Heat stressed Abies concolor (archers dwarf)
Nick Ball
7 years ago
The temps this past week in my area have been in the mid to low 90's with very high humidity. Last Thursday was the hottest day we have had in 4 years.
My Archers Dwarf hasn't been responding to well as you can see. I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to throw some shade over it for the next few days. Has anybody ever tried this? Also if there is anything else I can do to help this guy out i would appreciate any advice. I really don't want to lose this guy and it's the second year I have had it.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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Comments (17)I don't think that it's a hybrid, I bought a couple of dozen of seedlings of this species about 10 years ago. In the same time I also bought seedlings of other Abies species like Abies homolepis and Abies holophylla. I know that this nursery man derives seeds straight from the countries were these species will live. Abies pindrow is from the western Himalaya and lives not in the same enviroment with Abies sibirica so a natural cross between these seems not to be possible. Do you think that Abies sibirica doesn't grow well in the Dutch climat? I red that Abies sibirica grows very well in a moisty soil, the soil in my Pinutum is moist all year round. I also have several witches'brooms of this species which are also doing very well. These witches'brooms derives from Siberia......See MoreNew planting stress or needle diseases?
Comments (5)It has been in the ground a short time. Give it time to adjust. It looks like the tree has been sheared before you got it. That makes for a lot of new growth now, and maybe the roots can't keep up with all the hot weather you've had. It's nice to keep on top of things, but I think your perceived troubles are the result of the recent transplant and shearing. Time will take care of that. I know you did everything right, so everything should work out in the end.... Right? Mike...See MoreArcher your leader should strive for the sky
Comments (8)If your desire is to have this cultivar grown as an upright with a central leader then exchange it. That's no going to happen with this cultivar. It could grow into an interesting ground specimen especially with some boulders tucked in and around it. If so...then remove any leader that crops up to maintain the present look. Dave...See MoreConifer ID......Abies concolor?
Comments (13)Sorry Mike, I didn't mean to hijack your thread lol. The fact you came across a very blue/silver Abies concolor got me thinking about my plants. Dave / Ken, I was under the impression (which may be incorrect?) that Abies concolor as a species is rather blue/silver. I was so busy this spring I didn't think twice about the plant ecspecially since I purchased them dormant (I remember thinking about the wax at the time and figured the new growth would be blue). Now that I'm looking closer I feel like I got duped as these plants where to be blue to offset the greens near by. No way I'm taking them out at this poinst as they were by far the most difficult plants to install. They were sold as 3-4' but in reality they were 5' tall and now close to 6' with the new growth. My goal with these plants was fast screening and get the blue color as Picea pungens isn't a good plant for long term screening anymore in this area. I'm now intermixing blue dwarfs for the color (hence the post on spreading/mounding Picea engelmannii)...not all that bad in the end. Its sorts like my three Picea omorika croaking...just ended up replacing with more unique cultivars (Picea pungens 'Royal Knight, Picea orientalis 'Atrovirens' and Pinus x 'Forest Sky')...See More
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