Abies fraseri 'Reeseville' 22W49 Fraser Fir J4-
Abies fraseri 'Reeseville' 22W49 Fraser Fir J4- (John Van Ert of Reedsburg, WI 1990s) Intermediate Fraser Fir, Size at 10 years: 8x2ft., dark green needles, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed J4 for 4.2 YEARS (Stanley). Planted in 2018.
American Conifer Society Abies fraseri 'Reeseville' is a narrow, upright selection of Fraser fir with fastigiate branching and species-typical blue foliage. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 6 feet (2 m) tall and 1.5 feet (45 cm) wide, an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 inches.
This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in the early 1990s by John Van Ert of Reedsburg, Wisconsin at his namesake nursery. The seedling batch from which the selection came from Berkey's Nursery, Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.
How this plant gained the name 'Reesville' is a curious story. Shortly after John Van Ert selected this special narrow conifer, he asked a friend, Darrell Kromm, a fellow nurseryman at Reeseville Ridge Nursery, Reeseville, Wisconsin, if he knew of any arboretums what might be interested in receiving plants and preserving them in a significant collection. Darrell recommended Rich Larson and Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio where at least one of the original plants still lives today. Somehow any mention of Van Ert Nursery became lost and the plant ended up named in honor of Reeseville Ridge Nursery, who, ironically never even propagated it.
The American Conifer Society confirmed that 'Reeseville' is the cultivar name originally given and other cultivar names seen in the nursery trade, such as 'Reeseville Selection' and 'Reeseville Ridge' are used in error.
Stanley and Sons Nursery: A columnar variety of Fraser Fir. Leaves species color and plant growing upward about 8-12 inches a year. Very narrow.
Planted in 2018. Also planted one in 2014 which died in 2016.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2018, 19, 20, 21, 22:
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Abies fraseri 'Reeseville' 22W49 Fraser Fir J4-
Abies fraseri 'Reeseville' 22W49 Fraser Fir J4- (John Van Ert of Reedsburg, WI 1990s) Intermediate Fraser Fir, Size at 10 years: 8x2ft., dark green needles, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed J4 for 4.2 YEARS (Stanley). Planted in 2018.
American Conifer Society Abies fraseri 'Reeseville' is a narrow, upright selection of Fraser fir with fastigiate branching and species-typical blue foliage. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 6 feet (2 m) tall and 1.5 feet (45 cm) wide, an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 inches.
This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in the early 1990s by John Van Ert of Reedsburg, Wisconsin at his namesake nursery. The seedling batch from which the selection came from Berkey's Nursery, Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.
How this plant gained the name 'Reesville' is a curious story. Shortly after John Van Ert selected this special narrow conifer, he asked a friend, Darrell Kromm, a fellow nurseryman at Reeseville Ridge Nursery, Reeseville, Wisconsin, if he knew of any arboretums what might be interested in receiving plants and preserving them in a significant collection. Darrell recommended Rich Larson and Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio where at least one of the original plants still lives today. Somehow any mention of Van Ert Nursery became lost and the plant ended up named in honor of Reeseville Ridge Nursery, who, ironically never even propagated it.
The American Conifer Society confirmed that 'Reeseville' is the cultivar name originally given and other cultivar names seen in the nursery trade, such as 'Reeseville Selection' and 'Reeseville Ridge' are used in error.
Stanley and Sons Nursery: A columnar variety of Fraser Fir. Leaves species color and plant growing upward about 8-12 inches a year. Very narrow.
Planted in 2018. Also planted one in 2014 which died in 2016.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2018, 19, 20, 21, 22:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #sun, #Intermediate, #Conifer, #FraserFir, #Fir, #Narrow, #Reeseville, #22W49