20 FRASER FIR Tree Abies Fraseri Christmas Tree Southern Balsam Fir Native Evergreen Seeds

DESCRIPTION:

NAME: Fraser Fir

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Fraser's Fir / She Balsam / Southern Balsam Fir / Fraser Balsam Fir

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Abies Fraseri

COLOR: Yellow Green Flowers / Purple - Brown Pinecones

PLANT SEEDS: Fall / Cold Stratify / Early Spring

PLANT HEIGHT: 40 - 50'

PLANT SPACING: 10 - 30' (Cutting / Leaving)

BLOOM TIME: Flowers: May / Pinecones: Sept - Oct

HARDINESS ZONE: 4 - 7

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Shade

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Moist

QUANTITY: 20 Seeds

Choose from our standard seed pack or our custom designed 'Grow Your Own Christmas Tree' seed pack above. (The default is the standard pack.)

To view additional 'Grow Your Own Christmas Tree' Fraser Fir Edition seed pack info click HERE, or view our entire collection of 'Grow Your Own Christmas Tree' seeds HERE.

OTHER: The Fraser Fir is a native coniferous evergreen that hails from the Appalachian Mountains of the Southeastern United States. A close relative of the Balsam Fir, the two are quite similar. Fraser Firs have dense branching when they are of a young age, spreading as they age. They begin to produce their lovely 1 ½ - 2 ½” long by 1 – 1 ½” wide purple to brown cones once they reach a height of 7 – 10’ tall.

Fraser Firs are popular for home plantings, public spaces, & commercial spaces, commonly used both as specimen trees or rowed to form a windbreak. Sadly, these trees that play an important role in providing food & shelter for several types of rare animals are listed as an endangered species in the wild. (Our seeds are responsibly harvested.)

The Fraser Fir is one of the 4 most popular types of Christmas Trees for good reason! The trees naturally grow in a lovely pyramid shape so don’t require much pruning, & their dense branches full of soft dark blue-green needles with silvery undersides are very attractive. Importantly, they are able to retain their needles for a long time (typically 6 weeks or so) after being cut. Their slim form makes them a good fit for smaller spaces. They feature strong limbs with an upward curvature that hold ornaments well & won’t sag under the weight of allll those ornaments you can’t wait to lovingly smother it with. A close relative of the Balsam Fir, the Fraser Fir is quite fragrant, & its scent really is best described as “Christmas” – like Balsam - a bit like pine with woody, earthy tones, & a hint of citrus.

Fraser Firs have been used as the White House Christmas tree more than any other species, & is the tree chosen for the banquet hall at Biltmore. I myself cannot hear ‘Fraser Fir’ without thinking of Harold & Kumar :)

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Photo Credits:
1 By S. Rae from Scotland, UK - Abies fraseri (Fraser fir) - cones, CC BY 2.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=53537403
3 By Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=54609202
5 By Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=54609226
7 By Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=62696040
11 By Gene from Aiken, SC, USA - On top of Blue Ridge in NC, CC BY 2.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=8774635
12 By Harold Smith - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=48044785
13 By James St. John - Abies fraseri (Fraser fir) (Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, USA) 11, CC BY 2.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=83884050