocarpa 'Glauca Compacta' (Dwarf Blue Rocky Mountain Fir)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Fir cultivar, 'Glauca Compacta', valued for its sculptural form and refined evergreen texture in the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue firs are classic cool-climate evergreens with soft flat needles, aromatic foliage, and upright purple-blue cones held like candles on the upper branches. Soft, flat needles attached singly to twigs; cones stand upright on branches and disintegrate on the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun to part shade suits this species best. Plant in moist, well-drained, cool, acidic soil. Hardy USDA Zone 3 to 7. Watch for balsam woolly adelgid (especially on Abies fraseri), spider mites in heat, and root rot on heavy wet soils. Firs prefer cool, well-drained mountain conditions over hot lowland sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a Pacific Northwest native conifer of similar character, consider \u003cstrong\u003ePseudotsuga menziesii\u003c\/strong\u003e (Douglas Fir), the iconic PNW timber tree, or \u003cstrong\u003eTsuga heterophylla\u003c\/strong\u003e (Western Hemlock) for shaded sites. For coastal exposure, \u003cstrong\u003ePicea sitchensis\u003c\/strong\u003e (Sitka Spruce) thrives where salt wind defeats most evergreens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dragonfly Farm \u0026 Nursery","offers":[{"title":"10-gallon \/ Armitage","offer_id":44009539764312,"sku":"01006130","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/dragonflyfarmlanglois.com\/products\/abies-lasiocarpa-glauca-compacta-dwarf-blue-rocky-mountain-fir","provider":"Dragonfly Farm \u0026 Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}