Cultivation
White fir is widely planted as an ornamental tree in parks and larger gardens, particularly some cultivars of subsp. concolor selected for very bright glaucous blue foliage, such as cv. 'Violacea'. The cultivar 'Compacta' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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A. concolor subsp. lowiana foliage upperside
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A. concolor subsp. lowiana foliage underside
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A young sapling of subsp. lowiana on Mount Whitney
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White fir in garden environment at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
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Small stand of young White firs on Cuyamaca Peak California
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White firs at Toro Peak, CA. Can be easily confused for Colorado Blue Spruce
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White fir next to Ponderosa Pine on Toro Peak, California can be easily confused for Colorado Blue Spruce
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