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The Canaan is a medium growing (1-2ft per year) evergreen. Its needles are about 1 inch long and has a nice green color. It does not shed its needles but holds them for 10 years or longer. It is native to the mountain areas of West Virginia; it was once thought to be a balsam fir but has now been shown to be a distinct species.
The Canaan fir will grow up to 50 ft tall and 15 ft wide, and has the traditional evergreen shape. Its use in windbreaks has
now been evaluated as this species has just started to be used outside of its normal range and is doing remarkable well. It will grow in areas that the Balsam and Fraser fir will not. It will grow on heaver soils and higher ph soils remarkable well.
At this time we recommend its use East of Nebraska but have some growing west of
that and we are keeping records on how they are doing.
Is now being used for X-mas trees in plantations as I have in my picture growing on a heavy soil. It does not have any serious disease problem
in the Midwest, although some people have had spider mites during a hot summer. Being from the east in higher precipitation and humidity it is not bothered by needlecast
and canker diseases that western species of fir are. Recommend planting on a
well-drained soil or on sloping heavy ground so water can run off and not be
excessive.
A 2-ft tall potted tree can be 8 ft tall in 5 years, in well-drained soil with adequate moisture, and weed and grass control around the base of the tree,
with no mulch. Spacing--At this time recommend inside rows only at 14 to 20 ft between rows and plants.
The Canaan fir is a really beautiful tree but its use as a windbreak trees has
now been evaluated. We think they are going to be an excellent windbreak tree as
they have survived droughts, floods, winter winds, and -38F here in Iowa.
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Type |
Height
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1-50
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51+
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Bare Root |
8"-17" |
$2.25 |
$1.75
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Bare Root |
18"-24" |
$4.00
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$3.00
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Potted
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18"-24"
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$13.00
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$11.50
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Potted
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2'-3' |
$18.00
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$16.00
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