Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana) bare root tree saplings

Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana)

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Nordmann Fir trees (Abies nordmanniana) are

- Suitable as a woodland tree or urban tree or parkland tree or for growing on by Christmas tree wholesalers/growers

- Non-native

- Evergreen (coniferous)

- Suitable for areas near livestock (non-toxic)

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Our range of Nordmann Fir bare root tree saplings (Abies nordmanniana)

The 2+1 transplants are 3 year old bare root plants, two years field growing in the seedbed and then transplanted (and spaced out to access more nutrients and water) for a further growing season giving a tall, stocky, bushy plant. They are only sold in the bare root season - November to April each year. Sometimes these are called Nordmann Fir seedlings but strictly speaking they ought to be called Nordmann Fir transplants. Most people refer to them as Nordmann Fir bare root saplings.

Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana) Summary

Nordmann Fir was introduced to the UK in the mid 1800’s and originally from the Western Caucasus (named after A. von Nordmann director of the Odessa botanical gardens) and now grown in all lowland areas of the UK in parks, large gardens, woodlands and on timber plantations. This is the variety that has somewhat replaced Picea abies (Norway Spruce) as the UK’s favourite Christmas tree as it holds its needles better indoors.

It’s a large conifer growing up to 60m eventual height, with a typical Christmas tree shape – pyramidal with horizontal branches evenly spaced up the trunk. Its form is narrow when young, broadening with age (don’t we all!).

Soil and Situation

Nordmann Fir has a preference towards deep acidic or neutral, moist but well drained soils and does not do well on chalk, sandy or overly alkaline soils. It is deep rooted and not suitable too close to paved areas. Ideally plant Nordmann Fir in a sunny situation. it grows well at high altitudes.

Leaves, flowers, fruit and bark

The leaves are narrow dark green evergreen needles, 2 – 3cm long with two white stripes underneath. In winter the buds turn reddish brown.

Unremarkable flowers appear in spring and develop into upright blue/green cones before turning brown.

The bark of Nordman Firs is smooth and grey, turning dark brown in mature trees.

Eventual height and growth rate

Whilst it has been known to grow to 60m in its natural habitat, in the UK it is more common to find Nordmann Fir trees maxing out at about 20m. Growth rate is moderate, relatively slow in young trees but speeding up as the tree matures. It broadens out with age to about 7 – 9m width. For a conifer it is quite long living - up to 300 years.

Also known as Caucasian Fir or Nordmann Spruce. Pinaceae family

Free Delivery

For deliveries of orders over £300 + VAT, (which is our minimum order value) we have free delivery to all mainland areas nationwide. If you are in the Scottish Highlands or any of the Islands, please email us or call us and we will quote you a delivery charge which we will subsidise.

All orders are despatched on pallets and will be delivered to the kerbside. We will email you to tell you when your order has been despatched and that email will contain a link so that you can track your delivery.

You can request a specific delivery date when you place your order and we will do our very best to accommodate that date but cannot be held responsible if we do not meet it.

Collections from Ross-on-Wye

You can collect your plants by arrangement with our office team. Please ring us on 01989 552028 to agree a collection date. The postcode for collections is HR9 7TF.

As a trade nursery, we normally despatch stock unbagged (packed horizontally on pallets) but we can offer two bagging options.

Bagging Options

We have two options for despatching plants in bags (you do not need to have them bagged but it is advisable if there is any delay in planting and where you have large quantities, delay in planting some is inevitable).

- Very heavy duty black bags - normally used by farmers, landowners, landscapers etc

- Co-extruded bags which are white on the outside, to reflect sunlight, and black inside, to retain moisture on the roots - normally used by foresters.

In both cases, there is a considerable labour cost to us in putting stock into bags, and then the air in the bags takes up a considerable amount of space on the pallet which means that we get many fewer plants onto a pallet compared with unbagged stock eg for 1+0 seedlings instead of approx. 10,000 plants per pallet of unbagged stock, we'd only get approx. 5,000 plants per pallet if they are bagged. There's also a significant labour cost in putting plants into bags compared with loose packing on a pallet (which is the normal method for nursery to nursery sales). Given that we pay the delivery cost on most orders, supplying stock in bags is a significant extra cost for us for some customers and hence we make a modest charge.

You can specifically request black or white bags on the website after you add plants to your shopping basket. Here is a link to the page Bagging Service for bare root plants for farms and forestry – rjtreesandhedging. Please order the same quantity as the number of plants you are buying - the pricing for bagging is per plant rather than per bag.